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White House teleprompter operators, including Gabriel Perez (R) sets up a teleprompter before US President Donald Trump speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s 2026 Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton on June 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP)
July 16, 2026, 10:55 pm
Trump’s teleprompter operator suspended for allegedly betting on what he’d say
Gabriel Perez accused of making more than $100,000 by placing bets on the prediction market Kalshi about specific words or phrases that would appear in the president’s speeches
By Agencies
Lorenzo Nourafchan (L) and Nicolo Nourafchan arrive to the federal courthouse, where they are facing charges with participating in an insider trading scheme in which attorneys at major law firms passed tips on merger deals to a network of individuals, in Boston, Massachusetts, US, June 1, 2026 (REUTERS/CJ Gunther)
June 2, 2026, 8:59 am
15 plead not guilty to massive US insider trading scheme involving nearly 30 mergers
Indictment alleges Jewish defendants used religious background in coded messages while discussing tips, referring to one deal as a ‘flight to Israel’ and another as a ‘rabbi’
By Reuters
A LED sphere screen shows information inside the new location of the prediction market online platform Polymarket called 'The Situation Room,' during its opening day in Washington, DC, March 20, 2026. (Théo Marie-Courtois/AFP)
April 18, 2026, 12:51 am
‘Dystopian’ Iran war bets spark US crackdown on prediction markets
American lawmakers sound alarm over wagers on US-Israel war against Iran and rescue mission for stranded airman, raising concerns over insider trading and public trust
By STEVEN SLOAN and Ken Sweet
FILE - Advertisements by the American company Polymarket predict a victory for Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral election, Nov. 4, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova, File)
March 24, 2026, 12:56 pm
Polymarket bets on US-Iran ceasefire appear to suggest insider trading
The accounts, which stand to make nearly $820,000, seem to have been created late last week when Trump suggested he was considering ‘winding down’ military operations
By ToI Staff and AP
Ivan F. Boesky, center, leaves federal court in New York, April 24, 1987, after pleading guilty to one count of violating federal securities laws. (AP Photo/ G. Paul Burnett, File)
May 20, 2024, 9:23 pm
Ivan Boesky, convicted in 1980s insider trading scandal, dies at 87
Stock trader was the inspiration for Michael Douglas’ ‘Greed is good’ Gordon Gecko character in the 1987 movie ‘Wall Street’
By AP
View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on November 29, 2020. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90/ File)
December 6, 2023, 11:05 pm
Israeli regulator finds no ‘suspicious’ or abnormal trading ahead of Hamas assault
Israel Securities Authority rebuffs US research claiming a ‘significant’ spike occurred in short-selling of Israeli stocks in period leading up to massacre
By Sharon Wrobel
Daniel Birnbaum, CEO of SodaStream, seen at the University of Haifa on April 11, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 28, 2021, 6:04 pm
Former SodaStream CEO and associate indicted for insider trading
Daniel Birnbaum accused of tipping off Ayala Cohen before release of earnings reports, helping her earn over NIS 180,000 through stock sales
By ToI Staff
Undated photo of Dov Malnik. (Wikimedia CC BY 3.0/BAswim)
November 24, 2021, 8:38 am
Ex-Israeli swimming star sentenced to 30 months in the US for insider trading
Dov Malnik, former member of national squad, pleaded guilty to his role in an insider trading scheme that made profits of millions of dollars; second Israeli also charged in affair
By ToI Staff
The logo for Teva appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 21, 2019. (AP Photo/ Richard Drew)
August 26, 2020, 3:15 am
Ex-pharmaceutical company boss faces insider trading charges over Teva deal
Sepehr Sarshar, 53, of Encinitas, California arrested on suspicion he provided friends and family details in 2015 about pending $3.2 billion buyout offer from Israel-based Teva
By AP
SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum (l) and PepsiCo’s CEO Ramon Laguarta at the SodaStream factory in Israel’s Negev Desert next to the city of Rahat on August 20, 2018. (Eliran Avital)
September 24, 2019, 6:31 pm
SodaStream’s Birnbaum suspected of insider trading linked to 2018 PepsiCo deal
Chairman of drinks-maker detained and questioned, then released on bail, for allegedly giving associate advance word of acquisition announcement
By ToI Staff
This combination of Jan. 6, 2011 file images shows Gamal Mubarak, left, and Alaa Mubarak, right, attending a Christmas Eve Mass at the Coptic cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/File)
September 20, 2018, 10:12 pm
Egypt court orders release of ex-president Mubarak’s sons
Gamal and Alaa Mubarak are on trial for insider trading
By AP
Nochi Dankner (left) and Itay Strum, both jailed for insider trading, at the Tel Aviv District Court on October 30, 2016. (Flash90)
December 5, 2016, 11:55 am
Ex-billionaire Dankner gets 2 years for share price rigging
Co-defendent Itay Strum sentenced to 1 year for role in insider trading scheme aimed at saving cash-strapped IDB holdings
By Sue Surkes
Leon Cooperman (screen capture: YouTube)
September 24, 2016, 11:38 am
SEC charges NJ Jewish philanthropist with insider trading
Billionaire hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman denies using confidential information to make $4m in pipeline company purchase
By JTA
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