KEY POINTS

  • Tyler Loudon, 41, pleaded guilty to insider trading charges, claiming that he profited $1.76 million based on nonpublic knowledge of BP’s acquisition of TravelCenters of America.
  • Loudon, the husband of a former BP merger and acquisitions manager, learned of the acquisition in 2022 after secretly eavesdropping on his wife’s work calls.
  • Loudon has been ordered to surrender his $1.76 million of illegal profits and pay a separate fine of the same amount.
  • @Stoney_Logica1
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    10 months ago

    Sucks that she did the right thing and self-reported the situation to her supervisor after finding out about it from her husband and was still fired.

    • @kautau
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      2610 months ago

      HR exists to protect the business, not the employee

    • @[email protected]
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      710 months ago

      She could’ve done literally nothing and nobody would’ve cared. This happens everyday all over the world.