Federal prosecutors have indicted Jeffery J. Temple, a former information systems and security manager for Wilmington firm Richards Layton & Finger, for securities fraud. The indictment came on the same day he was charged with insider trading in a complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

On Dec. 7, David C. Weiss, U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware, announced the 26-count indictment of Temple and his brother-in law, Benedict Pastro, both of Newark, Del. Temple, 40, is charged in 16 counts of securities fraud and Pastro, 43, is charged in 10 counts.