Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against two Ukrainian men accused of hacking into the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s computer system to spread nonpublic information to a network of traders who illegally profited from it.

Federal prosecutors in New Jersey on Tuesday unsealed a 16-count federal indictment charging Artem Radchenko, 27, and Oleksandr Ieremenko, 26, both from Kiev, Ukraine, with securities fraud conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, computer fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, and computer fraud.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]