An energy company has accused its former CFO and CCO of secretly funneling corporate money to and from his own businesses and using private information to make a profit trading crude oil.

A complaint filed Tuesday in the Delaware Court of Chancery indicated the U.S. Shale Management Co. and eight related corporations filed their case against William S. Dickey, Christopher Himes, Golden Trading and Transportation LLC, Trails End Enterprises II LLC and Hilltoppers Capital Growth LLC in part because Dickey made demands to be indemnified.