Manhattan federal prosecutors have charged a long-disbarred New York attorney and former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer with conspiracy and securities fraud for allegedly performing legal work that led to the sale of company stock.

The indictment, unsealed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleged that Richard Rubin, who was disbarred in 1995, had illegally practiced securities law by submitting attorney opinion letters to the SEC from 2011 through late 2018.