Article: SEC FINES WALL STREET BROKER $100M FOR INSIDER TRADING.(Main)

Byline: Martin Crutsinger

The Securities and Exchange Commission, in its toughest move against an alleged ring of Wall Street inside traders, on Friday imposed a record $100 million penalty against Ivan F. Boesky and barred him from working again in the securities industry.

Boesky also agreed to plead guilty to a criminal charge in New York.

The SEC penalty, announced at a news conference by SEC Chairman John Shad, was the largest ever of its kind and was the latest action in the SEC's investigation of what has been described as "the largest insider trading case ever uncovered."

The SEC said Boesky violated securities laws by ...

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