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Goldman Sachs banker arrested for insider trading

Woojae ‘Steve’ Jung allegedly used a friend’s account to trade ahead of mergers he learned about at work

Monday 28 May 2018 at 04:41

Goldman Sachs banker arrested for insider trading

A banker at Goldman Sachs was arrested Thursday and charged with insider trading after authorities alleged he traded ahead of mergers and acquisitions that he learned about while working at the bank.

Woojae “Steve” Jung, 37 years old, earned about $140,000 from illegal trades in both stocks and bullish call options, the Securities and Exchange Commission said in a separate civil lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan.