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Former President and CEO of Lab Equipment Manufacturer Settles Insider Trading Charges

SEC v. Henry T. Pietraszek

  • 2001
  • $1.1 Million

Enforcement action brought against defendant on charges that, while he was a member of Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.’s Board of Directors, he sold 61,400 shares of Ventana stock while in possession of material, non-public information regarding Ventana’s upcoming public disclosure of lower than expected second quarter 2000 earnings and a write off totaling almost $12 million. The trades avoided $563,875.20 in losses.

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