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IT Specialist Traded on Hacked Insider Info - SEC

December 6, 2016

Jonathan Ly, who worked in Expedia’s SF-based corporate IT services department, agreed to pay over $750,000 in disgorgement, fines and interest to settle SEC charges that he traded on insider information that he allegedly obtained by hacking senior executives at the online travel company.

 

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According to the SEC, Jonathan Ly illegally traded in advance of 9 company news announcements from 2013 to 2016, and generated nearly $350,000 in profits. He exploited administrative access privileges designated for IT personnel to remotely hack into computers and email accounts of senior executives and review confidential documents and pre-earnings reports.

 

Ly particularly targeted information prepared by Expedia’s head of investor relations summarizing Expedia’s yet-to-be-announced earnings and describing how the market could react to particular announcements. Ly allegedly used this nonpublic information to make highly profitable trades in Expedia securities ahead of the announcements.

 

In a parallel action, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington announced criminal charges against Ly.