Two arrested in FCA insider dealing investigation

Laura Miller
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A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) investigation into insider dealing.

On 30 April the FCA, with the assistance of the City of London Police Economic Crime Directorate, executed a search warrant in west London. Two people, a man aged 41 and a woman aged 37, were arrested and questioned in connection with an investigation in to insider dealing and market abuse. The FCA said no further details can be confirmed at present and no individuals have been charged. The arrests are not linked to any other ongoing insider dealing investigation. Business and private premises in Switzerland were also searched by the Swiss authorities in connection with the FCA's i...

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