{"id":9147,"date":"2008-11-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"mavs-owner-mark-cuban-accused-of-insider-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/11\/2008\/mavs-owner-mark-cuban-accused-of-insider-trading.html","title":{"rendered":"Mavs Owner Mark Cuban Accused of Insider Trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire investor Mark Cuban has been accused of insider trading by the SEC after allegedly using private information that helped him avoid over $750,000 in losses tied to stocks.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Search engine company Mamma.com supposedly invited Cuban to participate in its offering, but made Cuban swear he would keep the information private.&nbsp; The lawsuit filed in Dallas claims that Cuban was well aware that his 6 percent stake in the company would be sold below the current market price after learning some inside information.&nbsp; Cuban allegedly took that information and got rid of all of his shares.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&quot;As we allege in the complaint, Mamma.com entrusted Mr. Cuban with nonpublic information after he promised to keep the information confidential. &nbsp;Less than four hours later, Mr. Cuban betrayed that trust by placing an order to sell all of his shares,&quot; Deputy Director of the SEC&#8217;s Division of Enforcement Scott W. Friestad said. &nbsp;&quot;It is fundamentally unfair for someone to use access to nonpublic information to improperly gain an edge on the market.&quot; <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In Cuban&rsquo;s popular blog, blogmaverick.com, the outspoken investor wrote, &ldquo;&ldquo;I am disappointed that the Commission chose to bring this case based upon its Enforcement staff&rsquo;s win-at-any-cost ambitions. &nbsp;The staff&rsquo;s process was result-oriented, facts be damned. &nbsp;The government&rsquo;s claims are false and they will be proven to be so.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Cuban has an estimated net worth of close to $3 billion.&nbsp; In addition to owning the Mavericks, he serves as the Chairman of HDNet, an HDTV cable network.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Julie Scuderi<br \/>Senior Editor for HedgeCo.Net<br \/>Email: julie@hedgeco.net<\/p>\n<p>HedgeCo.Net is a premier hedge fund database and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership on <a href=\"..\/news\/11\/news\/11\/news\/10\/news\/10\/news\/03\/\/\" target=\"_self\">www.hedgeco.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for Hedge Funds!<br \/>Be sure to check out our sister sites. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundlounge.com\/\" target=\"_self\">www.hedgefundlounge.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundtools.com\/\" target=\"_self\">www.hedgefundtools.com<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundemployment.com\/\" target=\"_self\">www.hedgefundemployment.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire investor Mark Cuban has been accused of insider trading by the SEC after allegedly using private information that helped him avoid over $750,000 in losses tied to stocks.&nbsp; Search engine company [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3481,303,1611,67,281,110,225,1429,831,3772],"class_list":["post-9147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedgeco-news","tag-alum","tag-brokerages","tag-channel-cable","tag-chief-executive","tag-conglomerate","tag-due-diligence-service","tag-dynamic-company","tag-geffen","tag-investment-banks","tag-richest-americans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}