In a nutshell: The FBI arrested two individuals for securities fraud and conspiracy. The indictment, unsealed on Thursday, charges former Goldman Sachs analyst Anthony Viggiano and long-time friend Stephen Forlano with insider trading. A third friend and co-conspirator, Christopher Salamone, pleaded guilty to the scheme and is cooperating with prosecutors.
The indictment alleges that Viggiano, Forlano, and Salamone engaged in a scheme between October 2021 and May 2023 to profit in the stock market by strategically investing in companies involved with unnamed firms that employed Viggiano. He allegedly shared