Legal Opinion
United States v. Contorinis
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 17, 2012No. Docket 11-3-crPublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
Joseph Contorinis appeals from his conviction by a jury before Judge Sullivan for conspiracy to commit securities fraud and insider trading and from the district court’s forfeiture order in the amount of $12.65 million. Appellant claims error in: (i) a jury instruction that allegedly did not adequately convey the definition of material, nonpublic information; (ii) the admission of evidence of contemporaneous trades by individuals who received inside information from the same source as appellant; and (iii) the amount of the forfeiture order entered by the district court.…
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