The Lacuna Project

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Person

Christopher Collins

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • POL-4.12: Two Republicans were prosecuted for insider trading: Christopher Collins (R-NY) pleaded guilty in 2019 over information from his seat on the board of Innate Immunotherapeutics, and former Representative Stephen Buyer (R-IN) was convicted in 2023 over information from his consulting work after he left Congress; neither case used information obtained through congressional office, and the cited records contain no Democratic counterpart.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 757 8 August 2018. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: SEC Charges Congressman and Others in Insider Trading Scheme (Press Release 2018-151)
  • Exhibit 758 9 December 2019. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: SEC Litigation Release No. 24687 (Collins, Collins, Zarsky settlements)
  • Exhibit 759 17 January 2020. STAT: Congressman Chris Collins sentenced in biotech insider trading scheme