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Exhibit 760

Former congressman sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison for insider trading (Stephen Buyer)

Exhibit 760 ยท News report

Former congressman sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison for insider trading (Stephen Buyer)

Reports that a jury convicted former Rep. Stephen Buyer (R-IN) in March 2023 on four counts of securities fraud over trades in T-Mobile/Sprint and Navigant, and that Judge Berman sentenced him to 22 months. The article describes his source as his consulting work after he left Congress in 2011.

Source
NBC News
Date
September 2023
Grade
Reported
Document
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/former-rep-stephen-buyer-sentenced-22-months-insider-trading-rcna105927
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit
Note
Buyer, 22-cr-397).

Cited by

Finding POL-4.12
Reported 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.