SEC v. Eric J. Watson et al. (insider trading, 2024)

Judgment entered

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In September 2024 the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a final judgment against Oliver-Barret Lindsay, a defendant with Eric Watson and Gannon Giguiere in the Long Blockchain insider trading case. The complaint alleged Watson, bound by a confidentiality agreement, tipped Lindsay about the company's blockchain pivot and Lindsay tipped Giguiere. Without admitting or denying, Lindsay consented to an injunction and a $75,000 penalty; the release reports no outcome for Watson.

The record

What was ordered

Civil penalty

$75k

Disgorgement

—

Prejudgment interest

—

Total relief

$75k

Alleged gain

—

A dash means the release did not state a figure we could extract, not that the figure is zero. Penalty and disgorgement are stored separately so aggregates across the library do not double-count the same dollars.

What is alleged to have happened

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced this judgment on September 24, 2024 as release LR-26124, in a Southern District of New York case filed July 9, 2021; Lindsay's final judgment was obtained on September 20, 2024.

Giguiere was alleged to have bought 35,000 shares within hours of the tip and sold within two hours of the announcement for more than $160,000 in profit; his own judgment is recorded separately.

For the regulator's own account of the facts, read the primary document linked above. This page deliberately summarises the structured record rather than reproducing the release.

What technique is this, and how does it work?

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Timeline

1. 2024-09-24 Litigation release published

Primary documents

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