Brothers plead guilty to insider trading related to Trump’s Truth Social merger
NY Post
Two men pleaded guilty on Wednesday to insider trading in securities in the company that ultimately took former President Donald Trump’s media business public.
Michael Shvartsman, 53, head of Miami-based venture capital firm Rocket One Capital, and his brother Gerald Shvartsman, 46, each pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud before US District Judge Lewis Liman in Manhattan.
Rocket One’s chief investment officer, Bruce Garelick, is scheduled to face trial on related charges on April 29.
Prosecutors charged the trio last year with illegally trading on inside information about Trump Media & Technology Group’s plan to go public through a merger with a blank-check company.
TMTG operates Truth Social, Trump’s main social media platform.
Prosecutors said the trio signed confidentiality agreements in June 2021 when they were approached to become early investors in Digital World Acquisition, the blank-check company.
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