30人被控参与全球内幕交易网络，窃取近30宗并购机密非法获利数千万美元
2026年5月6日，位于马萨诸塞州萨福克县波士顿市的联邦检察官办公室宣布解封起诉，30名被告被控参与一个持续约十年的大型内幕交易网络，窃取多家美国顶尖律所近30宗并购交易的机密信息用于交易，非法获利数千万美元。
检方说，19名被告当天在加州洛杉矶、佛罗里达州劳德代尔堡与纽约等地被捕，另有两名被告身在俄罗斯与以色列，被列为在逃。第一份起诉书列出16名被告，核心人物之一是43岁的洛杉矶并购律师 Nicolo Nourafchan。检方指控，他在多家大型律所任职期间登录律所内部系统，查阅自己并未经办的交易文件，再把未公开信息提供给交易网络换取回扣，回扣高达数十万美元。第二份起诉书另列其弟 Lorenzo Nourafchan 等5名被告，其余9名被告的证券欺诈共谋指控同日解封。
起诉书举例说，2022年6月，Nourafchan 在休假期间查阅了律所关于 iRobot 潜在收购案的机密材料，其同伙随后买入 iRobot 证券。检方说，该网络使用一次性手机、加密应用与暗语联络，并通过空壳公司账户与境外账户转移赃款。被告面临证券欺诈共谋、证券欺诈与洗钱共谋等指控，其中证券欺诈共谋最高可判25年监禁。司法部说，美国证券交易委员会为本案提供了重要协助。起诉书中的指控只是指控，被告在被证明有罪之前推定无罪。
Thirty Charged in Global Insider Trading Ring That Stole Secrets on Nearly 30 Deals
On May 6, 2026, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, announced the unsealing of charges against 30 defendants accused of taking part in a decade-long insider trading ring that stole confidential information on nearly 30 merger and acquisition deals from several of the nation's premier law firms and netted tens of millions of dollars in illicit profits.
Prosecutors said 19 defendants were arrested that day in places including Los Angeles, California, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and New York, while two defendants in Russia and Israel are considered fugitives. The first indictment names 16 defendants and centers in part on Nicolo Nourafchan, 43, a Los Angeles corporate attorney. Prosecutors allege that while working at several large law firms he accessed internal systems to view confidential documents on deals he did not work on, then supplied the nonpublic information to a trading network in exchange for kickbacks of up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. A second indictment names five more defendants, including his brother Lorenzo Nourafchan, and charges against nine other defendants were also unsealed.
As one example, the indictment alleges that in June 2022, while on a leave of absence, Nourafchan viewed confidential materials on a potential acquisition of iRobot, after which an associate bought iRobot securities. Prosecutors say the ring used burner phones, encrypted applications and coded language, and moved proceeds through shell company and foreign brokerage accounts. The charges include securities fraud conspiracy, securities fraud and money laundering conspiracy; the securities fraud conspiracy charge carries up to 25 years in prison. The Justice Department said the Securities and Exchange Commission provided valuable assistance. The charges are allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于波士顿的 John Joseph Moakley 联邦法院（资料照片），本案由联邦检察官马萨诸塞区办公室在波士顿起诉。Beyond My Ken 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston (file photo); the case was charged in Boston by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. Photo by Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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