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But no one goes to jail for insider trading, right? Wrong

Schultz “Jason” Chan, former director of biostatistics at Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKBA), was sentenced to three years in prison following his conviction for insider trading. Chan was convicted of providing material non-public information about Akebia to former Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: MACK) employee Songjiang Wang. Wang was also convicted of insider trading based on providing material non-public information about Merrimack to Chan; Wang is set to be sentenced on November 13,… More