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Meet the five men involved in the largest UK Insider-Trading Case
Two financial professionals accused of making 7.4 million pounds ($10.7 million) with three others on confidential information about six stocks have been found guilty by a London court, with the other men acquitted. Here's what you need to know about them.Andrew Hind, AccountantAge: 56, Verdict: GuiltyHind graduated with a first-class degree from Manchester University before becoming an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Hind was described throughout the trial as "odd." The jury was told he hoarded food at the beginning of the 2008 financial crisis in case of civil unrest, building an "armoury" of spears, hockey sticks and baseball bats to protect the supplies. According to the prosecution, Hind was the middleman passing information from Dodgson and Harrison to Parvizi and Anderson. He was behind a number of covert devices employed by the group: encrypted memory sticks, nicknames and pay-as-you-go phones.Andrew Harrison, Former Panmure Gordon corporate brokerAge: 46, Verdict: Acqui
Should insider trading cases return to consent mechanism?
A number of insider trading cases give rise to the question whether Sebi was better off settling them on consent
 "Should insider trading cases return to consent mechanism?")