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A customer overhears a telephone conversation between her close friend and the friend's spouse, where the close friend mentions to her husband (who is the president of a large bank) how worried she is that she will have to move to California if her husband is successful in the takeover attempt of CalTrust Bank. The customer calls her sales representative at the broker-dealer where she maintains an account and places a market order to buy 1,000 shares of CalTrust Bank, which is immediately filled at $32.50 and then is reported by the agent to the customer. Who has violated the insider trading rules?

A The close friend
B The customer
C The agent
D All of the above


Sagot :

Answer b

Explanation they heard something they shouldn’t have and made a move based on it which is highly illegal