第三章 美國聯邦證管會內線交易案件執法實證研究:2009 至 2012
第一節 實證研究結果
第一項 執法案件總覽
在 2009 至 2012 年間,聯邦證管會所提起之內線交易執法案件之數量處於穩定但 逐年攀升的狀況。2009 年有 37 件,2010 年則攀升至 53 件,2011 與 2012 年則分別有 57 與 58 件。而被告方面,2009 年時有 85 位被告,2010 則增加至 138 位,2011 年稍 微減少至 126 位,2012 年則回到 131 位被告。下表為 2009 至 2012 年間聯邦證管會提 起之執法案件簡表132:
Fiscal Year 2009 FY 2009 Civil Case
Litig. Rel. No. Case Name Settle/ Litigated
LR20774 SEC v. Francis Elias Axiaq, et al. S
LR20784 SEC v. Brian D. Ladin, et al. S
LR20789 SEC v. Brett C. Maas S
LR20805A SEC v. Jonathan Wilson S
LR20810 SEC v. Mark Cuban L (Jury found not liable)
LR20831/ LR21854/
LR22700/ LR22734
SEC v. Matthew C. Devlin, et al. S
LR20863A SEC v. Aaron S. Cooksey S
LR20884 SEC v. Ramesh Chakrapani -
LR20884 SEC v. Nicos Achilleas Stephanou, et al. S/L
LR20953A SEC v. Michael Biello S
LR21005 SEC v. William M. Gallahair S
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較為詳細案件內容請參見附錄一。
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LR21015 SEC v. Matthew J. Browne S
LR21020 SEC v. Maher F. Kara, et al. L
LR21020 SEC v. Joseph Azar S
LR21020 SEC v. Nasser Mardini S
LR21023 SEC v. Jon-Paul Rorech, et al. L
LR21069 SEC v. Tajyar, et al. S
LR21072 SEC v. Robert L. Hollier, et al. S
LR21079/ LR21376/
LR21807
SEC v. Phillip MacDonald, et al. S
LR21132/ LR22282a SEC v. Kevan D. Acord, et al. S/L
LR21133 SEC v. Anthony Perez and et al. S
LR21133 SEC v. Math J. Hipp, Jr. S
LR21133/ LR21698/
LR22029
SEC v. Carl E. Binette, et al. S
LR21140 SEC v. Andres Leyva S
LR21154/ LR21559 SEC v. Khaled Mohammed Sharif Al Sayed Al Hashemi
S
LR21183 SEC v. Nancy Jewell, et al. S
LR21192 SEC v. Sarath B. Gangavarapu S
LR21201 SEC v. Jeff L. Soisson, et al. S
LR21209 SEC v. Allen W. Moss S
LR21221/ LR21360 SEC v. Reza Saleh, et al. S
None SEC v. Melissa A. Mahler S
FY2009 Administrative Case
Litig. Rel. No. Case Name Settle/ Litigated
34-59240 In the Matter of Kevin J. Heron S
34-59367 In the Matter of Hafiz Naseem S
34-59568 In the Matter of Matthew E. Kopsky S
34-59960 In the Matter of Matthew J. Browne, Attorney S 3-13481 In the Matter of David G. Ghysels, et al. L 34-60119 In the Matter of Mitchel S. Guttenberg S
Fiscal Year 2010
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FY 2010 Civil Case
Litig. Rel. No. Case Name Settle/ Litigated
LR21240 SEC v. Feng “Frank” Xie S
LR-21249 SEC v. Benjamin P. Jones, et al. S
LR21249/ LR22284 SEC v. Alissa Joelle Kueng S
LR21526/ LR21732/
LR21740/ LR21802/
LR21827/ LR21834/
LR21839/ LR22010/
LR22021/ LR22042/
LR22071/ LR22114/
LR22185
SEC v. Galleon Management, LP, et al.
S/L(dismiss claims or obtain final judgment)
LR21260 SEC v. Don N. Spaugy S
LR21263 SEC v. Stanko J. Grmovsek S
LR21267 SEC v. J. Bennett Grocock S
LR21271 SEC v. King Chuen Tang, et al. S
LR21283 SEC v. Arthur J. Cutillo, et al. S
LR21308 SEC v. R. Brooke Dunn, et al. S
LR21332/ LR21587 SEC v. Brien P. Santarlas S
LR21339/ LR21838/
LR22039
SEC v. Vinayak S. Gowrish, et al. S/L
LR21370 SEC v. Brooke D. Wagner S
LR21383 SEC v. Charles J. Marquardt S
LR21392 SEC v. Avi Fogel S
LR21404 SEC v. Bruce A. MacDonald, et al. S
LR21403 SEC v. David R. Slaine S
LR21405 SEC v. Joshua Z. Levinberg S
LR21414 SEC v. Gerald D. Horn L(summary judgment in
favor of Dr. Horn)
LR21415 SEC v. Steven Scoppetuolo, et al. S
LR21425 SEC v. John A. Foley, et al. S
LR21460/ LR21681/ SEC v. Igor Poteroba, et al. S/L(default judgment)
48 LR21730/ LR22617/
LR22851
LR21469 SEC v. Gary Navarro S
LR21472 SEC v. Morando Berrettini, et al. L(set date for jury trial)
LR21536 SEC v. Yonni Sebbag, et al. S
LR21540 SEC v. Pequot Capital Management, Inc., et al.
S
AAER3164 SEC v. Thomas P. Flanagan, et al. S
LR21631 SEC v. Juan Jose Fernandez Garcia, et al. S/L
LR21638 SEC v. James W. Self, Jr., et al. S
LR21644 SEC v. Dr. Bobby V. Khan -
LR21665 SEC v. Michael Jobe, et al. S
LR21667/ LR22112 SEC v. Richard A. Hansen, et al. S
LR21678 SEC v. Rex C. Steffes, et al. S/L
FY2010 Administrative Case
Litig. Rel. No. Case Name Settle/ Litigated
34-60802 In the Matter of Samuel W. Childs, Jr. S
34-60803 In the Matter of Erik R. Franklin S
34-60804 In the Matter of David M. Tavdy S
34-60892 In the Matter of Anthony Perez S
34-60998 In the Matter of William T. Dailey, III S
34-61288 In the Matter of Ken Okada S
34-61362 In the Matter of Adnan S. Zaman S
34-61511 In the Matter of J. Bennett Grocock, Esq. S
34-61586 In the Matter of Tara R. Eisler S
IA2997 In the Matter of Steven E. Nothern S
33-9124 In the Matter of David W. Baldt L
34-62186 In the Matter of David E. Zilkha L
IA3035 In the Matter of Pequot Capital Management, Inc., et al.
S
34-62267 In the Matter of Melissa A. Mahler S
34-62460 In the Matter of Brien Santarlas, Esq. S
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34-62769 In the Matter of James E. Gansman S
34-62770 In the Matter of Donna B. Murdoch S
IA3084 In the Matter of David R. Slaine S
34-62999 In the Matter of Igor Poteroba S
Fiscal Year 2011 FY2011 Civil Case
Litig. Rel. No. Case Name Settle/ Litigated
LR21685/ LR22273 SEC v. Marleen Jantzen, et al. L(summary judgment) LR21928/ LR22158 SEC v. Dr. Yves M. Benhamou, et al. L(final judgment)
LR21741/ LR22056 SEC v. Franz N. Tudor S
LR21741/ LR21999/
LR22297
SEC v. Lanexa Management LLC, et al. S
LR21740/ LR22000 SEC v. Thomas C. Hardin S
LR21758/ LR22139 SEC v. Arnold McClellan, et al. S
LR21765 SEC v. Jeffery J Temple, et al. -
LR21767 SEC v. Brett A. Cohen, et al. S
LR21766/ LR21993 SEC v. One or More Unknown Purchasers of Securities of Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods
S
AAER3219 SEC v. Joseph M. Elles -
LR21792/ LR21980 SEC v. One or More Unknown Purchasers of Securities of Martek Biosciences Corporation
S
LR21794/ LR22312 SEC v. One or More Unknown Purchasers of Options of Intermune, Inc.
S
LR21802/ LR22085/
LR22100/LR22005
SEC v. Robert Feinblatt, et al. S/L
LR21811/ LR22260 SEC v. CytoCore, Inc., et al. S/L(default judgment)
LR21815 SEC v. George H. Holley, et al. S/L
LR21820 SEC v. Zizhong Fan, et al. L
LR21827/ LR22004 SEC v. Adam Smith S
LR21826/ LR22051 SEC v. Michael Cardillo S
LR21844/ LR22044 SEC v. Mark Anthony Longoria, et al. S
LR21859 SEC v. Zhenyn Ni S
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LR21871/ LR21978 SEC v. Gregory A. Seib S
LR21877/ LR22251 SEC v. Todd Leslie Treadway S
LR21878 SEC v. Joseph A. Dawson S
LR21890 SEC v. Kim Ann Deskovick, et al. S
LR21954/ LR22610 SEC v. Patrick M. Carroll, et al. S/L
LR21896 SEC v. Daniel F. Wiener, II S
LR21899 SEC v. Mark A. Duffell S
LR21987 SEC v. Cheng Yi Liang, et al. S
LR21917 SEC v. Matthew H. Kluger, et al. S
LR21950 SEC v. Jonathan Hollander S
None SEC v. Bruce Hvidsten, et al. -
LR21972 SEC v. Mary Beth Knight, et al. S
LR21977 SEC v. Abraham Haim S
LR21981 SEC v. Donald L. Johnson, et al. L
LR21990 SEC v. Dean A. Goetz S
LR-21991 SEC v. One or More Unknown Purchasers of Securities of Telvent GIT S.A.
-
LR21996 SEC v. Phillip E. Powell L(Granting D’s motion to
dismiss) LR22055 SEC v. Compania International Financiera
S.A., et al.
L(motion to dismiss granted)
LR22048 SEC v. Howard B. Wildstein S
LR22050 SEC v. Robert Doyle S
LR22059 SEC v. William A. Marovitz S
LR22062 SEC v. Douglas V. DeCinces, et al. S
LR22063/ LR22404 SEC v. H. Clayton Peterson, et al. S
LR22066/ LR22838 SEC v. Toby G. Scammell S
LR22078 SEC v. Anthony Scolaro S
LR22080/ LR22404 SEC v. Clay Capital Management, LLC, et al. S/L
LR22093 SEC v. Scott Allen, et al. L(motion to stay granted) LR22099 SEC v. One or More Unknown Purchasers of
Securities of Global Industries
-
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FY2011 Administrative Case
Litig. Rel. No. Case Name Settle/ Litigated
34-63114 In the Matter of Gregory C. Gunn S
AAER3239 In the Matter of Eric A. Holzer, CPA L 34-63901 In the Matter of Frederick E. Bowers S
34-63903 In the Matter of Jeffrey R. Glover S
34-63902 In the Matter of Thomas Faulhaber S
33-9192 In the Matter of Rajat K. Gupta L(proceedings dismissed)
34-64126 In the Matter of Joseph A. Dawson S
AAER3312 In the Matter of Steven Scoppetuolo, CPA S 33-9261/ 33-9296 In the Matter of Spencer D. Mindlin, et al. S
Fiscal Year 2012 FY2012 Civil Case
Litig. Rel. No. Case Name Settle/ Litigated
LR22118 SEC v. M. Jason Hanold S
LR22140 SEC v. Rajat Gupta, et al. L
LR22161 SEC v. Mark Konyndyk S
LR22169 SEC v. Jeffrey S. Richardson S
None SEC v. One or More Unknown Purchasers of Common Stock of Jaguar Mining, Inc.
-
LR22180/ LR22194/
LR22508/ LR22897
SEC v. All Know Holdings Ltd., et al. S/L(Ds moved for summary judgment)
LR22205 SEC v. John R. Easom, et al. S
LR22223 SEC v. Earl C. Arrowood, et al. L(parties are ordered to submit a consolidated proposed pretrial order)
LR22221 SEC v. Todd Farha, et al. L
LR22227 SEC v. Farzin Bazshushtari S
LR22325/ LR22691 SEC v. Spyridon Adondakis, et al. S/L
LR22233 SEC v. Dale Shafer, et al. S
LR22234 SEC v. Robert Ward, et. al. S
LR22255 SEC v. Brent C. Bankosky S
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LR22257/ LR22653 SEC v. Douglas F. Whitman, et al. S
LR22261 SEC v. John Kinnucan, et al. L(Motion for summary
judgment)
LR22274 SEC v. William F. Duncan S
LR22274 SEC v. John M. Williams S
LR22280/ LR22613 SEC v. Steven J. Harrold S
LR22288 SEC v. Timothy J. McGee, et al. S/L(D's motion to dismiss the complaint is denied
LR22295 SEC v. Noah J. Griggs, Jr. S
LR22293 SEC v. Sherif Mityas S
LR22320 SEC v. Siming Yang, et. al. S/L(Jury verdict in favor of Ds Siming Yang & Prestige Ltd.)
LR22345 SEC v. Kenneth T. Robinson S
LR22360A SEC v. Mohammed Mark Armin, et al. S
LR22357 SEC v. Angela Milliard, et al. S
LR22367 SEC v. Frank Kynn Blystone S
LR22372/ LR22726 SEC v. Reema D. Shah, et al. S/L
LR22374 SEC v. Stephen H. Guth S
LR22387 SEC v. Charles E. Mazur Jr., et al. S
LR22401/ LR22834 SEC v. Tai Nguyen S
LR22413 SEC v. Apparao Mukkamala, et al. S
LR22419 SEC v. Manouchehr Moshayedi L(final pretrial conference order)
LR22423 SEC v. Ladislav "Larry" Schvacho L(Final judgment in favor of Ladislav)
LR22428/ LR22436/
LR22515/ LR22693
SEC v. Well Advantage Limited, et al. S
LR22433/ LR22754 SEC v. Robert D. Ramnarine S
LR22434 SEC v. Joseph McVicker S
LR22451 SEC v. James V. Mazzo, et al. S/L
LR22455 SEC v. James L. Lieberman S
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LR22458 SEC v. Eric Martin, et al. -
LR22465 SEC v. C. Roan Berry S
LR22466 SEC v. Ashley J. Coots S
LR22467 SEC v. Casey D. Jackson S
LR22468 SEC v. Thomas D. Melvin, Jr., et al. -
LR22469 SEC v. R. Jeffrey Rooks S
LR22471 SEC v. Hyung Lim L(final judgment in favor of
the SEC)
LR22474 SEC v. Arthur H. Reed, et al. S
None SEC v. Mark W. Baggett S
None SEC v. H. Thomas Davis, Jr. S
LR22486/ LR22905 SEC v. Waldyr Da Silva Prado Neto L(default judgment)
None SEC v. Kenneth F. Wrangell S
LR22497/ LR22678/
LR22758
SEC v. Jauyo "Jason" Lee, et al. L(Further case management order)
FY2012 Administrative Case
Litig. Rel. No. Case Name Settle/ Litigated
IA3298 In the Matter of Steven Fortuna S
34-65596 In the Matter of Arthur J. Cutilo L
34-65597 In the Matter of Jason C. Goldfarb L
34-66319 In the Matter of Todd L. Treadway S
34-67204 In the Matter of Matthew H. Kluger S
34-67423 In the Matter of Stanley Ng, CPA S
表 1 2009 至 2012 年 SEC 內線交易執法案件簡表
第二項 執法案件分析
2009 至 2012 年執法案件之整體歸納數據請參考下表:
FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012
Civil Actions 31 34 48 52
Administrative Proceedings 6 19 9 6
Total Cases 37 53 57 58
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Total Defendants 85 138 126 131
表 2 2009 年至 2012 年間 SEC 提起之「內線交易」執法案件數量表133
若單看上表之總案件數,並無法看出內線交易執法案件佔聯邦證管會整年度所有 執法案件之比例為何,因此有必要與各年度聯邦證管會所有的執法案件種類進行比較。
如下表所示,內線交易案件於 2009 至 2012 佔總執法案件量約 6~8%之間。相較於內 線交易受矚目之程度,其所佔聯邦證管會總執法案件量之比例是相對比較少的。在此 附帶說明,下表中之比例(%)是將民事與行政程序案件數加總之後除以當年度之總 案件數而得之 。
FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012
Civ Admin % Civ Admin % Civ Admin % Civ Admin %
Securities Offering
106 35 21% 72 72 21% 82 41 16.7% 73 16 12.1%
Issuer Reporting &
Disclosure
68 75 22% 58 68 18% 32 57 12.1% 39 40 10.8%
Investment Advisors/
Companies
29 47 11% 33 80 16% 33 113 19.9% 35 112 20%
Delinquent Filings
0 92 14% 0 106 16% 0 121 16.5% 0 127 17.3%
Broker Dealer 26 83 16% 6 64 10% 7 106 15.4% 7 127 18.3%
Insider Trading
31 6 6% 34 19 8% 48 9 7.8% 52 6 7.9%
Market Manipulation
34 5 6% 24 10 5% 27 8 4.8% 35 11 6.3%
Other 18 9 4.1% 25 10 5.1% 37 14 6.9% 31 23 7.3%
Total 664 681 735 734
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表 3 2009 年至 2012 年間 SEC「總執法案件」種類與數量表134
第三項 被告之身分背景與消息種類
內線交易,或可稱作內部人交易,其規範對象除了傳統被認為是公司內部人的董 事、經理人與員工外,尚包含從內部人獲得消息之外部人以及因職業關係而獲知消息 的專業人士如分析師、律師、會計師等等。本研究首先針對聯邦證管會提起之內線交 易執法案件中,被告的身分做調查,藉以觀察何種身分的人時常被聯邦證管會當作內 線交易之執法對象。
本研究將案件之被告分為五大類。首先是「公司內部人」(Corporate Insiders),
其中包含了公司董事、經理人以及員工。其次為「準內部人」(Quasi-insiders),包 含了律師、會計師、投資銀行家等因與公司的契約關係或經公司同意而暫時成為公司 內部人的專業人士,故又可稱為暫時內部人。第三類則是「金融從業人士」(Financial Professionals),包含了證券與投資產業界的人士如證券經紀/自營商、基金經理人、證 券分析師等等。第四類為「公司」(Company),其代表的是公司自己交易自己的股 票,並因此而被列為被告。最後一類則是「其他」(Others)。另外需注意的是,上述 各分類中的被告許多亦可能將內線消息透露給親友,而親友亦利用此消息交易而獲利,
故在此情形中,為不法交易之親友亦會被歸入與被告相同之類別135。此外,由於一個 執法案件可能有多數被告,而其背景亦不盡相同,因此下表中各種身分所對應到的案 件數加總可能會多於該年度的總案件數。
2009 2010 2011 2012
No. of Actions 37 53 57 58
134
Id.
135
例如公司董事將獲知之內線消息透露給朋友 A,且 A 利用該消息交易而獲利,此時 A 會被歸入公
司內部人之類別作計算。
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Corporate Insider 18 24 24 31
Quasi-insider 8 11 12 16
Financial Professional 11 22 20 15
Company 0 0 1 0
Others 1 1 6 3
表 4 被告身分背景(單位:案件)
由上表可知,內線交易規範之違反以公司內部人為最大宗,或者至少可認為聯邦 證管會將公司內部人列為重點的調查對象。而除了公司內部人之外,金融從業人士亦 為內線交易執法的另一個重點136。
本研究緊接著調查內線交易執法案件中,被利用或私取之內線消息種類。本研究 將內線消息分為五大類。首先第一類是與「企業併購相關,或者涉及公司結構變動的 重大交易消息」(M&A and Other Major Transactions)。其次為公司「財務預測或報 表相關的消息」(Earnings & Financial Reports)。接著則是與「資本募集相關之消息」
(Capital Related)例如公開發行大量新股。第四類則是與「公司營運相關之消息」
(Major Events Regarding Business Operation)例如新藥通過測試準備上市。最後一類 則是「其他」(Others)。
2009 2010 2011 2012
M&A and Other Major Transactions 27 30 45 45
Earnings & Financial Reports 3 11 8 9
Capital Related (e.g., Large New Stock Issuance) 3 0 2 2
Major Events Regarding Business Operation 4 8 5 3
Others 2 6 1 1
表 5 內線消息種類(單位:案件)
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特別值得一提的是,2010 年的 SEC v. Galleon Management, LP, et al.與 2011 年的 SEC v. Mark
Anthony Longoria et al.案均涉及多名被告(前者有 21 名被告,而其中 11 名被告亦被刑事起訴;後者則有 11 名被告,其中 8 位被刑事起訴。)而這兩個案子中許多被告均為金融專業人士。由此可
知,金融專業人士可說是違反內線交易的高危險群。
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藉由觀察上表之數據,可看出哪些消息的利用經常會觸犯內線交易,惟需注意者 是,上表所列之消息種類不盡然包括全部的內線交易行為態樣,換言之,我們最多只 可得出聯邦證管會將其調查之重點放在哪些內線消息種類之結論而已。明顯地,與企 業併購相關或其他涉及公司結構變動的重大交易消息,由於其本質之敏感性,佔了執 法案件的大多數。因此,公司必須密切控管此類消息,且格外留意其公布時機,以免 觸犯內線交易相關法規。
第四項 案件結果與不法所得之統計
一個執法案件之核心在於其調查、處理之過程以及最後的獲得之結果。許多學者 與文獻均指出聯邦證管會通常係與被告達成和解的方式結束一件執法案件137,因此本 研究希望藉由調查案件結果,以真實數據來驗證學者文獻所述之現象是否確有其根據。
Case Result 2009 2010 2011 2012 total
Settled 30 42 38 38 148
Court Decided without Settlement 4 4 9 10 27
Only Some Defendants Settled 2 6 5 6 19
Data Not Available 1 1 5 4 11
Settled Cases to All Cases with Relevant Information
13883% 81% 73% 70% 76%
表 6 內線交易執法案件之結果(單位:案件)
2009 2010 2011 2012 total
Total Number of Defendants
13978 119 106 120 423
Number of Settled Defendants 57 97 80 76 310
Settlement Ratio 73% 81% 75% 63% 73%
表 7 和解被告之人數與比例
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See C
HOI& P
RITCHARD, supra note 8, at 190-91. See Also Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities,
Report of the Task Force on SEC Settlements, 47B
US. L
AW. 1083, 1096 (1992).
138
部分和解案件並未列入計算此比例。
139
不包含連帶被告(Relief Defendants) 。
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由上列兩表中可明顯看出,確實如學者與文獻所觀察到的現象,案件和解之情形 相當普遍。無論是以案件為單位作計算,抑或是以被告為單位計算,其比例均落在 70~80%左右。
為了更進一步地了解聯邦證管會對於內線交易之執法,觀察案件所涉及之不法所 得數額是另一個有效的方式。誠如下表所示,大多數的內線交易案件,其涉及之不法 所得數額均在一百萬美元以下,而多於一百萬美元之案件比例落在 9~30%不等。惟透 過觀察以下的數據並無法明確得出:(一)聯邦證管會之執法確實有效遏止大規模的 內線交易產生,抑或(二)可能由於執法不力而導致無法有效發覺大規模內線交易,
這兩種結論。不過若依據邏輯進行推論,由於大部分的內線交易案件所涉及之金額不 多,規模並不大,此現象或許在某種程度上增加了聯邦證管會利用和解來解決大多數 案件的誘因。
2009 2010 2011 2012
Cases with Relevant Info 26 30 45 43
Less or Equal to $100,000 9 10 17 24
$100,001~$1,000,000 12 11 18 15
Over $1,000,000 5 9 10 4
Over $1,000,000 Cases to All 19% 30% 22% 9%
表 8 內線交易案件之不法所得(單位:案件)
第五項 民事救濟與和解金額之統計
無論是透過行政程序抑或是民事程序,聯邦證管會均可向內線交易案件之被告請 求金錢上與非金錢上之救濟。本研究首先調查內線交易案件中,聯邦證管會對於金錢 上之救濟,亦即民事罰金(Civil Penalty)140,之請求結果。
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民事罰金係於不法所得之歸入(Disgorgement)外,額外科以被告之金錢懲罰。
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2009 2010 2011 2012
Cases with Relevant Info 22 22 22 33
Less or Equal to $100,000 12 15 14 23
$100,001~$1,000,000 9 5 5 8
Over $1,000,000 1 2 3 3
表 9 內線交易案件之民事罰金(單位:案件)
由上表可看出,大多數內線交易案件之民事罰金均少於十萬美元,且僅少數多於 一百萬美元,此或許能呼應先前所述之內線交易案件不法所得偏低之情形。
再者,本研究將民事罰金與不法所得進行比較,希望藉由分析兩者間之關係,推 測不法所得數額於聯邦證管會請求民事罰金時所扮演之角色。詳參下表:
Civil Penalties/Illicit Profits 2009 2010 2011 2012
Less than one time 6 13 11 20
Equal to one time 21 12 17 31
Between one time and two times 1 1 5 4
Greater than two times 4 6 1 5
表 10 民事罰金與不法所得之關係(單位:被告)
由上表可知,絕大多數案件的民事罰金是少於或等於該案件之不法所得數額的。
因此,本研究認為造成此現象之原因可能有二:首先,根據表 8 所示,由於內線交易 案件之規模並未如想像中大,因此民事罰金之數額亦不會太高。其次,由於聯邦證管 會傾向以和解之方式解決內線交易案件,故為了換取被告之合作,其裁處之民事罰金 即會低於法定最高三倍不法所得之數額,藉此提高和解之誘因。
而除了金錢上之救濟外,聯邦證管會亦可利用其他非金錢上救濟來進一步達到其 執法之目的。而常見之非金錢上救濟有永久禁制令、禁止擔任董事、經理人、禁止命 令、職業懲戒、以及暫時命令。前二者常係於民事程序中向聯邦地方法院法官主張,
而後三者則係於行政程序中向行政法官主張。本研究亦針對上述非金錢救濟之使用進
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行調查:
Remedy Types/Number of Issuance 2009 2010 2011 2012
Permanent Injunction 55 83 77 76
Director/Manager Bar 3 6 6 15
Cease-and-Desist Order 0 3 0 1
Professional Discipline 14 31 17 16
Temporary Order 0 7 3 3
表 11 非金錢上救濟(單位:次數)
由上表數據可知,在金錢上救濟之外,非金錢救濟其實於聯邦證管會之執法上亦 具有其重要性。在各種非金錢救濟種類中,永久禁制令之使用是明顯多於其他類型的。
此情形在某種程度上呼應內線交易案件之特色在於多數被告身分背景之特殊性,而藉 由這樣的身分建立管道獲取內線消息,並不法利用內線消息獲利。聯邦證管會欲藉由 請求法院核發永久禁制令,禁止被告未來再犯相同的錯。故聯邦證管會請求救濟之目 的除了冀望被告對於其不法行為付出代價,另一方面亦在於降低被告未來再犯之風險。
最後本研究亦統計了案件之和解金額。一般來說,和解金額為不法所得之返還額
(Disgorgement Amount)、判決前利息(Pre-judgment Interest)與民事罰金之加總。
請參見下表:
2009 2010 2011 2012
Cases with Relevant Info 22 26 31 36
Less or Equal to $100,000 6 5 9 12
$100,001~$1,000,000 12 13 15 18
Over $1,000,000 4 8 7 6
表 12 和解金額之統計(單位:案件)
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第六項 平行刑事起訴案件
誠如前章第二節第二項第四款所述,聯邦證管會持續將對於內線交易法規有「明 知故犯」(Willful Violation)情事之被告轉介至司法部由檢察官進行刑事追訴,希望 藉由強而有力的刑事制裁來打擊大規模之內線交易犯罪。故本研究亦針對 2009 至 2012 年間聯邦證管會提起之內線交易執法案件中,被轉介至刑事程序之被告數量進行 調查,據此觀察刑事追訴手段的使用程度。
2009 2010 2011 2012
Total Number of Defendants in SEC Actions 78 119 106 120
Number of Defendants Involved in Parallel Criminal Actions 15 37 33 17
Total Number of Civil Cases 37 53 57 58
Civil Cases involving Parallel Criminal Action 5 17 17 13
% of Civil Defendants involved in Criminal Actions 19% 31% 31% 14%
% of Civil Cases that involves Criminal Actions 14% 32% 30% 22%
表 13 平行刑事起訴(單位:被告數/案件)
如上表所示,事實上,被移送刑事程序之被告並未如想像中多。其或可歸因於刑 事程序之舉證程度本較民事程序為高,抑或內線交易行為之本質即有高度之隱密性,
因此,若欲指控被告係明知故犯,於現實上有其困難度存在。針對平行刑事起訴案件 之簡表與整理後之刑度表請參見下兩表(案件細節請參見附錄二):
因此,若欲指控被告係明知故犯,於現實上有其困難度存在。針對平行刑事起訴案件 之簡表與整理後之刑度表請參見下兩表(案件細節請參見附錄二):