I'm pretty sure a bunch of the folks you can read about at http://www.sec.gov/sp...

confluence · on April 2, 2014

The vast majority of insider trading goes unprosecuted.

Pointing out that some winks and nods get caught does not mean that most of them get caught.

7Figures2Commas · on April 2, 2014

I'm not sure what your point is. I never made a statement about the percentage of insider trading that was identified, nor did I suggest that most people engaged in insider trading were caught. I merely pointed out the logically obvious: a lot of the people caught engaging in insider trading probably didn't believe they'd be caught.

TeMPOraL · on April 2, 2014

The point of confluence's recent comments it to highlight the obvious (or I thought it already was) fact that if it can happen, it will happen. Laws of men are not laws of physics, they don't apply unconditionally and immediately.

confluence · on April 2, 2014

Also looking through that list I see some really poorly executed insider trading. Going massively long options on shared brokerage accounts:

> the two equally split the illicit profits in their shared brokerage accounts.

-- http://www.sec.gov/News/PressRelease/Detail/PressRelease/137...

I mean come on! If you're going to do something illegal do it with some god damn panache; multiple separate accounts, multiple people, smaller orders, stock only, no paper trails, cash transfers, etc.