Former eBay exec sentenced for insider trading
A former eBay executive will serve 15 months in prison for his role in insider trading.
A federal judge in Philadelphia sentenced 45-year-old Christopher Saridakis on Wednesday. Saridakis had pleaded guilty to securities fraud in May.
Saridakis, of Wilmington, Delaware, was a senior executive at GSI Commerce in March 2011 when it was about to be acquired by the online auction site eBay.
Saridakis acknowledged tipping off a friend by text message to buy GSI stock. The friend purchased 25,000 shares, and made more than $260,000 in profit when eBay bought GSI.
GSI Commerce became eBay Enterprise, and Saridakis served as president. He later resigned.
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