You’re an investment professional and have been making some trades that would fall under the umbrella of ‘securities violations’ for some time. Your colleague and co-conspirator has been acting a little weird (whenever you talk to him, he’s been asking detailed questions about how exactly you’ve obtained inside information, what you did with it, etc) and you start to wonder if perhaps he’s flipped, is cooperating with the government and has been recording conversations with you in order to get a better deal. If he’s started wearing a cravat and asking you to lean in “closer, closer” while chatting or to slow dance in the office kitchen, you may want to back slowly out of the room and lay low for a while. Continue reading »