The billionaire owner of Tottenham Hotspur football club was charged with orchestrating “brazen” insider trading by US federal prosecutors on Tuesday.
According to Damian Williams, the US attorney for the southern district of New York, Joe Lewis gave friends, including his personal pilots, assistants and romantic partners, inside information from companies in which he was an investor.
The 86-year-old founder of the Tavistock Group investment firm faces a 19-count indictment with 16 counts of securities fraud and three counts of conspiracy.
“We allege that for years Joe Lewis abused his…
