NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - A former pharmaceutical
executive and his cousin have been charged with insider trading
in Eastman Kodak Co KODK.N stock based on confidential
information that the company might obtain federal loans to
finance the production of COVID-19 related pharmaceutical
components.
Federal prosecutors said on Thursday that Andrew Stiles and
Gray Stiles have been arrested, and were charged with multiple
counts of securities fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud
and securities fraud.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York)
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