US attorney alleges Lewis abused access to corporate board rooms and provided inside information to romantic partners, friends and others
Joe Lewis, the billionaire owner of Tottenham Hotspur football club, has been indicted for orchestrating a “brazen” insider trading scheme, a US attorney has said.
Damian Williams, attorney for the Southern District of New York, in a video posted on messaging platform X, said: “Today I’m announcing that my office, the southern district of New York has indicted Joe Lewis, the British billionaire, for orchestrating a brazen insider trading scheme.
“We allege that for years Joe Lewis abused access to corporate board rooms and repeatedly provided inside information to his romantic partners, his personal assistants, his pilots and his friends.
Statement of U.S. Attorney Damian Williams on U.S. v. Joseph Lewis pic.twitter.com/9rGTTYVx6h