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Former Bidstack executive and friend fined £108,000 in UK for insider trading

By Martin Coyle ( February 10, 2026, 12:16 GMT | Insight) -- A former executive at Bidstack and a “close friend” have been fined a total of £108,731 over insider trading in 2021 that involved the purchase of 1.3 million shares in the company, which places advertising within video games. The executive was found to have exchanged Whatsapp messages with his friend ahead and later searched for help on how to delete messages and looked at whether insider trading was illegal.A former executive at Bidstack, which places advertising within video games, and a “close friend” have been handed fines by the UK financial watchdog over an insider trading scam that involved the purchase of 1.3 million shares in the company....

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