交易員天價(jià)蘋(píng)果股票詐騙案曝光
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????本來(lái)是穩(wěn)賺不賠的好買(mǎi)賣(mài),。 ????據(jù)周二公布的一份聯(lián)邦刑事起訴書(shū)顯示，在10月25日（周四）,，蘋(píng)果公司（Apple）公布其第四季度財(cái)報(bào)當(dāng)天,，戴維·米勒佯裝寫(xiě)錯(cuò)了客戶訂單的小數(shù)點(diǎn)，自以為可大賺一筆,。 ????客戶要求米勒按每股620美元的開(kāi)盤(pán)價(jià),，買(mǎi)進(jìn)1,625股蘋(píng)果公司股票，總價(jià)值約100萬(wàn)美元,。而米勒卻買(mǎi)進(jìn)了162.5萬(wàn)股,，價(jià)值10億美元，并且據(jù)稱他曾向羅奇代爾證券公司（Rochdale Securities）保證,，這位客戶有足夠的經(jīng)濟(jì)實(shí)力,，將承擔(dān)所有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。 ????起訴書(shū)顯示,，米勒的計(jì)劃是,，蘋(píng)果公司的表現(xiàn)將超出華爾街的預(yù)期，股票必將暴漲.這樣一來(lái),，這筆被他放大一千倍的交易獲得的收益扣除客戶利潤(rùn)后的差額就可以可落入他自己的腰包,。 ????不幸的是，當(dāng)天蘋(píng)果公司的表現(xiàn)讓華爾街非常失望,，并沒(méi)有達(dá)到分析師的收入預(yù)期,，而且還令人吃驚地給出了保守的利潤(rùn)預(yù)期。結(jié)果,，蘋(píng)果公司股票不僅沒(méi)有暴漲,，反而大幅下跌。次日收盤(pán)價(jià)為601.25美元,，比周四開(kāi)盤(pán)價(jià)下跌了18.78美元（3%）,。 ????按票面價(jià)值計(jì)算，160萬(wàn)股蘋(píng)果股票的價(jià)值比米勒買(mǎi)進(jìn)時(shí)縮水了3,000萬(wàn)美元,。 ????據(jù)美國(guó)康涅狄格州檢察官透露,，米勒還安排了另外一家經(jīng)紀(jì)公司做空500，000股蘋(píng)果股票,，以對(duì)沖自己豪賭的風(fēng)險(xiǎn),，該公司確實(shí)能從這筆筆交易中獲利。 ????然而，這并不足以拯救米勒或羅奇代爾證券公司,。如今,，羅奇代爾持有的倉(cāng)位已經(jīng)超出了公司的現(xiàn)金儲(chǔ)備。羅奇代爾公司位于康涅狄格州斯坦福德,，已有47年歷史,，最近最出名的行為就是聘用了頗受電視臺(tái)青睞的銀行分析師迪克·波夫。自事件曝光以來(lái),，這家公司一直期待著能有救星將其收購(gòu),。 ????FBI探員金伯利·梅爾茨在昨天的聲明中表示：“與其他同類案件相似，米勒被指控的犯罪行為是以損害他人利益為自己謀利,。通過(guò)這種方式操縱和策劃股票交易是非常嚴(yán)重的刑事犯罪,，它所造成的影響極具惡劣，而且會(huì)持續(xù)很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間,?！?/p> ????米勒被指控涉嫌電信詐騙，最高可判20年監(jiān)禁,。他在繳納300,000美元保釋金后被警方釋放,。 ????與此同時(shí)，我們不得不懷疑這類案件發(fā)生的頻率,。如果羅奇代爾能夠填補(bǔ)虧損,，這件事是否還會(huì)被曝光？ ????本案是又一起“美國(guó)訴米勒” 案,，編號(hào)3：12-mj-288,，將由康涅狄格地方法院（布里奇波特）審理。 ????譯者：劉進(jìn)龍/汪皓 |
????It must have seemed like a sure thing. ????According to a federal criminal complaint filed Tuesday, David Miller thought he'd make a quick killing in Apple (AAPL) on Thursday, Oct. 25 -- the day the company reported its fourth quarter earnings -- by pretending to misplace a decimal point on a client's order. ????The client had asked Miller to buy 1,625 shares of Apple -- worth about $1 million at the opening price of $620 a share. Instead, Miller bought 1.625?million?Apple shares -- a?billion?dollars worth -- allegedly assuring his firm, Rochdale Securities, that the client was good for the money and would assume the risk. ????Miller's plan, according to the complaint, was that Apple would beat the Street's estimates, the stock would soar, and he would pocket the difference between his client's profits and the gains from the 1,000-fold larger trade. ????Unfortunately for Miller,?Apple disappointed Wall Street?that day, falling short of analysts' earnings expectations and offering surprisingly conservative margin guidance. Instead of soaring, the stock fell. It closed the next day at $601.25, down $18.75 (3%) from Thursday's opening price. ????On paper, those 1.6 million Apple shares were worth about $30 million less than what Miller paid for them. ????According to the U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut, Miller had hedged his bet somewhat by arranging for another brokerage house to short 500,000 shares of Apple -- a trade that firm was able to close at a profit. ????But it was not enough to save Miller or Rochdale Securities, which was left holding a bag bigger than its cash cushion. The 47-year-old Stamford, CT-based firm best known these days for employing Dick Bove, a TV-friendly bank analyst, has been searching ever since for a white knight to buy it out. ????"As is so often seen in these types of cases, the alleged criminal conduct of Miller was for personal gain at the expense and detriment of others," FBI agent Kimberly Mertz said yesterday in a statement. "Manipulating and orchestrating stock transactions in such a manner is a very serious criminal offense and its impact can be both devastating and lasting." ????Miller was charged with wire fraud, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years. He was released after posting a $300,000 bond. ????Meanwhile you have to wonder how often this kind of thing happens, and whether it would have come to light if Rochdale had been able to cover the losses. ????The case is U.S. v. Miller, 3:12-mj-288, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut (Bridgeport). |
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