前拉斯维加斯博彩业高管了解证监会内幕交易指控

　　前拉斯维加斯博彩业高管布鲁克？邓恩已同意支付181594美元的罚金，以了解一桩关于指控他参与非法股票内幕交易的联邦指控。

　　美国证券交易委员会于2009年指控前洗牌大师公司高管邓恩。

　　证交会指控称邓恩作为洗牌大师公司的高级副总裁，曾在2007年2月将洗牌大师公司将公布一份令投资人失望的季度财政报告的内幕消息透露给一位朋友

　　而据证交会的指控他的这位朋友，来自达尼斯顿的尼古拉斯。P.豪伊，立即利用这一内幕消息通过交易洗牌大师公司的股票牟利237000美元。

　　2008年末，邓恩因未公开原因离开洗牌大师公司，在2008年11月接受证交会内幕交易调查后他就开始了带薪的行政休假。

　　洗牌大师公司是生产包括卡式游戏机在内的赌场设备的。

　　在上周确定解决协议的时候，邓恩并未承认或否认了这些指控，但同意支付181594美元的民事罚款。

　　邓恩还同意，如果将来证交会解除关于禁止他在上市公司担任高管或董事的禁令，他会“改变关于他没有像指控中所说违反联邦证券法的说法”

　　他的朋友豪伊也同意了解证交会的指控，表示他有义务支付181594美元，罚款数字是重新核算其得益于邓恩的内幕消息的获利以及避免损失所得，并加上30403美元的利息，两人分担各支付181594美元罚款。

　　译文：

　　Former Las Vegas gaming executive R. Brooke Dunn has agreed to pay a fine of $181,594 to settle a federal complaint alleging he was involved in an illegal insider stock trading incident.

　　The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Dunn, a former Shuffle Master Inc. executive, in 2009.

　　The SEC charged that after Dunn, a senior vice president, learned in February 2007 that Shuffle Master would report disappointing quarterly earnings, he tipped off a friend.

　　The friend, Nicholas P. Howey of Darnestown, Md., used this non-public information to post a gain of $237,000 in trading of Shuffle Master securities, the SEC lawsuit alleged.

　　In late 2008, Dunn left Shuffle Master for undisclosed reasons. He had been placed on administrative leave with pay in November 2008 after learning of the SEC insider trading investigation.

　　Shuffle Master makes casino equipment including card shufflers.

　　In the settlement agreement finalized last week, Dunn didn’t admit or deny the allegations but agreed to pay a $181,594 civil penalty.

　　Dunn also agreed that in the future, should the SEC move to bar him from serving as an officer or director of public companies, he’ll be “precluded from arguing that he did not violate the federal securities laws as alleged in the complaint.”

　　His friend, Howey, also agreed to settle the SEC lawsuit by agreeing he is liable to pay $181,594, a revised amount representing profits gained and losses avoided thanks to Dunn’s insider information; plus interest of $30,403 and a fine of another $181,594.