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by nate_meurer 4482 days ago
This is dangerously false. I sincerely hope nobody takes this comment seriously.

In the US, insider trading is typically charged as a civil offense, where the SEC doesn't need to prove anything. In civil cases the SEC is often only held to "preponderance of evidence" standard -- even lower than the "clear and convincing evidence" standard used in most civil fraud cases.

Only if the charges are criminal does the SEC have to prove their case.