Insider trading seems far too frequent an event.  It takes in all kinds of people.  Here is an overview of some recent cases at the federal level.  States, too, prosecute violations of their own securities laws.  Are the punishments worth the risk?

https://nypost.com/2019/10/25/ex-apple-lawyer-in-charge-of-preventing-insider-trading-indicted-for-insider-trading/

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2019-126

https://nypost.com/2019/10/01/chris-collins-pleads-guilty-to-two-charges-in-insider-trading-case/

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24598928/mychal-kendricks-formerly-cleveland-browns-pleads-guilty-insider-trading-charges

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-insider-trading-tsai-idUSKCN1V21QU

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-28/one-suspect-held-in-insider-trading-plot-one-lost-to-blunder?srnd=premium-europe