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A Reddit commenter notes that in 2013, a former KPMG senior partner in the Pacific Southwest pleaded guilty to federal insider trading charges for leaking confidential client information.

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Post: "Someone is going to jail"

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RedditAug 28, 2026By u/NewTrust7547

r/KPMG

Someone is going to jail

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101
comments
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Extracted from these lines

  • [comment u/Affectionate_Rate_99] This isn't the first time this happened. Back in 2013 a partner from the Pacific Southwest pled guilty for insider trading.

  • [comment u/Affectionate_Rate_99] https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-senior-partner-kpmg-who-provided-confidential-client-information-was-used-make

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5 of 36 comments
  • “When average people insider trade, they go to jail. When the elite insider trade, we elect them to positions of power.”

    u/The_Deku_Nut71 points · Aug 28, 2026View

  • “I was pretty sure that everyone knew the games that the administration has been using was above court law. He is the most corrupt president I’ve studied to be honest. He makes Andrew Jackson look like a saint”

    u/MelissaCop18 points · Aug 28, 2026View

  • “This isn't the first time this happened. Back in 2013 a partner from the Pacific Southwest pled guilty for insider trading. https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-senior-partner-kpmg-who-provided-confidential-client-information-was-used-make”

    u/Affectionate_Rate_9910 points · Aug 28, 2026View

  • “As someone that has never participated in Polymarket or adjacent markets, I thought the entire allure was that it’s fully unregulated (at least for the time being)? When did this become not true? I don’t understand how they’re operating in non gambling states if it is regulated…”

    u/msundah4 points · Aug 28, 2026View

  • “So who in Fed Gov is it”

    u/Asleep-Tangelo-57044 points · Aug 28, 2026View

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Event date
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  • compliance
  • insider trading
  • legal

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  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Aug 28, 2026
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        "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/KPMG/comments/1w10lj9/comment/p6hb7j0/",
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        "author": "The_Deku_Nut",
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        "excerpt": "This isn't the first time this happened. Back in 2013 a partner from the Pacific Southwest pled guilty for insider trading.\n\n https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-senior-partner-kpmg-who-provided-confidential-client-information-was-used-make",
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        "excerpt": "As someone that has never participated in Polymarket or adjacent markets, I thought the entire allure was that it’s fully unregulated (at least for the time being)?\n\n When did this become not true? I don’t understand how they’re operating in non gambling states if it is regulated…",
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        "excerpt": "So who in Fed Gov is it",
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        "author": "Desperate-Ocelot5509",
        "excerpt": "Just got a kalshi advert on this post lol",
        "posted_at": "2026-08-29T00:09:31.000Z",
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        "excerpt": "Alternatively, if they can’t get you on insider trading, they get you on Fed perjury charges, which is no walk in the park. Ask Martha Stewart, she went to prison for 5 months for perjury, which was easier to prove vs alleged insider trading.\n\n Was it the Rolex 18k presidential date just with the bark finish on the lugs and links? Might be worth a stretch at a federal work camp in Alabama if you c",
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        "author": "Intelligent-Shake507",
        "excerpt": "How dare you KPMg employee only the POTUS and his family are allowed to do this.",
        "posted_at": "2026-08-29T01:16:35.000Z",
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