On November 2, 2016, the Financial Conduct Authority announced that Mark Alexander Lyttleton had pleaded guilty to two counts of insider dealing at Southwark Crown Court. The FCA charged Mr. Lyttleton with three counts of insider dealing pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act 1993 on September 29, 2016. The third charge was subsequently dropped. Mr. Lyttleton was an Investment Portfolio Manager at Blackrock Investment Management (UK) Ltd. Mr. Lyttleton had acted on inside information he obtained by working on deals relating to the relevant stocks and by being a party to conversations conducted by colleagues. The criminal offence of insider dealing is punishable by a fine or up to seven years imprisonment. The Judge, Anthony Leonard, told Mr. Lyttleton that his pleading guilty at an early stage of the prosecution process will be taken into account and to his advantage. Mr. Lyttleton will be sentenced on December 21, 2016.
The FCA's announcement is available at: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/mark-lyttleton-pleads-guilty-insider-dealing.
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