2 brothers paying $4.8M in insider trading case


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WASHINGTON (AP) - Two Brazilian brothers agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle federal civil charges of insider trading ahead of the announcement of a plan to acquire H.J. Heinz Co. by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and a private equity firm.

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement with Michel and Rodrigo Terpins Thursday. The agency alleged in a lawsuit that they used confidential information about the Heinz deal to buy options on Heinz stock and reap a profit of $1.8 million afterward.

The Terpins agreed to pay $3 million in penalties and return the $1.8 million in alleged illegal profits. They neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing.

The deal to acquire the ketchup maker for $23.3 billion was announced Feb. 14, sending its shares up 20 percent to close at $72.50.

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