Feds Dismiss Charges Against 1 of Quartet Accused of Insider Trading on Abbott Laboratories/Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. Buyout

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Federal regulators drop charges against 1 of the accused charged with insider trading in connection with Abbott's 2009 buyout of Advanced Medical Optics. Federal investigators late last month moved to drop charges against 1 of the quartet of suspects accused of insider trading in connection with Abbott's (NYSE:ABT) $2.8 billion buyout of Advanced Medical Optics in 2009.Defendant Roger Wittenbach was accused alongside former baseball player Doug DeCinces and 2 others of acting on information allegedly obtained from DeCinces, who investigators said learned of the impending buyout from then-CEO James Mazzo. Prosecutors suddenly requested a dismissal of the case against Wittenbach late last month, and U.S. District Judge Andrew Guilford approved the motion in short order, although no reason was given for the dismissal.

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