Plea deals plan to beat inside trading
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Plans to introduce US-style plea bargaining for suspected insider dealers are being studied by the City watchdog to bolster its enforcement powers. The FSA has held talks with the Treasury on the introduction of immunity from prosecution and plea-bargaining for insider dealing, which could see suspects offered lesser punishments, or even immunity, in return for co-operating with the FSA on identifying more important offenders.
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