"Guilty Pleas in Insider Trading Case Linked to Trump Media Merger"

Two men, Michael and Gerald Shvartsman, pleaded guilty to insider trading in securities related to the merger of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) with a blank-check company. They illegally traded on inside information, making a total of $22 million in illegal profit. The company's shares have been volatile, and Trump's stake is currently worth about $4 billion. The Shvartsmans are scheduled to be sentenced on July 17, and the average prison sentence for federal fraud cases in the U.S. last year was around two years.