【英语生活】情侣合伙出售迪士尼公司内幕消息被诉

Federal authorities alleged Wednesday that a Walt Disney Co. executive assistant and her boyfriend engaged in a ham-handed plot to sell Wall Street traders inside information, first offered in a chirpy missive sent to dozens of investment companies.

'Hi, I have access to Disney's (DIS) quarterly earnings report before its release on 05/03/10,' the March 5 letter began. 'I am willing to share this information for a fee that we can determine later.'

The alleged plan went awry. Instead of taking the bait, 'multiple hedge funds reported the illicit scheme,' the Securities and Exchange Commission said in a press release.

In a pair of complaints filed Wednesday, federal authorities said the letter and subsequent emails were sent by Yonni Sebbag, whose girlfriend Bonnie Hoxie was an assistant to Disney's head of corporate communications.

Disney said in a statement Wednesday that it 'has been fully cooperating with this investigation.' Ms. Hoxie was at work as recently as Tuesday, according to people at the company.

A federal judge ordered Mr. Sebbag held as a potential flight risk and released Ms. Hoxie on a $50,000 bond Wednesday. Neither responded to the charges in a hearing Wednesday.

美国联邦政府有关部门周三指控说，华特-迪士尼公司(Walt Disney Co.)的一位行政助理及其男友参与了一项向华尔街交易员出售内幕消息的蹩脚计划。他们先是写了一封语气活泼的信件，向数十家投资公司提出这一交易。

相关阅读本案起诉书中载入的涉案电子邮件这封于3月5日发出的信件开头是这样的：你好，我可以在迪士尼季度财务报告于2010年5月3日发布前拿到它，我愿意分享这一情报，费用我们可以过后决定。

这个计划没有成功。美国证券交易委员会(Securities and Exchange Commission)在一篇新闻稿中说，多家对冲基金没有上当，而是举报了这个非法企图。

联邦政府有关部门在周三提起的两份起诉书中说，这封信件和后来的电子邮件是由斯贝格（Yonni Sebbag）发出的，他的女友霍克西（Bonnie Hoxie）是迪士尼公司企业公关部负责人的助理。

迪士尼周三发表声明说，它一直在全面配合这场调查。迪士尼公司的人士说，截至周二，霍克西还在公司工作。

周三，一位联邦法官命令扣押斯贝格，因为他可能逃走，同时以5万美元的保释金释放了霍克西。周三的一场聆讯上，两人都没有回应上述指控。