Joe Lewis faces 19 criminal charges, including securities fraud and conspiracy. Photo: Mike Egerton/PA Wire/ZUMA Press British billionaire Joe Lewis was indicted on insider-trading charges Tuesday for allegedly sharing confidential information about companies in which he invested with personal assistants, romantic partners and his pilots.

The Justice Department on Wednesday charged a Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America trader and an associate with fraud for allegedly using stolen confidential information to profit on trades, yielding what prosecutors said were tens of millions of dollars in illegal gains. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York charged Lawrence Billimek, 51 years old, and Alan Williams, 77, a retired financial professional and active day trader, with securities fraud,...

A New York state financial regulator has asked the Trump Organization’s longtime insurance broker for documents and internal communications pertaining to its dealings with President Trump’s businesses, according to a person familiar with the matter. On Monday, the New York state Department of Financial Services subpoenaed insurance brokerage Aon PLC for the information, the person said. This included internal communications and correspondence dating to 2009, according to the person. ...