Joe Lewis, the founder of the company which owns Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, has avoided prison for insider trading and conspiracy but must pay a $5million fine and serve three years’ probation, a Manhattan court judge has ruled.
, the founder of the company which owns club , has avoided prison for insider trading and conspiracy but must pay a $5million fine and serve three years’ probation, a Manhattan court judge has ruled. The 87-year-old British billionaire after being indicted in the United States last July for . This, according to U.S. officials, involved the passing of information to “romantic partners and his private pilots.” Advertisement U.S.
Lewis returned to Manhattan Federal Court on Thursday for sentencing Lewis pleaded guilty in January, telling Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke at the time that he was “so embarrassed” for his actions. In a letter filed with the court in March, Lewis again stressed to Clark his shame for his actions. “I am ashamed and deeply aware that I allowed my hubris and childish exuberance to impede my judgment,” Lewis wrote.
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