The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether top officials at Equifax violated insider trading laws when they sold stock before the company disclosed that it had been hacked, according to people familiar with the investigation. Equifax disclosed earlier this month that it discovered a security breach on July
Justice Department Begins Criminal Probe Into Equifax Executive Stock Sales
Senator Heidi Heitkamp, who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, said it was “disturbing” that it appeared executives sold their stock before disclosing material information to the public.