Leahy, Pillet Charged in EADS Insider-Trading Probe
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Airbus SAS Chief Operating Officer John Leahy and Erik Pillet, the former human resources director at the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. unit, were charged by a Paris investigating judge with insider trading.
Leahy was placed under investigation Nov. 5, and Pillet Oct. 1 after they were called in for questioning, said a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office who declined to be named citing office policy.