Billionaire Joe Lewis Seeks to Avoid Prison for Insider Trading
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British billionaire Joe Lewis says he should be spared prison time after pleading guilty to insider trading and instead be put on supervised release for three years and fined $5 million.
Lewis’s advanced age — he is 87 — and his cooperation with prosecutors are among the factors that weigh in favor of probation over prison, his lawyers said in a court filing Thursday evening.