RICHMOND, Va. -- Robert Brian Thompson, a former long-time employee at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, will serve 24 months in federal prison for an insider trading scheme he perpetrated while working as a bank examiner at the central bank.
The 44-year-old Chesterfield resident was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Richmond, in a hearing that weighed whether his punishment should be on par with those of other similar first-time offenders, or harsher due to his status as a public-sector employee in a regulatory position. Click here to continue reading on Richmond BizSense.
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