The CEO of a Los Angeles public relations firm has been chargedwith insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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According to an SEC press release, Renee White Fraser ofFraserCommunications bought 10,000 shares in East-West Bank the dayafter the bank hired her firm to help with public relations work onits planned acquisition of United Commercial Bank. AfterEast-West's shares rose 55% on the news of the acquisition, Frasersold her shares.

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Fraser agreed to pay $91,530.36 to settle the charges.

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See the SEC press release here and theSEC complaint here.

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