Exhibit 759

Congressman Chris Collins sentenced in biotech insider trading scheme

Exhibit 759 · News report

Congressman Chris Collins sentenced in biotech insider trading scheme

Reports a 26-month sentence for Collins after his October 2019 guilty plea to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and false statements. President Trump pardoned him in December 2020 (BioSpace).

Source: STAT
Date: 17 January 2020
Grade: Reported
Document: https://www.statnews.com/2020/01/17/congressman-chris-collins-sentenced-biotech-insider-trading-scheme/
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit
Note: Collins, 18-cr-567, S.D.N.Y.) and the pardon warrant; justice.gov blocked automated retrieval.

Cited by

Finding POL-4.12: Reported Two Republicans were prosecuted for insider trading: Christopher Collins (R-NY) pleaded guilty in 2019 over information from his seat on the board of Innate Immunotherapeutics, and former Representative Stephen Buyer (R-IN) was convicted in 2023 over information from his consulting work after he left Congress; neither case used information obtained through congressional office, and the cited records contain no Democratic counterpart.