Gene Levoff

Gene Daniel Levoff (born January 1974) is a former attorney who was the director of corporate law at Apple Inc. He has pled guilty to federal charges of securities fraud in the United States.Former Apple securities lawyer pleads guilty to insider trading charges by Amber Neely, AppleInsider. 2022-07-01.
==Education==
Levoff completed his undergraduate studies at and received his J.D. from Stanford University in 2001. He was admitted to the on December 11, 2001.Palm/WESTLAW Wire SLS Students in Pilot Program, Stanford Lawyer p.9, iss.61, vol.36, no.1. Fall 2001.Gene Levoff 217907, All California Attorneys. 2018-12-05.
==Career==
Prior to joining Apple in 2008, Levoff held positions at a publicly traded company and a major law firm.Fired Apple Executive Charged With Crime He Was Supposed To Prevent by Patrick Howell O'Neill, Gizmodo. 2019-02-14.
===Apple Inc.===
At Apple, Levoff became director of corporate law and joined the company's disclosure committee in September 2008. In December 2012, he became the chair of that committee. In 2012, Levoff was the president of the Bryce Acquisition Corporation, a (SPAC) formed by Apple to acquire Touch ID developer AuthenTec.Schedule 14A (PDF) by AuthenTec, Inc., U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 2012-08-31. In 2013, he became VP and senior director of corporate law, reporting directly to Senior VP and general counsel Bruce Sewell. Levoff's responsibilities included setting policy and enforcing "blackout periods" on trading shares of AAPL during the company's earnings reports to prevent . However, he was suspected of violating the blackout policy and was placed on leave in July 2018. Levoff was then fired in September 2018.
===Legal issues===
In February 2019, a criminal complaint was filed against Levoff by the for the . On October 24, 2019, he was formally for 6 counts of securities fraud and 6 counts of wire fraud for a five-year insider trading scheme.Former Director of Corporate Law at Global Technology Company Indicted for Insider Trading by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey, U.S. Department of Justice. 2019-10-24. His insider trading was alleged to have netted him 227,000 in profits, while avoiding $377,000 in losses. In April 2020, Levoff requested that the charges be dismissed as his attorney argued that prosecution of insider trading was "unconstitutional."Apple lawyer fired for insider trading says charges are unconstitutional by Joe Wituschek, iMore. 2020-04-27. However, on June 30, 2022, Levoff pled guilty to the six securities fraud charges. He faces up to up to 120 years in prison and $30 million in fines at his sentencing, which is scheduled on November 10, 2022.
==References==
==See also==
*Gaston Bastiaens, a former Apple executive who was convicted of corporate fraud.
*Jizhong Chen, a former Apple engineer who was charged with theft of trade secrets.
*Paul Devine, a former Apple manager who was convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy.
*Dhirendra Prasad, a former Apple buyer who was convicted of mail and wire fraud.
*Weibao Wang, a former Apple engineer who was charged with theft of trade secrets.
*Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple engineer who was convicted of theft of trade secrets.
==External links==
*United States Securities and Exchange Commission vs. Gene Daniel Levoff (PDF) at the U.S. District Court of New Jersey (2019-02-13)
*Apple’s Former Director of Corporate Law Admits Insider Trading by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey at the U.S. Department of Justice (2022-06-30)
Category:Former Apple employees