Jury convicts Blaszczak, Deerfield partners of insider trading

A federal jury in New York unanimously convicted four defendants, including two partners and analysts at healthcare hedge fund Deerfield Management Co. L.P. (New York, N.Y.), for stealing confidential CMS information and using it for illegal trading.

The jury convicted political intelligence consultant David Blaszczak; Deerfield partners and analysts Theodore Huber and Robert Olan; and CMS employee Christopher Worrall...