Illegal Activity
suspicious
Blackmail
none
Date
2015-06-24
Document Type
email
Model
gemini-2.0-flash-001
Processed
2026-02-07T18:42
Summary
This email chain discusses the TransUnion IPO, with Richard Kahn requesting Vahe Stepanian to put in for 25,000 shares. The email also includes details about the IPO, such as the offer range and roadshow dates.
Metadata
- Subject
- FW: • • • NEW JOINT BOOKRUN INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING •• • TRANSUNION (NYSE: TRU) •• • APPROVED FOR EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION •**
- Sender
- Vahe Stepanian (vahe.stepanian@db.com)
- Recipients
- Paul Morris (paul.morris@db.comi, Stewart Oldfield (stewart.oldfield@db.com)
- Document ID
- DB-SDNY-0050102
- Date
- 2015-06-24
Illegal Activity
- Severity
- suspicious
- Description
- The request for 25,000 shares could potentially be related to insider trading if Richard Kahn had non-public information. However, without more context, it is only suspicious.
- Content Type
- first_hand
Relationships 4
| Entity 1 | Relationship | Entity 2 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vahe Stepanian | business | Paul Morris | Vahe Stepanian sent an email to Paul Morris and Stewart Oldfield regarding the TransUnion IPO. |
| Vahe Stepanian | business | Richard Kahn | Richard Kahn requests Vahe Stepanian to put in for 25,000 shares of TransUnion. |
| Vahe Stepanian | business | Darren Indyke | Darren Indyke is CC'd on the email from Richard Kahn to Vahe Stepanian. |
| Vahe Stepanian | business | Jeffrey | Vahe Stepanian forwards information about the TransUnion IPO to Jeffrey. |
Notable Quotes 2
Please put in for 25,000 shares. Thank you.
Jeffrey — FYI on the below.
Financial Information
Amounts:25,000 shares29,545,455 Shares$21.00$23.00
Assets:
- TransUnion shares
Transactions:
- Initial Public Offering of TransUnion shares
Public Knowledge
- Context
- Initial Public Offerings are generally public knowledge, but specific requests for shares and internal communications are not.
- Media Worthy
- Yes
Raw Analysis JSON
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Themes
Financial transactions/money flowBusiness dealings
Organizations 4
db.comTRANSUNIONNYSEJPM
Locations 3
New YorkMid AtlanticBoston
Text Analysis
- Tone
- Informative, transactional
- Purpose
- To inform recipients about the TransUnion IPO and to fulfill a request for shares.
- Significance
- Shows a request for a large number of shares in an IPO, potentially indicating insider access or preferential treatment.
File Info
- File Name
- EFTA01361164.txt
- Dataset
- dataset_10
- Type
- Text
- Model
- gemini-2.0-flash-001
- Processed
- 2026-02-07T18:42:42.410759
- DOJ Source
- View on DOJ