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Big Lots Paying Millions To Settle Insider Trading Claims

Court documents obtained by WCBE show Columbus-based retailer Big Lots has agreed to pay 38 million dollars to settle insider-trading claims from 2012. 

The documents show investors had alleged current and former executives misled shareholders about the retailer's performance, and 16 executives and board members sold company stock at a profit while knowing about the company's poor peformance. The documents show the company that year announced record performance, then announced adjusted figures after the stock sales.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.