A British-Lebanese securities trader wanted in the United States for alleged insider dealing on Wednesday won his fight against extradition at the United Kingdom's Supreme Court. Joseph El-Khouri was charged in New York in 2019 alongside five others,

According to the court, El-Khouri was accused of using contracts for difference (CFDs) to trade on inside information — allegedly obtained from friends in the U.K. that worked as investment bankers — allegedly generating almost US$2 million in illicit profits.