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  "id": 5169049,
  "title": "Founder of Private-Company Investment Firm Charged With Defrauding Investors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/founder-of-private-company-investment-firm-charged-with-defrauding",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-02T20:39:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "WSJ Markets",
    "slug": "wsj-markets",
    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/founder-of-private-company-investment-firm-charged-with-defrauding-investors-3f4b6158?mod=rss_markets_main"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Federal prosecutors allege Linqto’s William Sarris marked up prices of pre-IPO shares.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}