Four people, including a former Deutsche Bank senior corporate broker, have been charged in Britain with a £3 million alleged conspiracy, between November 2006 and March 23rd, 2010, to commit insider dealing in the first cases to result from the largest UK operation against criminal market abuse to date.

Charged yesterday were Martyn Dodgson (42), formerly of Deutsche Bank; Andrew Hind (52), a director of both Deskspace Offices and Portman Distribution, according to Companies House; Iraj Parvizi (46), an Iranian-born businessman and investor in small-cap stocks; and private stockbroker Ben Anderson (66).– Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2012