An ex-Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. salesman was accused of insider trading for passing along confidential tips gleaned from his wife, a Brunswick Group public-relations executive involved in corporate deals. U.S. prosecutors in New York filed criminal charges today against ex-Lehman salesmen Matthew Devlin and Frederick Bowers, lawyer Eric Holzer, and two day traders over illegal trades in a dozen transactions, including Mylan Inc.’s $1.2 billion stock buyback in 2005 and InBev NV’s acquisition of Anheuser-Busch Cos. in July.
