Compliance Review

It was not routine. He answered questions with the humiliating truth. Yes, he was unemployed. No, he had no relationship with anyone at NVIDIA. Yes, he had previously worked at a market-data firm. No, he did not possess material nonpublic information. Why had he bought? Because he followed AI infrastructure names and thought the stock might move. That last part was true enough to avoid being a lie. "And the timing?" Angela asked. "Lucky." "Luck attracts paperwork." "Does bad luck count? Because I have a lot of that." Another pause. He pictured her in an office with glass walls, seeing his life as a risk score. "Your restriction may lift by end of day if there is no further concern.