WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

TRENTON, N.J. - A former partner at a New Jersey broker-dealer firm admitted to conspiring to commit securities fraud involving insider trading in a special purpose acquisition companythat netted millions of dollars in illegal profits, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced.

Christopher Matthaei, 48, of Brielle, New Jersey, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner in Trenton federal court to a Superseding Information charging him with conspiracy to commit securities fraud.

According to documents filed in the cases and statements made in court:

Matthaei worked as a par...