Soccer- Ajax Amsterdam suspend CEO amid share trading suspicions


AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Ajax Amsterdam have suspended new CEO Alex Kroes with immediate effect on suspicion he has been involved in insider trading in the club's shares, the club supervisory board said in a statement on Tuesday.

The board said it had learned Kroes had bought more than 17,000 Ajax shares a week before his intended appointment was announced on Aug. 2, 2023.

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