Six men pleaded not guilty today to securities fraud and conspiracy charges in Brooklyn, New York, federal court and were released on bail. The defendants include 17 current and former stock loan traders at firms including Morgan Stanley, Janney Montgomery, Van der Moolen Specialists USA LLC, A. Among the six indicted in the criminal case today are Peter Sherlock, 36, an ex-trader at New York-based Morgan Stanley, and Andrew Caccioppoli, 47, the former manager of the stock loan desk at Janney Montgomery Scott, Margolin said. A second indictment names Caccioppoli alone in a stock loan conspiracy scheme at Janney Montgomery Scott. At times, the finders fees were paid by intermediary firms, according to the indictments, because the defendants' brokerage firms didn't, as a matter of practice, pay finder fees in connection with the stock-loan transactions. In addition to Fabrizzi, Sherlock, of East Norwich, New York, and Caccioppoli, of Carmel, New York, arrested today were Craig Demizio, 42, of Colts Neck, New Jersey; Anthony Lupo, 62, of Freehold, New Jersey; and Donato Tramontozzi, 38, of Glen Head, New York, Sherlock's brother-in-law, the U. read more