WASHINGTON AP – Hedge fund Ritchie Multi-Strategy Global Trading Ltd., its associated investment firm and an employee are paying a total of $40 million to settle charges of illegal late trading.

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday announced the settlement with Ritchie Multi-Strategy, investment adviser Ritchie Capital Management and employee Warren DeMaio. The Chicago-area firms and DeMaio neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing in the settlement.