Martha Stewart in fact did not do any type of illegal financial transaction. After the Fed's case fell apart (that even if what they alleged what happened was true, it was not prosecutable) they got her for "lying" to them when she voluntary met with them to explain her trades. Fun fact is that the expert witness they used to show she lied to them was later charged with perjury.

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/07/weekinreview/ideas-trends...