The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday it charged an employee of Perot Systems Corp. (PER) with insider trading related to Dell Inc.'s (DELL) proposed $3.9 billion acquisition of the IT services company.

The SEC charged Richardson, Texas, resident Reza Saleh with making $8.6 million in illicit profits after selling call option contracts he had built up using non-public information on the deal.

-By Wallace Witkowski, 415-439-6400; AskNewswires@dowjones.com