Randy rouser completes landscaping work on nina tothill’s yard, and nina writes a $1,750 check from her account at small bank. the check is written as payable to randy rouser. randy needs to pay house repair bills, so he indorses the check and delivers it to christina caliss, a professional plumber, for value received. christina in turn deposits the check in her account at large bank. large bank quickly returns the check to christina with a mark stating that the check has insufficient funds. christina wants to know whether randy or nina can be held liable for the check. advise christina on what she needs to know in order to answer that question.

Cosmetic profits. sally is the executive vice president of big name cosmetics company. through important and material, nonpublic information, she learns that the company is soon going to purchase a smaller chain of stores. it is expected that stock in big name cosmetics will rise dramatically at that point. sally immediately buys a number of shares of her company's stock. she also tells her friend alice about the expected purchase of stores. alice wanted to purchase stock in the company but lacked the funds with which to do so. although she did not have the funds in bank a, alice decided to draw a check on bank a and deposit the check in bank b and then proceed to write a check on bank b to cover the purchase of the stock. she hoped that she would have sufficient funds to deposit before the check was presented for payment. of which of the following offenses, if any, is alice guilty of by buying stock?