Martha Stewart amassed her fortune through the sale of products for the home bearing her name, as well as by giving tips for gracious living via her magazine, books and television appearances. But it was a tip that Stewart received that landed her in trouble. In June 2003, the SEC filed securities fraud charges against Stewart and her one-time stockbroker, Peter Bacanovic, that alleged Bacanovic had given her an illegal tip 18 months earlier regarding stock she owned in a biopharmaceutical company called ImClone Systems, Inc.