UPDATE 1-Ex-BNY Mellon employee sentenced to 6 months in U.S. prison
November 12, 2015 at 14:23 PM EST
NEW YORK, Nov 12 (Reuters) - A former Bank of New York Mellon Corp employee was sentenced on Thursday to six months in prison after admitting to illegally making $737,000 trading on tips a friend at Merck & Co Inc supplied him about potential pharmaceutical mergers.