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securitiesdocket.com - 2/13/2009
Pequot Insider Trading Investigation, Part 9
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Just when you thought that the eight prior investigations related to possible insider trading at Pequot Capital Management in 2001 had pretty much covered all that could be covered, there’s more: Portfolio.com reports that federal prosecutors have now opened a criminal investigation ...
sec.gov - 2/17/2009
SEC Charges R. Allen Stanford, Stanford International Bank for Multi-Billion Dollar Investment ...
— sec.gov — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Robert Allen Stanford and three of his companies for orchestrating a fraudulent, multi-billion dollar investment scheme centering on an $8 billion CD program. (more) SEC Charges R. Allen Stanford, Stanford International ...

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epicureandealmaker.blogspot.com - 2/13/2009
To Catch a Thief
— epicureandealmaker.blogspot.com — I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in I'm proud to be a glutton, and I don't have time for sloth I'm greedy, and I'm angry, and I don't care who I cross I'm Mr. Bad Example, intruder in ... (more) To Catch a Thief

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reuters.com - 2/6/2009
SEC chief says agency to act like hair is on fire | U.S.
— reuters.com — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission took steps on Friday to reinvigorate the agency's policing of Wall Street, two days after a congressional hearing chastised SEC investigators for failing to uncover Bernard ... (more) SEC chief says agency to act like hair is on ...

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