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by tomjakubowski 1968 days ago
It's one thing to commit securities fraud. It's another to do it, blatantly and openly, as part of the biggest news story of the week.
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People panic.

Especially when they're staring at billions of losses and maybe all it takes to save them is a carefully worded public statement that they think they can later argue is technically truthful.