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by addicted 1904 days ago
The SEC does more than just fraud, which is what those links speak to.

https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/2014-spch033114mjw

"We, for example, often bring cases based on negligence, while most criminal statutes require intent or at least willful blindness. Some of our statutes are also strict liability, which do not require intent, recklessness, or negligence."

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And if you look at those strict liability violations, it's stuff like filing required forms and reports by financial officers, not what we were talking about.