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by muaddirac 1424 days ago
I know it's protected information, but I am curious which types of fraud these amounts are awarded for. There seems to be lot of unpunished public examples of securities fraud (MLMs, cryptocurrencies, legislators dumping or buying stocks at convenient times, etc).
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Just look at the headlines https://www.sec.gov/news/pressreleases These are just from the past three months:

Equitable Financial To Pay $50 Million Penalty To Settle SEC Charges...

UBS to Pay $25 Million to Settle SEC Fraud Charges...

Ernst & Young to Pay $100 Million Penalty for Employees Cheating on CPA Ethics Exams...

SEC Halts Alleged Ongoing $39 Million Fraud...

Medley Management and Former Co-CEOs to Pay $10 Million Penalty...

SEC Obtains TRO and Asset Freeze against Alleged Perpetrators of nearly $450 Million Ponzi Scheme

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