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Business as Usual at the SEC

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Caleb Newquist

“The SEC at least knew of this issue and tried to inquire when they could.”

~ Don Whalen, AuditAnalytics.com’s director of research, is referring to the Commission’s knowledge of repurchase agreements used by various companies as early as 2004, but could easily be talking about Bernie Madoff.

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