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The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") was recently granted a preliminary agreement by a federal judge to bar a municipal official from participating in future bond sales. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the move marks a new enforcement method utilized by the SEC and was undertaken pursuant to the SEC's broad antifraud authority. While the SEC has received preliminary agreement in one case, other requests are still outstanding. The preliminary agreement awarded to the SEC involved a Harvey, Illinois city official who allegedly diverted municipal bonds for ...
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