Thursday, May 8, 2014

SEC $ettles With Jeffries Group

"Investment bank agrees to pay $25m in penalties" New York Times   March 13, 2014

NEW YORK — Jefferies Group, the investment bank and brokerage firm, agreed Wednesday to pay $25 million to settle accusations by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it failed to supervise traders who lied to investors about the price of mortgage-backed securities.

The settlement comes one week after a federal jury in New Haven found a senior Jefferies bond trader, Jesse C. Litvak, guilty of defrauding investors in mortgage-backed securities and generating more than $2.7 million for the firm.... 

Looks like bu$ine$$ as u$ual to me.

See: Ex-trader convicted of defrauding bailout program

You can't see that? Didn't get by me.

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You have Levenson to thank for it. 

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