The Financial Fraud Task Force replaced the 2002 Corporate Fraud Task Force this week. The new group, created by executive order, is composed of a broad array of federal departments and regulatory agencies. Like its predecessor, it is charged with …

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Post-Madoff, the SEC seems to have brought an almost endless stream of Ponzi scheme cases. The once virtually impossible-to-detect frauds appear to be surfacing everywhere. When that happens, the SEC and at times DOJ and the CFTC, have been there …

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