Ex-GPB Capital CCO pleads guilty to stealing SEC information
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Aaron Nicodemus2020-09-09T21:15:00
A former SEC official facing federal felony charges for allegedly using confidential agency information to help him land the top compliance post at GPB Capital Holdings has pled guilty to a misdemeanor in federal court.
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