Former hedge fund CCO fined, suspended for impeding investigation
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Aaron Nicodemus2020-10-01T16:49:00
The former CCO of a New York City investment firm who impeded a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into her employer has been fined $25,000 and suspended from practicing before the SEC for a year.
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