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SEC bars chief compliance officer for role in overbilling scheme
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-11-01T19:31:00
The former chief compliance officer of Yellowstone Partners, a now-defunct registered investment advisory firm, has been barred from practice for his role in an overbilling scheme that defrauded clients out of $11.8 million.
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