SEC charges CCO over illegal security sales practices
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-12-15T19:24:00
A chief compliance officer is one of three individuals on the receiving end of SEC charges for illegally selling securities in unregistered transactions to retail investors while acting as an unregistered broker.
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