SEC issues ‘highest penalty to date’ in data analytics case
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Jaclyn Jaeger2022-04-19T20:06:00
The Securities and Exchange Commission credited its risk-based data analytics initiative for resulting in its “highest penalty to date” against a publicly traded company that engaged in improper accounting to boost its quarterly earnings per share.
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