back to article SEC drops 42 cases after staff bungle data protection

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has dismissed proceedings against 42 companies and individuals after admitting that its enforcement staff accessed documents that were supposed to be for judges' eyes only. All 42 [PDF] of the now-dismissed cases were slated to be heard by the watchdog agency's in-house court – …

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  2. HammerOn1024

    So When?

    So when will the arrests start? Oh, right... bureaucrats... so never. >:-|

  3. Claptrap314 Silver badge

    This

    is what your man on the inside does. No tipoffs, no nothing, just "whoops!"--and you're off the hook!

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