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Legal Weaknesses to Blame for Ineffective Role, SEC Insists.
Jul. 4--For years, the Securities and Exchange Commission has been accused of being a "paper tiger" for its failure to clamp down on market abuses, insider trading and securities fraud.
The decision earlier this week by prosecutors to drop fraud charges against the Brinton Group, accused last year of being an illegal securities "boiler room" only reinforces the blots on the SEC's enforcement record.
But SEC officials say this is an unfair criticism, and argue that legal changes were needed to close loopholes and increase the authority of the commission in prosecuting offences.
Under the current legal system, criminal actions are brought first ...
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