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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Naked Shorting-Hedge Fund & Market Maker manipulation?

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To: Savant who wrote (2349)3/14/2007 5:26:12 PM
From: rrufff  Read Replies (1) of 5034
 
There is some law - SEC and NYSE Settle Enforcement Actions Against Goldman Sachs Unit for Role in Customers' Illegal Trading Scheme
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Washington, D.C., March 14, 2007 - The Securities and Exchange Commission and the NYSE Regulation, Inc. today settled separate enforcement proceedings against a prime broker and clearing affiliate of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. for its violations arising from in an illegal trading scheme carried out by customers through their accounts at the firm. Both proceedings find that firm customers traded and profited by illegally selling securities short just prior to public offerings of the companies' securities. In connection with the illegal short sales, the SEC and the NYSE found that the affiliate, Goldman Sachs Execution and Clearing L.P. (Goldman), violated the regulations requiring brokers to accurately mark sales long or short and restricting stock loans on long sales. The SEC and the NYSE further found that, if Goldman had instituted and maintained appropriate procedures, it could have discovered through its own records the customers' illegal activity.
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