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SEC Can't Make SIPC Repay Stanford Victims, Judge Says

Posted: July 3, 2012 @ 10:40 am - Law360.com - Business Wire

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cannot force the Securities Investor Protection Corp. to compensate victims of convicted tycoon Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme, a Washington federal judge said Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind decision.
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