Rejection of BofA settlement a setback for SEC

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Tue, 09/15/2009 - 15:50

A judge's condemnation of the Securities and Exchange Commission in rejecting its $33 million settlement with Bank of America over bonuses at Merrill Lynch dealt a stinging rebuke to an agency seeking to mend its image after its failure to detect Bernard Madoff's fraud scheme.


 

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