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the SEC doesn't give a shit.

if it quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it's probably one in their eyes.

Coburn never would have settled if the SEC were that sloppy. You might disagree with the laws involved, but I'm pretty sure they had a decent legal case.

he's not in the clear from civil lawsuits which I'm sure this SEC settlement sets a precedent.

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