I kind of lolled at the part where you thought you where at risk of the SEC going after you.

Just a reminder that Madoff ran a ponzi for more than !15 years! to the tune of 20 billion USD and the only ones to go after him where his sons who turned him in to the FBI. Note: the SEC was NOT involved in going after him (they did the opposite: they looked away).

The SEC is a marketing agency that exists to provide a false image of "fair markets". It's not actually a regulatory agency.