The U.S. Supreme Court reinforced the Securities and Exchange Commission’s powers, upholding sanctions against an investment banker found to have duped investors about a startup company’s financial condition.
The justices, voting 6-2, said Francis V. Lorenzo, who worked at Charles Vista, could be held liable for taking part in a scheme to defraud investors even if he didn’t write two deceptive emails at the center of the case.
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