NEW YORK: Former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawyer Spencer Barasch agreed to pay a US$50,000 fine to resolve civil and criminal claims that he inappropriately represented alleged Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford.
The US Department of Justice accused Barasch, former head of enforcement at the SEC's Fort Worth, Texas, office, of representing Stanford Financial Group even though he had worked on the case while at the agency.
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