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On the recordSeptember 9, 2009
Is it mind boggling to you, as you did your research and investigation here, that a fraud of such magnitude, $50 billion or more--I assume one of the largest the SEC has ever dealt with or failed to deal with--how could it have happened, right?
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Senator Shelby questions the SEC's failure to detect a massive fraud.

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