So the fact that the fraud occurred in an arena in which derivatives were being utilized does not mean that the derivatives caused the fraud or that there was anything with regard to derivatives regulations that would have changed it, am I correct?
On the recordOctober 18, 2005
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Discussing the relationship between derivatives and accounting fraud in REFCO case.
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