Ex-hedge fund exec wins SEC leniency for helping thwart fraud

... on Tuesday said it entered a deferred prosecution agreement with Scott Herckis, a certified public accountant from Stamford, Connecticut, for his "voluntary and significant cooperation" that helped halt a fraud by Berton Hochfeld, founder of the ...

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