SEC ZEROS IN ON
CELEBRITY PROMOTIONS BY ER A MICHAEL RIV YI AND ABBY
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he personal problems of celebrities are often widely publicized. An overlooked beneficiary of such publicity can be the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). News of an SEC enforcement action involving a celebrity reaches a larger, more diverse audience than does a typical enforcement action — public company record-keeping violations are not featured on TMZ.
