Exercise
Answer true or false
- 1. _ If a person does not respond to an administrator’s request for information, the administrator can rescind the person.
- 2. _ An administrator can issue a cease and desist order without requesting a court injunction.
- 3. _ An administrator has the authority to imprison professionals who violate securities regulations.
- 4. _ The statute of limitations for civil violations is three years from the date of a violation itself or two years from the date an investor discovers that a violation took place.
- 5. _ In the case of a final order that is vacated, all charges and penalties are dropped.
Answers
- 1. False. In such a case, the administrator can hold the person in contumacy. Only an issuer or securities professional can offer rescission.
- 2. True. Issuing a cease and desist order is an action that an administrator can take on his own.
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