Lawrence Lasser, the former chief executive officer of
Putnam paid $40 million to the SEC in 2005 for the practice. Lasser is the first individual to be charged in such a case, said Daniel Hawke, head of the SEC’s Philadelphia office.
“We are holding him accountable for his conduct,” Hawke said.
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