SEC Criticized for Shoddy and Illegal Record Disposal

More than a year ago, National Archives associates called out the Securities and Exchange Commission for illegally destroying records of preliminary investigations. Since then, no formal plan has been agreed upon regarding which files to destroy and which to retain. As of now, these important documents are all risk.
The SEC’s policy regarding document disposal had long been to destroy the files of any case if the enforcement division officially closed the inquiry. Files are kept if the SEC decided to investigate a particular case. National Archives associates, however, maintain that many documents that should have been kept, were destroyed.
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