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SEC hopes to stem fraud by posting investor complaints

U.S. securities regulators are studying a new method to fight fraud through online postings of investor complaints.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said it hopes the approach will give retail investors a new tool to avoid scams and questionable investment solicitations by high-pressure "boiler room" operations that aren't registered with federal regulators.

SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said the initiative, called Public Alert: Unregistered Soliciting Entities, or PAUSE, will post information on the SEC's Web site about solicitations that have generated investor ...

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