Remember, there are plenty of civil and criminal laws to enforce actual accounting fraud as well as the release of false information to investors.

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The SEC looked into it and determined that the statements were false but that did not stop the company from issuing another press release on September 27th stating the same claim.

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Mr Williams admitted a press release about his ex-efficiency and improvement chief Keith Morrell resigning on health grounds was false.

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