The SEC asked Rakoff to approve relatively light penalties for two low-level executives in exchange for their cooperation in prosecuting the Vitesse CEO and another senior company officer.

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While the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere plays an important role in limiting harmful ultraviolet light reaching the Earth's surface, low-level ozone is a pollutant that is harmful, causing respiratory problems in animals as well as well-documented cases in humans.

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