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SEC Moves to Recommend Fraud Charges against Martha Stewart.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2002

By Greg B. Smith, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 22--The SEC has notified Martha Stewart that its investigators are moving to recommend civil security fraud charges against her for insider trading, sources said yesterday.

The Securities & Exchange Commission gave Stewart a so-called Wells Notice -- the first step toward bringing a lawsuit against her, according to a source familiar with the matter.

It officially told the beleaguered Stewart that the SEC's law enforcement staff was considering recommending that the five-member commission file charges against her in federal court.

The action does not mean Stewart faces criminal charges, although a federal criminal probe continues into her...

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