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What is the SEC going to do with the $4.55B settlement?
Here’s how the SEC themselves talk about their thought process around settlements https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/clayton-sta...
It’s basically usually some mix of fine and restitution, with the bulk going to restitution in these sorts of cases but with more fine in cases where the defendant should have known better (eg settlements with big banks) but the actual nominal loss to investors is lower than the regulator believes the firm should have to pay up.
Give it to all the people that lost money in the scam? Isn't that generally what those settlements are for?
If it's a fine, it probably goes to the United States Treasury or the SEC's budget. I also wouldn't be surprised if the settlement was not fully paid.