Linda Thomsen
Linda Thomsen
Linda Chatman Thomsen was the Director of the Division of Enforcement for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 2005 until early 2009. Since arriving at the SEC in 1995, she has worked under four SEC Chairmen: Arthur Levitt, Harvey Pitt, William H. Donaldson, and Christopher Cox. William Donaldson named her Director of the Division of Enforcement on May 12, 2005. She is the first and only woman to serve as Director of the Division of Enforcement. Thomsen is known...
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This fraud stretched from the biggest firms on Wall Street to a small day- trading shop. The common denominator was a willingness to steal confidential market information for use in illegal trading.