The insurrection worked! Everyone just take the rest of the day off and catch up with your favorite porn sites, okay?
Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2012 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Inspector General H. David Kotz will leave the agency at the end of January to join a private investigative services firm. Since he was appointed in December 2007, Mr. Kotz directed many important investigations and audits that led to significant improvements of the agency’s operations.
“David has been a committed public servant who has served the agency with great distinction for the past four years,” said SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro. “His work helped us to identify areas where we needed to improve the way we operate, bolster our resources, and upgrade our technology.”
Mr. Kotz said, “I am tremendously proud of the accomplishments of my office and the agency over the past four years. The reports we have issued have not only been significant to the agency, Congress and the investing public, but they have also directly resulted in a transformation of many of the divisions and offices of the Commission. While I will miss doing this important work, I am gratified knowing that nearly every aspect of the SEC has been significantly improved in the four years since I was named Inspector General. I owe particular thanks to Chairman Schapiro for her leadership and support of the Office of Inspector General.”
Mr. Kotz intends to join the investigative services firm of Gryphon Strategies as a Managing Director in its Washington D.C. office. He plans to focus on conducting corporate fraud investigations as well as assisting whistleblowers in exposing fraud and improving government accountability.
Mr. Kotz previously served as the Inspector General of the Peace Corps and worked in several other senior level capacities for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Prior to his government service, Mr. Kotz practiced at private law firms, including Pepper Hamilton LLP in Washington D.C. Mr. Kotz graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland in 1987 with a BA in Government and Politics, and earned his JD at Cornell Law School in 1990.
SEC Inspector General H. David Kotz to Leave Commission [SEC]
Cornell Law. Haha.
-Princeton Law 2016 Grad.
Bessy? Is everything ok?
Quick! Get Bart Chilton on the line. We need the surf-regulator!
Clearly Kotz left the SEC to begin an investigation into the whereabouts of Bess Levin after Grypon Strategies was retained by a certain well known Stamford based hedge fund to locate a national treasure.
I think we need to consider the possibility that Matt and Bess are indeed the same individual.
Considered and rejected, Holmes.
-Holmes
So, you're going to be a private dick now? What's your going rate honey?
Wasn't Gryphon the name of that bizarro ponzi-scheme "hedge fund" from Staten Island that had fake Soros quotes in their sales literature?
“His work helped us to identify areas where we needed to improve the way we operate, bolster our resources, and upgrade our technology.”
The files are INNNNNN…. the computer!?!?!? Ohhhhhhhhhh
"The Gryphon . . . together they're unstoppable" or something to that effect, if I recall correctly.
In his role as Inspector General of the Peace Corps, David was integral in securing patchouli shipments to volunteers around the world. He was able to continue to use these important investigative skills at the SEC during his search for Mary's missing eye brows and lips…
Hi,
This is nice…Thanks for sharing this…He has made a name for himself as a prolific watchdog, investigating everything from leasing and contracting to insider-trading and even pornography-watching by agency employees. He has also faced some criticism, however, from SEC employees who have complained his tactics have led to a culture of fear at the agency.
Gurpreet Mann