David Kotz

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  SEC Names Hoecker Inspector General

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 29, 2013

  The SEC announced Tuesday that it has named Carl W. Hoecker as its Inspector General. Hoecker currently serves as inspector general for the U.S. Capitol Police and will replace David Kotz, who left the SEC last year.

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  Obama's 2012 Budget Gives Big Boost to SEC, CFTC

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 14, 2011

  President Barack Obama unveiled his $3.73 trillion budget for FY 2012, which includes significant cuts to federal spending and investments but provides substantial budget boosts to the SEC and the CFTC.

• "I Made a Terrible Mistake...!"

  By Roger Levy  |  October 12, 2009

  This is what Bernard L. Madoff said when he was sentenced to 150 years imprisonment. His self delusion must have been infectious because the list of other players who also made terrible mistakes in this epic financial tragedy grows longer each day.

• SEC Criticized for Madoff

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  October 1, 2009

  Congress wasted little time in taking SEC officials to task after the securities watchdog's inspector general released September 2 a scathing report on the SEC's...

• Kotz Lays Down the Law to SEC in Wake of Madoff Failure

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 30, 2009

  Inspector General delivers laundry list of improvements to Enforcement Division

• SEC Inspector General Report: SEC Ignored Madoff Fraud

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 2, 2009

  Kotz says SEC never took the steps to prevent Ponzi scheme

• Is Mary What the SEC Needs?

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 1, 2009

  At press time on January 15, the Senate Banking Committee was holding Mary Schapiro's confirmation hearing to be the next head of the Securities and...

• SEC Promises Congress Madoff Reports

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 9, 2009

  David Kotz, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Inspector General, told Congress January 5 that his office has been "working at a rapid pace" since December 17 to investigate why the SEC failed to shutter the Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme.