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>As someone who several years ago "managed" to take over a publicly traded company ...

That sounds like an interesting story!

Have you told it elsewhere?

Heh - usually after a few beers, and it gets even better. The first SEC attorney involved was a real stickler, but up for retirement in the middle of the process. His replacement was a real hard charger, and worked with me to get the former CEO incarcerated ... and he then went into private practice ... and a few years later got indicted for pulling the same scheme himself working with another small cap company as their adviser.

I want to know the whole story so bad. You should write a book. :-)

If only I could write as well as the screenplay for Dave Barry's "Big Trouble".

Find an author without a story. Interesting things + ability to write = great story! Doesn't matter if it comes from one or two people.

And I would guess that the next four years will be a popular market for legal stories of corruption (from people of all political affiliation).

I'd help you write. Or at least edit. :)

My friend is a professional ghostwriter, if you ever consider a book seriously. Sounds like an interesting read.

...Can I buy you a beer? or a few?

I'm willing to buy you several beers for a story! this sounds totally worth it.

> usually after a few beers

I'm not near to you and I'm not sure what the options are to ship crates of beer but count me in.

I'll swap you a story of attempting to help the father of a friend who was CEO of some company that ended up with me fronting the bill for a lawyer to keep him out of jail.

Wow. The story of the sec attorney sounds even juicier than the story of the original CEO. Are you in the bay area? Drop a line!

> His replacement was a real hard charger, and worked with me to get the former CEO incarcerated

He who smelt it...must certainly have dealt it.

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