The report, available on the SEC’s website [PDF], has been referred to the U.S. Department of Justice’s public integrity section to consider whether Becker committed at least two criminal conflicts of interest under chapter 18 of the U.S. Code.
On March 4, the SEC’s Office of the Inspector General began investigating Becker’s role in matters relating to the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme and bankruptcy, at the request of SEC chairman Mary Schapiro. Her request came after she received inquiries from members of Congress and after the Madoff bankruptcy trustee had filed a suit against Becker seeking to claw back some $1.5 million in profits.
