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The SEC’s 583 enforcement actions in fiscal year 2024 obtained a record $8.2 billion in financial remedies — the highest amount in agency history, the securities regulator said. The financial remedies consisted of $6.1 billion in disgorgement and prejudgment interest, another agency record, and $2.1 billion in civil penalties, the second-highest amount on record, according to an SEC news release from Nov. 22. [...]