SEC going after brokers for peddling shares in $1.2 billion real estate Ponzi scheme

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is already pursuing charges against Robert Shapiro, the founder of the Woodbridge group of companies, for allegedly bilking thousands of investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars via a $1.2 billion real estate Ponzi scheme. And now, the regulator is going after brokers who sold shares in the collapsed group of companies.