The settlement caps lengthy and arduous negotiations among the firm , the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange , and makes Bear Stearns the last major Wall Street firm to pay fines in connection with improper fund trading practices first uncovered by Eliot Spitzer , the New York attorney general , in 2003 .
Eliot Spitzer /business/person/company New York
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Eliot Spitzer
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