In some ways, the resignation of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Inspector General H. David Kotz was a case of he who lives by the sword will die by the sword.
Kotz, who announced last week he was leaving the SEC to join investigative services firm Gryphon Strategies, was known for his aggressive scrutiny of the SEC, including a scathing 477-page report on how the agency failed to detect Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. He also went after the little things — employees who watched porn on their computers or used sick days for vacations, prompting former SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt to say he created “a reign of terror.”
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