What do the red grouper (game fish), Tom Brady, and a business executive targeted in a corporate investigation have in common?
A. All are targets in a “fishing expedition”; B. all have a fear of being gutted and filleted; C. all fear the business end of a barbed hook. Answer: C. In this case, the “hook” was, at least prior to the Yates decision, the favorite investigative snare for federal prosecutors. This would be the infamous Section 1519 of SOX, commonly referred to as the “Arthur Anderson document shredding statute”
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