The Securities and Exchange Commission says the top accountant in its enforcement branch is leaving the agency for a private sector job next month.
Susan Markel, chief accountant in the agency's division of enforcement, is taking a job in the corporate investigations practice of AlixPartners LLP, a business advisory firm. Markel has been at the SEC since 1994, working on the agency's inquiries into Xerox Corp., Cendant, WorldCom and Cardinal Health Inc.
The SEC has come under fire for failing to heed warnings about Wall Street money manager Bernard L. Madoff, whose alleged fraud may end up costing investors $50 billion.
