Carl W. Hoecker is the Inspector General of the

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(SEC). He has over 30 years experience as a criminal investigator and is also a certified public accountant and

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Education

Hoecker received a B.A. in Business Administration from

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, and an M.A. in Systems Management from the

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Early career

Hoecker was a U.S. military policeman in 1976, a special agent in the Army Criminal Investigations Command, a criminal investigator of the U.S. Information Agency (now part of the State Department), and Deputy Inspector General for Investigations from 2003 to 2006 at the Treasury Office of the Inspector General. Beginning in 2006, Hoecker was

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Inspector General. He is also the current chairman of the investigations committee of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE).

SEC

Hoecker is the third Inspector General of the SEC. Allison Lerner, the

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inspector general, said "I believe his skills as an investigator and a CPA will combine to make him an outstanding inspector general at the Securities and Exchange Commission". He replaced Jon Rymer, the

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's inspector general, who temporarily served as the SEC's interim inspector general.

References

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