( May 5, 2026, 3:17 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied a petition for rehearing filed by an employee of a securities firm asking the court to reconsider its decision finding that a lower court did not abuse its discretion in ordering disgorgement and civil penalties against them in an enforcement action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission for their involvement in a long-running pump-and-dump scheme....