.....and censures the AMEX as a whole. SEC also finds Chairman Sodano profited from securities violations at the AMEX. http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2007/2007-51.htm PM me if you know of illegal shenanigans at any of the U.S. option exchanges, or know of anyone in a position to know.
FWIW since I have been actively trading stocks and ops, from about 1999, I've always heard "trade AMEX if you want a good f*ckin' over..." And I have had a few "strange fills" whenever I forgot that rule. So AMEX probs haven't exactly been a big secret. What took 'em so long!