...er, i meant fine:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/bribery-ibm-south-korea-china,12426.html

i would like to know how is it the SEC has the power to go after an american company for doing something that is most likely legal in the country they did it?

to me it almost looks like the SEC felt left out of the bribery scheme and wanted to wet their beaks as well.