The broker apparently knew that there would be enforcement which is different from what we see here in the US. SEC goes out of the way to protect the industry. See, e.g., BCIT, where brokers and MM's are being protected when they accepted and transferred for value counterfeit or otherwise wrongfully-issued certificates to bona fide buyers in the ordinary course of their business.
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