Seems obvious to me that Edward Durante and Kenneth Wise are probably the same person, but since it took the SEC years to figure out that Stephen P Corso and Steven John Corso were the same person I guess it isn't surprising that they couldn't do the math on Durante and Wise. ...
I found this filing posted online. It's a 2013 SEC filing against Edward Durante seeking a civil contempt against him because he has failed to make payments towards his disgorgement and prejudgment interest in the amount of $39,880,680.86 from his 2002 stock fraud charges.
Edward Durante says that Kenneth Wise is a friend that visited him often while he was in prison asking what he could do to help Durante once he got out. (sounds like he developed a second personality while he was in prison to me).
Now that's hilarious! And rather clever. But to visit someone in Federal prison, don't you need to show ID? So perhaps there really is a Kenneth Wise whose identity Durante later stole. Or maybe "Wise" was just someone with fake documents.
Did the SEC even check to see whether those prison visits took place?