SEC Wakes Up to Reverse Merger Companies Weeks after several Chinese reverse-merger companies have stopped trading in the US amid widespread fraud allegations, the Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a warning that, hey, maybe investors ought to think twice about those reverse-merger companies. Okey doke! Mark Gongloff relays from the Wall Street Journal Law Blog. The Securities and Exchange Commission issued an investor bulletin that said “there have been instances of fraud and other abuses involving reverse merger companies” and that investors “should be careful” when they consider investing in the companies’ stocks. The SEC has said it is investigating the…