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Also, in 2000, InfoSpace used a controversial accounting method to report $46 million in profits when in fact it had lost $282 million. Company executives skirted [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|SEC]] trading restrictions to sell large blocks of their personal stock.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002199042_dotcon2main07.html |title=Dot-Con Job — Part 2: Cashing Out — When times got tough, execs hid troubles, dumped stock |accessdate=September 13, 2013 |publisher=The Seattle Times | first1=David | last1=Heath | date=March 7, 2005}}</ref>
Jain resumed the role of CEO in 2001,<ref name="INFOSPACE-INC-Jan-2001-8-K">{{cite web
By June 2002, the company's stock price, which reached $1,305 in March 2000,<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/news/business/infospace/infospaceTimelineDay1_2_intro.swf The two faces of InfoSpace, 1998–2001]</ref> had dropped to $2.67.<ref name=seattletimes>{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002198103_dotcon1main06.html |title=Dot-Con Job — Part 1: Dubious Deals — How InfoSpace took its investors for a ride: Business & Technology: The Seattle Times |accessdate=September 13, 2013 | first1=David | last1=Heath | date=March 6, 2005}}</ref>
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