By Rob Lenihan The SEC stresses the importance of having ‘robust internal controls over their offers and sales of securities.’ Simply staggering. Those were the words that regulators at the Securities and Exchange Commission used when announcing a $361 million settlement with Barclays to resolve charges the financial services giant offered and sold about $17.7 billion of securities in unregistered transactions. The UK-based bank declined to comment and there was no finding of intentional misconduct by the company or its employees. Gurbir S. Grewal, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement…