Impact of the Andrew Left conviction?

Has anyone noticed any impact on the short options market, online FUD since his conviction on June 1st. Stock options, especially naked shorting, seems to be a huge problem for the average investor. When you get big money invested in driving the price down you are more than likely going to lose because big money has connections in the media, connections with analysts and money to pay people to post FUD. Was hoping that new rules were going to help reign in the abuse but it did not seem to help so I was wondering if the conviction might have made a difference.