Securities and Exchange Commission v. Newpoint Financial Services Inc et al

Filing 42

JUDGMENT OF PERMANENT INJUNCTION an other relief against defendant John Farahi from violating the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (see document for specifics) by Judge Dean D. Pregerson (lc)

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JOHN M. MCCOY III, Cal Bar. No. 166244 Email: [e-mail] FINOLA H. MANVELIAN, Cal. Bar No. 180681 Email: [e-mail] JESSICA R. PUATHASNANON, Cal. Bar No. 208074 Email: [e-mail] BERNARD B. SMYTH III, Cal. Bar No. 217741 Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission Rosalind R. Tyson, Regional Director Andrew G. Petillon, Associate Regional Director 5670 Wilshire Boulevard, 11th Floor Los Angeles, California 90036 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, vs. NEWPOINT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; JOHN FARAHI; GISSOU RASTEGAR FARAHI; and ELAHEH AMOUEI, Defendants, and TRIPLE "J" PLUS, LLC, Relief Defendant. Case No. CV 10-00124 DDP (JEMx) JUDGMENT OF PERMANENT INJUNCTION AND OTHER RELIEF AGAINST DEFENDANT JOHN FARAHI

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The Securities and Exchange Commission having filed a Complaint and Defendant John Farahi having entered a general appearance; consented to the Court's jurisdiction over him and the subject matter of this action; consented to entry of this Judgment without admitting or denying the allegations of the Complaint (except as to jurisdiction); waived findings of fact and conclusions of law; and waived any right to appeal from this Judgment: I. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendant's agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or indirectly, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b), and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5, by using any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails, or of any facility of any national securities exchange, in connection with the purchase or sale of any security: (a) (b) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; to make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (c) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person. II. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendant's agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and
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enjoined from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 77q(a), in the offer or sale of any security by the use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or by the use of the mails, directly or indirectly: (a) (b) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; to obtain money or property by means of any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (c) to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon a purchaser. III. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendant's agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Section 5 of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77e, by, directly or indirectly, in the absence of any applicable exemption: (a) Unless a registration statement is in effect as to a security, making use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or of the mails to sell such security through the use or medium of any prospectus or otherwise; (b) Unless a registration statement is in effect as to a security, carrying or causing to be carried through the mails or in interstate commerce, by any means or instruments of transportation, any such security for the purpose of sale or for
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delivery after sale; or Making use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or of the mails to offer to sell or offer to buy through the use or medium of any prospectus or otherwise any security, unless a registration statement has been filed with the Commission as to such security, or while the registration statement is the subject of a refusal order or stop order or (prior to the effective date of the registration statement) any public proceeding or examination under Section 8 of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77h. IV. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant shall pay disgorgement of ill-gotten gains, prejudgment interest thereon, and a civil penalty pursuant to Section 20(d) of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77t(d), and Section 21(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78u(d)(3). The Court shall determine the amounts of the disgorgement and civil penalty upon the motion of the Commission. Prejudgment interest shall be calculated pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961 based on the date of entry of the order fixing the amount of disgorgement. In connection with the Commission's motion for disgorgement and/or civil penalties, and at any hearing held on such a motion: (a) Defendant will be precluded from arguing that he did not violate the federal securities laws as alleged in the Complaint; (b) Defendant may not challenge the validity of the Consent or this Judgment; (c) solely for purposes of such motion, the allegations of the Complaint shall be accepted as and deemed true by the Court; (d) Defendant may, to the extent relevant and subject to the limitations in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this section, present evidence probative of the appropriate amount of disgorgement and civil penalties; and (e) the Court may determine the issues raised in the motion on the basis of affidavits, declarations, excerpts of sworn deposition
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or investigative testimony, and documentary evidence, without regard to the standards for summary judgment contained in Rule 56(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. In connection with the Commission's motion for disgorgement and/or civil penalties, the parties may take discovery, including discovery from appropriate non-parties. V. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the Consent is incorporated herein with the same force and effect as if fully set forth herein, and that Defendant shall comply with all of the undertakings and agreements set forth herein. VI. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that this Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter for the purposes of enforcing the terms of this Judgment.

Dated: March 09, 2010 ______________________________________ HONORABLE DEAN D. PREGERSON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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