Securities and Exchange Commission v. World Capital Market Inc. et al

Filing 33

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, APPOINTMENT OF A PERMANENT RECEIVER, AND RELATED ORDERS by Judge Christina A. Snyder: IT IS ORDERED that Defendants World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Ming Xu a/k/a Phil Min g Xu, and their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, subsidiaries and affiliates, and those persons in active concert or participation with any of them who receive actual notice of this Order, by personal service or otherwise, and each o f them, be and hereby are preliminarily restrained and enjoined, etc. Order for immediate freeze on all monies and assets. Order that Krista L. Freitag of E3 Realty Advisors, Inc.is appointed as permanent receiver of Defendants World Capital Market I nc.,WCM777 Inc., and WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and ReliefDefendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc.; and their subsidiaries and affiliates. Order that no bond shall be required in connection with the appointment of the permanent receiver. See document for further details. (gk)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 JOHN B. BULGOZDY (Cal. Bar No. 219897) Email: bulgozdyj@sec.gov PETER F. DEL GRECO (Cal. Bar No. 164925) Email: delgrecop@sec.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission Michele Wein Layne, Regional Director Lorraine Echavarria, Associate Regional Director John W. Berry, Regional Trial Counsel 5670 Wilshire Boulevard, 11th Floor Los Angeles, California 90036 Telephone: (323) 965-3998 Facsimile: (323) 965-3908 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, 13 Plaintiff, 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 vs. WORLD CAPITAL MARKET INC.; WCM777 INC.; WCM777 LTD. d/b/a WCM777 ENTERPRISES, INC.; and MING XU a/k/a PHIL MING XU, Defendants, and 24 KINGDOM CAPITAL MARKET, LLC; MANNA HOLDING GROUP, LLC; MANNA SOURCE INTERNATIONAL, INC.;WCM RESOURCES, INC.; AEON OPERATING, INC.; AND PMX JEWELS, LTD., 25 Relief Defendants. 21 22 23 26 27 28 Case No. 2:14-cv-2334-CAS-MRW [PROPOSED] PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, APPOINTMENT OF A PERMANENT RECEIVER, AND RELATED ORDERS This matter came before the Court upon the Order to Show Cause Re 1 2 Preliminary Injunction and Appointment of a Permanent Receiver. On April 4, 2014, 3 Defendants World Capital Market Inc.; WCM777 Inc.; WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a 4 WCM777 Enterprises, Inc.; and Ming Xu, and Relief Defendant Manna Source 5 International, Inc., filed a statement of non-opposition. None of the remaining relief 6 defendants filed any opposition to the requested relief. On April 10, 2014, the Court 7 held a hearing on this matter. The Court previously considered the SEC’s Complaint, the TRO Application, 8 9 the supporting Memorandum of Points and Authorities, the supporting declarations 10 and exhibits, and other evidence presented to the Court. The Court further finds that 11 there is no opposition to entry of a preliminary injunction and appointment of a 12 permanent receiver over Defendants World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., and 13 WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Relief Defendants Kingdom 14 Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source International, Inc.; 15 WCM Resources, Inc.; and their subsidiaries and affiliates. The Court therefore 16 finds: 17 A. this action. 18 19 This Court has jurisdiction over the parties to, and the subject matter of, B. The SEC has made a sufficient and proper showing in support of the 20 relief granted herein, as required by Section 20(b) of the Securities Act 21 of 1933 (“Securities Act”) (15 U.S.C. § 77t(b)) and Section 21(d) of the 22 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) (15 U.S.C. § 78u(b)) 23 by evidence establishing a prima facie case and reasonable likelihood 24 that Defendants World Capital Market Inc.; WCM777 Inc.; WCM777 25 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc.; and Ming Xu a/k/a Phil Ming Xu 26 have engaged in, are engaging in, are about to engage in, and will 27 continue to engage in unless restrained transactions, acts, practices and 28 courses of business that constitute violations of Sections 5(a), 5(c) of the 1 1 Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77e(a), 77e(c)); Section17(a) of the 2 Securities Act (15 U.S.C. § 77q(a)); and Section 10(b) of the Securities 3 Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78j(b)) and Rule 10b-5 thereunder 4 (17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5) and that Relief Defendants Kingdom Capital 5 Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source International, 6 Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc.; Aeon Operating, Inc.; and PMX Jewels, Ltd. 7 are in possession of the proceeds of those violations and have been 8 unjustly enriched. 9 C. Good cause exists to believe that, unless restrained and enjoined by order 10 of this Court, Defendants and Relief Defendants will dissipate, conceal, 11 or transfer assets which could be the subject to an order directing 12 disgorgement or the payment of civil money penalties in this action. 13 D. Good cause exists to believe that, unless restrained and enjoined by order 14 of this Court, Defendants may alter or destroy documents relevant to this 15 action. 16 E. Good cause exists to believe that alternative service is necessary. 17 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 18 19 I. IT IS ORDERED that Defendants World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., 20 WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Ming Xu a/k/a Phil Ming Xu, 21 and their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, subsidiaries and affiliates, 22 and those persons in active concert or participation with any of them who receive 23 actual notice of this Order, by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, be and 24 hereby are preliminarily restrained and enjoined from, directly or indirectly, in the 25 absence of any applicable exemption: 26 A. unless a registration statement is in effect as to a security, making use of 27 any means or instruments of transportation or communication in 28 interstate commerce or of the mails to sell such security through the use 2 or medium of any prospectus or otherwise; 1 2 B. unless a registration statement is in effect as to a security, carrying or 3 causing to be carried through the mails or in interstate commerce, by any 4 means or instruments of transportation, any such security for the purpose 5 of sale or for delivery after sale; or 6 C. making use of any means or instruments of transportation or 7 communication in interstate commerce or of the mails to offer to sell or 8 offer to buy through the use or medium of any prospectus or otherwise 9 any security, unless a registration statement has been filed with the SEC 10 as to such security, or while the registration statement is the subject of a 11 refusal order or stop order or (prior to the effective date of the 12 registration statement) any public proceeding or examination under 13 Section 8 of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77h; 14 in violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77e. 15 II. 16 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants World Capital Market Inc., 17 WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Ming Xu a/k/a 18 Phil Ming Xu, and their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, subsidiaries 19 and affiliates, and those persons in active concert or participation with any of them, 20 who receive actual notice of this Order, by personal service or otherwise, and each of 21 them, be and hereby are preliminarily restrained and enjoined from, directly or 22 indirectly, in the offer or sale of any securities, by the use of any means or instruments 23 of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or by the use of the mails: 24 A. employing any device, scheme or artifice to defraud; 25 B. obtaining money or property by means of any untrue statement of a 26 material fact or any omission to state a material fact necessary in order to 27 make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which 28 they were made, not misleading; or 3 1 C. operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser; 2 3 engaging in any transaction, practice, or course of business which in violation of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77q(a). 4 III. 5 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants World Capital Market Inc., 6 WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Ming Xu a/k/a 7 Phil Ming Xu, and their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, subsidiaries 8 and affiliates, and those persons in active concert or participation with any of them, 9 who receive actual notice of this Order, by personal service or otherwise, and each of 10 them, be and hereby are preliminarily restrained and enjoined from, directly or 11 indirectly, in connection with the purchase or sale of any security, by the use of any 12 means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails, or of any facility of 13 any national securities exchange: 14 A. employing any device, scheme or artifice to defraud; 15 B. making any untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state a 16 material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light 17 of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or 18 19 C. engaging in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person; 20 in violation of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b), and Rule 10b-5 21 thereunder, 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5. 22 23 IV. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, except as otherwise ordered by this Court, 24 Defendants World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a 25 WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Ming Xu a/k/a Phil Ming Xu, and Relief Defendants 26 Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source 27 International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc.; Aeon Operating, Inc.; and PMX Jewels, 28 Ltd. and their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, subsidiaries and 4 1 affiliate, and those persons in active concert with them, who receive actual notice of 2 this Order, by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, be and hereby are 3 preliminarily restrained and enjoined from, directly or indirectly, transferring, 4 assigning, selling, hypothecating, changing, wasting, dissipating, converting, 5 concealing, encumbering, or otherwise disposing of, in any manner, any funds, assets, 6 securities, claims or other real or personal property, including any notes or deeds of 7 trust or other interest in real property, wherever located, of any one of the Defendants 8 or Relief Defendants, or their subsidiaries or affiliates, owned by, controlled by, 9 managed by or in the possession or custody of any of them and from transferring, 10 encumbering dissipating, incurring charges or cash advances on any debit or credit 11 card of the credit arrangement of any one of the Defendants or Relief Defendants, or 12 their subsidiaries and affiliates. 13 V. 14 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, except as otherwise ordered by this Court, 15 an immediate freeze shall be placed on all monies and assets (with an allowance for 16 necessary and reasonable living expenses to be granted only upon good cause shown 17 by application to the Court with notice to and an opportunity for the SEC to be heard) 18 in all accounts at any bank, financial institution or brokerage firm, or third-payment 19 payment processor, all certificates of deposit, and other funds or assets, held in the 20 name of, for the benefit of, or over which account authority is held by Defendants 21 World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 22 Enterprises, Inc., and Ming Xu a/k/a Phil Ming Xu, and/or Relief Defendants 23 Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source 24 International, Inc.; and WCM Resources, Inc., including but not limited to the 25 accounts listed below: 26 27 28 5 1 2 Account Name Bank Name Account Number World Capital Market Inc. Bank of America xxxx-xxxx-2167 World Capital Market Inc. Bank of America xxxx-xxxx-2879 4 World Capital Market Inc. Wells Fargo xxxxx-x8959 5 World Capital Market Inc. Wells Fargo xxxxx-x8895 6 World Capital Market Inc. Wells Fargo xxxxx-x6766 7 World Capital Market Inc. Comerica xxxxx-x 300 World Capital Market Inc. Merrill Lynch xxx-x2135 WCM777 Bank of America xxxx-xxxx-2837 WCM777 Bank of America xxxx-xxxx-6539 WCM777 Inc. Wells Fargo xxxxx-x9189 11 WCM777 Inc. Wells Fargo xxxxx-x9817 12 WCM777 Inc. Wells Fargo xxxxx-x5207 13 WCM777 Inc. Wells Fargo xxxxx-x6247 14 WCM777 Inc. Wells Fargo xxxxx-x6197 15 WCM777 Ltd. HSBC xxx-xxxxx6-838 16 WCM777 Ltd. Wells Fargo xxxxx-x1613 17 WCM777 Ltd. Wells Fargo xxxxx-x3140 18 WCM777 Ltd. Wells Fargo xxxxx-x2655 19 Ming Xu Bank of America xxxx-xxxx-3817 20 Ming Xu Bank of America xxxx-xxxx-5583 21 Ming Xu Wells Fargo xxxxx-x7401 22 Ming Xu Wells Fargo xxxxx-x0177 23 Ming Xu Comerica xxxxx-x8899 Ming Xu Comerica xxxxx-x0228 Ming Xu Comerica xxxxx-x9298 Ming Xu E*Trade xxxx5504 Kingdom Capital Market, LLC Bank of America xxxx-xxxx-6193 Kingdom Capital Market, LLC Bank of America xxxx-xxxx-4407 3 8 9 10 24 25 26 27 28 6 1 Account Name Bank Name Account Number 2 Kingdom Capital Market, LLC Bank of America xxxx-xxxx-3417 3 Kingdom Capital Market, LLC Wells Fargo xxxxx-x0937 4 Kingdom Capital Market, LLC Wells Fargo xxxxx-x0377 5 Kingdom Capital Market, LLC Comerica xxxxx-x1068 6 Manna Source International, Inc. Wells Fargo xxxxx-x2000 7 Manna Source International, Inc. Wells Fargo xxxxx-x6080 8 Manna Source International, Inc. Comerica xxxxx-x1191 9 Manna Holding Group, LLC JPMorganChase xxxxxxxxxxx3233 10 Manna Holding Group, LLC Comerica xxxxx-x0847 11 WCM Resources, Inc. Bank of America xxxx-xxxx-3070 The Manna For All Foundation*1 Comerica xxxxxx-x0862 The Manna For All Foundation* JPMorganChase xxxxxxxxxxx5335 The Manna For All Foundation* JPMorganChase xxxxxxxxxxx3233 The Media For Christ Foundation* Citibank Unknown The Media For Christ Foundation* JPMorganChase Unknown The Media For Christ Foundation* Comerica xxxxxx-x0088 Agape Technology, Inc.* Comerica xxxxx-x9856 ToPacific, Inc.* Bank of America xxxx-xxxx-1567 ToPacific, Inc.* Bank of America xxxx-xxxx-9977 ToPacific, Inc.* Comerica xxxxx-x0854 ToPacific, Inc.* Comerica xxxxx-x7600 ToPacific, Inc.* JPMorganChase xxxxxxxxxxx3803 23 ToPacific, Inc.* JPMorganChase xxxxxxxxxxx0111 24 ToPacific, Inc.* East West Bank xx-xxxx0497 25 ToPacific, Inc.* East West Bank xx-xxxx0430 26 ToPacific, Inc.* American Continental xxxx-141-7 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 27 28 1 All asterisked accounts are accounts over which Defendant Ming Xu has authority. 7 1 2 Account Name Goldpoint Holdings, Inc. Bank Name Bank of America Account Number xxxx-xxxx-9407 3 4 Any bank, financial institution or brokerage firm, or third-party payment 5 processor holding such monies and assets described above shall hold and retain 6 within their control and prohibit the withdrawal, removal, transfer or other disposal of 7 any such funds or other assets except as otherwise ordered by this Court. 8 VI. 9 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, except as otherwise ordered by this Court, 10 an immediate freeze shall be placed on monies and assets traceable to the fraudulent 11 conduct held by Relief Defendant Aeon Operating, Inc., up to the amount of $2.667 12 million; and by Relief Defendant PMX Jewels, Ltd., up to the amount of $750,000, in 13 such account to be identified by Relief Defendant in writing to the SEC and this 14 Court with five days of the entry of this Order. 15 16 VII. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, within ten days from the date of this Order, 17 Defendants World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a 18 WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Ming Xu a/k/a Phil Ming Xu, and Relief Defendants 19 Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source 20 International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc.; Aeon Operating, Inc.; and PMX Jewels, 21 Ltd., any bank, financial institution or brokerage firm, and each of them, shall transfer 22 to the registry of this Court assets, funds and other property held in foreign locations 23 in the name of any Defendant or Relief Defendant, or for the benefit or under the 24 direct or indirect control of any of them, or over which any of them exercises control 25 or signatory authority, that is equal to the value of all funds transferred by U.S. 26 investors, whether by wire transfer, third-party payment processor or otherwise, at the 27 direction of either Defendants or any of their agents, representatives or accredited 28 8 1 2 3 advisors. VIII. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, except as otherwise ordered by this Court, 4 each of the Defendants World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. 5 d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Ming Xu a/k/a Phil Ming Xu, and Relief 6 Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna 7 Source International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc.; Aeon Operating, Inc.; and PMX 8 Jewels, Ltd., and their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, subsidiaries 9 and affiliates, and those persons in active concert or participation with any of them, 10 who receive actual notice of this Order, by personal service or otherwise, and each of 11 them, be and hereby are preliminarily restrained and enjoined from, directly or 12 indirectly: destroying, mutilating, concealing, transferring, altering, or otherwise 13 disposing of, in any manner, any documents, which includes all books, records, 14 computer programs, computer files, computer printouts, contracts, emails, 15 correspondence, memoranda, brochures, or any other documents of any kind in their 16 possession, custody or control, however created, produced, or stored (manually, 17 mechanically, electronically, or otherwise), pertaining in any manner to Defendants 18 World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 19 Enterprises, Inc., and Ming Xu a/k/a Phil Ming Xu and/or Relief Defendants Kingdom 20 Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source International, Inc.; 21 WCM Resources, Inc.; Aeon Operating, Inc.; and PMX Jewels, Ltd. 22 IX. 23 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants World Capital Market Inc., 24 WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Ming Xu a/k/a 25 Phil Ming Xu, and Relief Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna 26 Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc.; Aeon 27 Operating, Inc.; and PMX Jewels, Ltd., within five days of the issuance of this Order, 28 shall prepare and deliver to the SEC a detailed and complete schedule of all of their 9 1 personal assets, including all real and personal property exceeding $5,000 in value, 2 and all bank, securities, and other accounts identified by institution, branch address 3 and account number. The accounting shall include a description of the sources of all 4 such assets. Such accounting shall be filed with the Court and a copy shall be 5 delivered to the SEC to the attention of John B. Bulgozdy, Trial Counsel. After 6 completion of the accounting, each of the Defendants and Relief Defendants shall 7 produce to the SEC at a time agreeable to the SEC, all books, records and other 8 documents supporting or underlying their accounting. 9 10 X. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any person who receives actual notice of this 11 Order by personal service or otherwise, and who holds, possesses or controls assets 12 exceeding $5,000 for the account or benefit of any one of the Defendants or Relief 13 Defendants, shall within 5 days of receiving actual notice of this Order provide 14 counsel for the SEC with a written statement identifying all such assets, the value of 15 such assets, or best approximation thereof, and any account numbers or account 16 names in which the assets are held. 17 XI. 18 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of 19 Civil Procedure, service of all pleadings and other papers to be served in this action, 20 may be made by serving such documents as to Relief Defendant PMX Jewels, Ltd., 21 by FEDEX or UPS, signature required, by any officer or director, or other authorized 22 signatory, at 1204 Concordia Plaza, Greenfield Tower, 1 Science Museum Road, 23 TST, Kowloon, Hong Kong 99077. 24 25 XII. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Krista L. Freitag of E3 Realty Advisors, Inc. 26 is appointed as permanent receiver of Defendants World Capital Market Inc., 27 WCM777 Inc., and WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Relief 28 Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna 10 1 Source International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc.; and their subsidiaries and affiliates, 2 with full powers of an equity receiver, including, but not limited to, full power over 3 all funds, assets, collateral, premises (whether owned, leased, occupied, or otherwise 4 controlled), choses in action, books, records, papers and other property belonging to, 5 being managed by or in the possession of or control of Defendants World Capital 6 Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and 7 Relief Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; 8 Manna Source International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc., and their subsidiaries and 9 affiliates, and that such receiver is immediately authorized, empowered and directed: 10 A. to have access to and to collect and take custody, control, possession, 11 and charge of all funds, assets, collateral, premises (whether owned, 12 leased, occupied, or otherwise controlled), choses in action, books, 13 records, papers and other real or personal property, wherever located, of 14 or managed by Defendants World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., 15 WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Relief Defendants 16 Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna 17 Source International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc., and their subsidiaries 18 and affiliates, with full power to sue, foreclose, marshal, collect, receive, 19 and take into possession all such property (including access to and taking 20 custody, control, and possession of all such Defendants World Capital 21 Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, 22 Inc., and Relief Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna 23 Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source International, Inc.; WCM 24 Resources, Inc. property, and that of their subsidiaries and affiliates; 25 B. to have control of, and to be added as the sole authorized signatory for, 26 all accounts of the entities in receivership, including all accounts at any 27 bank, title company, escrow agent, financial institution or brokerage firm 28 (including any futures commission merchant) which has possession, 11 1 custody or control of any assets or funds of Defendants World Capital 2 Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, 3 Inc., and Relief Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna 4 Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source International, Inc.; WCM 5 Resources, Inc., and their subsidiaries and affiliates, or which maintains 6 accounts over which Defendants World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 7 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Relief 8 Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, 9 LLC; Manna Source International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc., and their 10 subsidiaries and affiliates, and/or any of their employees or agents have 11 signatory authority; 12 C. to conduct such investigation and discovery as may be necessary to 13 locate and account for all of the assets of or managed by Defendants 14 World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a 15 WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Relief Defendants Kingdom Capital 16 Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source International, 17 Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc., and their subsidiaries and affiliates, and to 18 engage and employ attorneys, accountants and other persons to assist in 19 such investigation and discovery; 20 D. to take such action as is necessary and appropriate to preserve and take 21 control of and to prevent the dissipation, concealment, or disposition of 22 any assets of or managed by Defendants World Capital Market Inc., 23 WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and 24 Relief Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding 25 Group, LLC; Manna Source International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc., 26 and their subsidiaries and affiliates; 27 28 E. to make an accounting, as soon as practicable, to this Court and the SEC of the assets and financial condition of Defendants World Capital 12 1 Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, 2 Inc., and Relief Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna 3 Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source International, Inc.; WCM 4 Resources, Inc., and to file the accounting with the Court and deliver 5 copies thereof to all parties; 6 F. to make such payments and disbursements from the funds and assets 7 taken into custody, control, and possession or thereafter received by him 8 or her, and to incur, or authorize the making of, such agreements as may 9 be necessary and advisable in discharging her duties as permanent receiver; 10 11 G. to employ attorneys, accountants, and others to investigate and, where 12 appropriate, to institute, pursue, and prosecute all claims and causes of 13 action of whatever kind and nature which may now or hereafter exist as 14 a result of the activities of present or past employees or agents of 15 Defendants World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. 16 d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Relief Defendants Kingdom 17 Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source 18 International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc., and their subsidiaries and 19 affiliates; and 20 H. to have access to and monitor all mail, electronic mail, and video phone 21 of the entities in receivership in order to review such mail, electronic 22 mail, and video phone which he or she deems relates to their business 23 and the discharging of her duties as permanent receiver. 24 XIII. 25 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants World Capital Market Inc., 26 WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Relief 27 Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna 28 Source International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc., their subsidiaries and affiliates, 13 1 including all of the other entities in receivership, and their officers, agents, servants, 2 employees and attorneys, and any other persons who are in custody, possession or 3 control of any assets, collateral, books, records, papers or other property of or 4 managed by any of the entities in receivership, shall forthwith give access to and 5 control of such property to the permanent receiver. 6 XIV. 7 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no officer, agent, servant, employee or 8 attorney of Defendants World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. 9 d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Relief Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, 10 LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source International, Inc.; WCM 11 Resources, Inc. shall take any action or purport to take any action, in the name of or 12 on behalf of Defendants World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. 13 d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Relief Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, 14 LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source International, Inc.; WCM 15 Resources, Inc., without the written consent of the permanent receiver or order of this 16 Court. 17 18 XV. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, except by leave of this Court, during the 19 pendency of this receivership, all clients, investors, trust beneficiaries, note holders, 20 creditors, claimants, lessors and all other persons or entities seeking relief of any 21 kind, in law or in equity, from Defendants World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., 22 WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Relief Defendants Kingdom 23 Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source International, Inc.; 24 WCM Resources, Inc., or their subsidiaries or affiliates, and all persons acting on 25 behalf of any such investor, trust beneficiary, note holder, creditor, claimant, lessor, 26 consultant group or other person, including sheriffs, marshals, servants, agents, 27 employees and attorneys, are hereby restrained and enjoined from, directly or 28 indirectly, with respect to these persons and entities: 14 1 A. commencing, prosecuting, continuing or enforcing any suit or 2 proceeding (other than the present action by the SEC or any other action 3 by the government) against any of them; 4 B. using self-help or executing or issuing or causing the execution or 5 issuance of any court attachment, subpoena, replevin, execution or other 6 process for the purpose of impounding or taking possession of or 7 interfering with or creating or enforcing a lien upon any property or 8 property interests owned by or in the possession of Defendants World 9 Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 10 Enterprises, Inc., and Relief Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; 11 Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna Source International, Inc.; WCM 12 Resources, Inc.; and 13 C. doing any act or thing whatsoever to interfere with taking control, 14 possession or management by the permanent receiver appointed 15 hereunder of the property and assets owned, controlled or managed by or 16 in the possession of Defendants World Capital Market Inc., WCM777 17 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Relief 18 Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, 19 LLC; Manna Source International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc., or in any 20 way to interfere with or harass the permanent receiver or her attorneys, 21 accountants, employees, or agents or to interfere in any manner with the 22 discharge of the permanent receiver’s duties and responsibilities 23 hereunder. 24 XVI. 25 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants World Capital Market Inc., 26 WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Relief 27 Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna 28 Source International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc., and their subsidiaries, affiliates, 15 1 officers, agents, servants, employees and attorneys, shall cooperate with and assist the 2 permanent receiver and shall take no action, directly or indirectly, to hinder, obstruct, 3 or otherwise interfere with the permanent receiver or her attorneys, accountants, 4 employees or agents, in the conduct of the permanent receiver’s duties or to interfere 5 in any manner, directly or indirectly, with the custody, possession, management, or 6 control by the permanent receiver of the funds, assets, collateral, premises, and 7 choses in action described above. 8 XVII. 9 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants World Capital Market Inc., 10 WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., and Relief 11 Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; Manna 12 Source International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc., and their subsidiaries and affiliates, 13 shall pay the costs, fees and expenses of the permanent receiver incurred in 14 connection with the performance of her duties described in this Order, including the 15 costs and expenses of those persons who may be engaged or employed by the 16 permanent receiver to assist him or her in carrying out her duties and obligations. All 17 applications for costs, fees, and expenses for services rendered in connection with the 18 receivership other than routine and necessary business expenses in conducting the 19 receivership, such as salaries, rent, and any and all other reasonable operating 20 expenses, shall be made by application setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of 21 the services and shall be heard by the Court. 22 XVIII. 23 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no bond shall be required in connection with 24 the appointment of the permanent receiver. Except for an act of gross negligence, the 25 permanent receiver shall not be liable for any loss or damage incurred by any of the 26 defendants, their officers, agents, servants, employees and attorneys or any other 27 person, by reason of any act performed or omitted to be performed by the permanent 28 receiver in connection with the discharge of her duties and responsibilities. 16 1 2 XIX. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that representatives of the SEC and any other 3 government agency are authorized to have continuing access to inspect or copy any 4 or all of the corporate books and records and other documents of Defendants World 5 Capital Market Inc., WCM777 Inc., WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc., 6 and Relief Defendants Kingdom Capital Market, LLC; Manna Holding Group, LLC; 7 Manna Source International, Inc.; WCM Resources, Inc., and the other entities in 8 receivership, and continuing access to inspect their funds, property, assets and 9 collateral, wherever located. 10 11 XX. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Court shall retain jurisdiction over this 12 action for the purpose of implementing and carrying out the terms of all orders and 13 decrees which may be entered herein and to entertain any suitable application or 14 motion for additional relief within the jurisdiction of this Court. 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 17 Dated: April 10, 2014 ________________________________ THE HON. CHRISTINA A. SNYDER UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 18 19 20 21 22 Presented by: John B. Bulgozdy Attorney for Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission 23 24 25 26 27 28 17

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