Securities and Exchange Commission v. Hui Feng et al

Filing 102

FINAL JUDGMENT by Judge Consuelo B. Marshall against Law Offices of Feng and Associates PC. Defendants are permanently enjoined from violating, directly orindirectly, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated th ereunder 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: to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to def raud; 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Defendants are also liable, jointl y and severally with each other, for disgorgement of $1,268,000 representing profits gained as a result of the conduct alleged in the Complaint, together with prejudgment interest thereon in the amount of $130,517.09, for a total of $1 ,398,517.09. Defendants shall satisfy this obligation by paying $1,398,517.09 to the Securities and Exchange Commission within thirty (30) days after entry of this Final Judgment. In addition to their obligations to pay disgorgement and prejudgm ent interest: (1) Feng shall pay a civil penalty in the amount of $160,000; and (2) Law Offices of Feng & Assocs. shall pay a civil penalty in the amount of $800,000. This Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter for the purposes of enforcing the terms of this Final Judgment. See order for further details. (MD JS-6. Case Terminated) (shb)

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1 JS-6 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 WESTERN DIVISION 16 17 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, 18 Plaintiff, 19 20 21 vs. Case No. 2:15-cv-09420-CBM-SS FINAL JUDGMENT AGAINST HUI FENG AND LAW OFFICES OF FENG & ASSOCIATES, P.C. HUI FENG and LAW OFFICES OF FENG & ASSOCIATES P.C., Defendants. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Case No. 2:15-cv-09420-CBM-SS 1 Consistent with the Court’s Amended Order re: Motions for Summary 2 Judgment, judgment is entered in favor of Plaintiff Securities and Exchange 3 Commission (“SEC”), and against Defendants Hui Feng and Law Offices of Feng & 4 Associates P.C. (collectively, “Defendants”), as follows: 5 6 I. 1. Defendants are permanently enjoined from violating, directly or 7 indirectly, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange 8 Act”) [15 U.S.C. § 78j(b)] and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder [17 C.F.R. § 9 240.10b-5], by using any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the 10 mails, or of any facility of any national securities exchange, in connection with the 11 purchase or sale of any security: 12 A. to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; 13 B. to make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state 14 a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in 15 the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not 16 misleading; or C. 17 operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person. 18 19 to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which 2. As provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing 20 paragraph also binds the following who receive actual notice of this Judgment by 21 personal service or otherwise: (a) Defendants’ officers, agents, servants, employees, 22 and attorneys; and (b) other persons in active concert or participation with Defendants 23 or anyone described in 2(a). 24 25 II. 3. Defendants are permanently enjoined from violating Section 17(a) of the 26 Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) [15 U.S.C. § 77q(a)] in the offer or sale 27 of any security by the use of any means or instruments of transportation or 28 communication in interstate commerce or by use of the mails, directly or indirectly: 1 1 A. to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; 2 B. to obtain money or property by means of any untrue statement of a 3 material fact or any omission of a material fact necessary in order 4 to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under 5 which they were made, not misleading; or C. 6 operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser. 7 8 9 to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which 4. As provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also binds the following who receive actual notice of this Judgment by 10 personal service or otherwise: (a) Defendants’ officers, agents, servants, employees, 11 and attorneys; and (b) other persons in active concert or participation with Defendants 12 or anyone described in 4(a). 13 14 III. 5. Defendants are permanently enjoined from violating, directly or 15 indirectly, Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78o(a), which makes it 16 unlawful for any broker or dealer which is either a person other than a natural person 17 or a natural person not associated with a broker or dealer which is a person other than 18 a natural person (other than such a broker or dealer whose business is exclusively 19 intrastate and who does not make sue of any facility of a national securities 20 exchange), to make use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate 21 commerce to effect any transactions in, or to induce or attempt to induce the purchase 22 or sale of, any security (other than an exempted security or commercial paper, 23 bankers’ acceptances, or commercial bills) unless such broker or dealer is registered 24 in accordance with Section 15(b) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78o(b). 25 6. As provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing 26 paragraph also binds the following who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment 27 by personal service or otherwise: (a) any officers, agents, servants, employees, and 28 2 1 attorneys of Defendants; and (b) other persons in active concert or participation with 2 Defendants or anyone described in 6(a). 3 4 IV. 7. Defendants are also liable, jointly and severally with each other, for 5 disgorgement of $1,268,000 representing profits gained as a result of the conduct 6 alleged in the Complaint, together with prejudgment interest thereon in the amount of 7 $130,517.09, for a total of $1,398,517.09. Defendants shall satisfy this obligation by 8 paying $1,398,517.09 to the Securities and Exchange Commission within thirty (30) 9 days after entry of this Final Judgment. 10 8. Defendants may transmit payment electronically to the SEC, which will 11 provide detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions upon request. Payment may also 12 be made directly from a bank account via Pay.gov through the SEC website at 13 http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm. Defendants may also pay by certified 14 check, bank cashier’s check, or United States postal money order payable to the 15 Securities and Exchange Commission, which shall be delivered or mailed to 16 Enterprise Services Center 17 Accounts Receivable Branch 18 6500 South MacArthur Boulevard 19 Oklahoma City, OK 73169 20 and shall be accompanied by a letter identifying the case title, civil action number, 21 and name of this Court; the defendant as a defendant in this action; and specifying 22 that payment is made pursuant to this Final Judgment. 23 9. Defendants shall simultaneously transmit photocopies of evidence of 24 payment and case identifying information to the SEC’s counsel in this action. By 25 making this payment, Defendants relinquish all legal and equitable right, title, and 26 interest in such funds and no part of the funds shall be returned to any of the 27 defendants. 28 3 1 10. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 7246, the SEC shall hold the funds (collectively, 2 the “Fund”) and may propose a plan to distribute the Fund subject to the Court’s 3 approval. The Court shall retain jurisdiction over the administration of any 4 distribution of the Fund. If the SEC staff determines that the Fund will not be 5 distributed, the SEC shall send the funds paid pursuant to this Final Judgment to the 6 United States Treasury. 7 11. The SEC may enforce the Court’s judgment for disgorgement and 8 prejudgment interest by moving for civil contempt (and/or through other collection 9 procedures authorized by law) at any time after 14 days following entry of this Final 10 Judgment. Defendants shall pay post judgment interest on any delinquent amounts 11 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961. 12 13 V. 12. In addition to their obligations to pay disgorgement and prejudgment 14 interest: (1) Feng shall pay a civil penalty in the amount of $160,000; and (2) Law 15 Offices of Feng & Assocs. shall pay a civil penalty in the amount of $800,000. 16 Defendants’ civil penalties are ordered pursuant to Section 20(d) of the Securities 17 Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77t(d), and Section 21(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18 78u(d)(3). 19 13. Defendants may transmit payment electronically to the SEC, which will 20 provide detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions upon request. Payment may also 21 be made directly from a bank account via Pay.gov through the SEC website at 22 http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm. Defendants may also pay by certified 23 check, bank cashier’s check, or United States postal money order payable to the 24 Securities and Exchange Commission, which shall be delivered or mailed to 25 Enterprise Services Center 26 Accounts Receivable Branch 27 6500 South MacArthur Boulevard 28 Oklahoma City, OK 73169 4 1 and shall be accompanied by a letter identifying the case title, civil action number, 2 and name of this Court; the defendant as a defendant in this action; and specifying 3 that payment is made pursuant to this Final Judgment. 4 14. Defendants shall simultaneously transmit photocopies of evidence of 5 payment and case identifying information to the SEC’s counsel in this action. By 6 making this payment, Defendants relinquish all legal and equitable right, title, and 7 interest in such funds and no part of the funds shall be returned to any of the 8 defendants. 9 15. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 7246, the SEC shall hold the funds and may 10 propose a plan to distribute the Fund subject to the Court’s approval. The Court shall 11 retain jurisdiction over the administration of any distribution of the Fund. If the SEC 12 staff determines that the Fund will not be distributed, the SEC shall send the funds 13 paid pursuant to this Final Judgment to the United States Treasury. 14 15 VI. 16. Solely for purposes of exceptions to discharge set forth in Section 523 of 16 the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §523, any debt for disgorgement, prejudgment 17 interest, civil penalty or other amounts due by any of the Defendants under this Final 18 Judgment is a debt for the violation by Defendants of the federal securities laws or 19 any regulation or order issued under such laws, as set forth in Section 523(a)(19) of 20 the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(19). 21 22 23 VII. 17. This Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter for the purposes of enforcing the terms of this Final Judgment. 24 25 26 27 Dated: August 10, 2017 ________________________________ ________________________________ _ HON. HON CONSUELO B. MARSHALL B UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 28 5

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