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Final Judgment As To Defendant Jerry S. Williams
Final Judgment As To Defendant Jerry S. Williams
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. Plaintiff: No. 3:12-cv-01068 (RNC) v. JERRY S. WILLIAMS, MONK'S DEN, LLC and, FIRST IN AWARENESS, LLC, Defendants.
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 Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or indirectly, Section 10(b) ofthe Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "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 the 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 conce1i or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "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 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
III.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant and each of Defendant's agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice ofthis Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or indirectly, Section 17(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") [15 U.S.C. 77q(b)] by the use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or by use of the mails to publish, give publicity to, or circulate any notice, circular, advertisement, newspaper, article, letter, investment service, or communication which, though not purporting to ofTer a security for sale, describes such security for a consideration received or to be received, directly or indirectly, from an issuer, underwriter, or dealer, without fully disclosing the receipt, whether past or prospective, of such consideration and the amount thereof.
IV.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant and each of Defendant's agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Section 206(1) and 206(2) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Advisers Act") [15 U.S.C. 80b-6(1) & (2)], directly or indirectly, by the use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, (a) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud any client or prospective client, or
(b)
to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which operates as a fraud or deceit upon any client or prospective client,
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant is permanently barred from participating in an offering of penny stock, including engaging in activities with a broker, dealer, or issuer for purposes of issuing, trading, or inducing or attempting to induce the purchase or sale of any penny stock. A penny stock is any equity security that has a price of less than five dollars, except as provided in Rule 3a51-1 under the Exchange Act [17 C.F.R. 240.3a51-l ].
VI.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant is liable for disgorgement of$2,357,208, representing profits gained as a result ofthe conduct alleged in the Complaint, together with prejudgment interest thereon in the amount of $188,766, and a civil penalty in the amount of $2,3 57,208 pursuant to Section 20( d) of the Securities Act [15 U.S.C. 77t(d)), Section 21(d) ofthe Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. 78u(d)], and Section 209(e) ofthe Advisers Act [15 U.S.C. 80b-9(e)]. Defendant shall satisfy this obligation by paying $4,903,182 to the Securities and Exchange Commission within 14 days after entry ofthis Final Judgment. Defendant's liability for the amount of disgorgement and prejudgment interest shall be joint and several with that of Monk's Den, LLC and First in Awareness, LLC, which are liable for disgorgement and prejudgment interest of the same amount as set forth in separate final judgment issued against Monk's Den and First in Awareness. Any amounts recovered from
Monk's Den or First in Awareness in connection with this disgorgement and prejudgment interest liability, as set forth in the separate final judgments against Monk's Den and First in Awareness, shall be credited towards Defendant's disgorgement and prejudgment interest obligation pursuant to this Final Judgment. Defendant may transmit payment electronically to the Commission, which will provide detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions upon request. Payment may also be made directly from a bank account via Pay.gov through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm. Defendant may also pay by certified check, bank cashier's check, or United States postal money order payable to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which shall be delivered or mailed to Enterprise Services Center Accounts Receivable Branch 6500 South MacArthur Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73169 and shall be accompanied by a letter identifying the case title, civil action number, and name of this Court; Jerry S. Williams as a defendant in this action; and specifying that payment is made pursuant to this Final Judgment. Defendant shall simultaneously transmit photocopies of evidence of payment and case identifying information to the Commission's counsel in this action. By making this payment, Defendant relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title, and interest in such funds and no part of the funds shall be returned to Defendant. The Commission may enforce the Court's judgment for disgorgement and prejudgment interest by moving for civil contempt (and/or through other collection procedures authorized by law) at any time after 14 days following entry of this Final Judgment. Defendant shall pay post
judgment interest on any delinquent amounts pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1961. The Commission shall hold the funds, together with any interest and income earned thereon (collectively, the "Fund"), pending further order of the Co mi. The Commission may propose a plan to distribute the Fund subject to the Court's approval. Such a plan may provide that the Fund shall be distributed pursuant to the Fair Fund provisions of Section 308(a) ofthe Sarbanes-Oxley Act of2002. The Court shall retain jurisdiction over the administration of any distribution of the Fund. If the Commission staff determines that the Fund will not be distributed, the Commission shall send the funds paid pursuant to this Final Judgment to the United States Treasury. Regardless of whether any such Fair Fund distribution is made, amounts ordered to be paid as civil penalties pursuant to this Judgment shall be treated as penalties paid to the government for all purposes, including all tax purposes. To preserve the deterrent effect ofthe civil penalty, Defendant shall not, after offset or reduction of any award of compensatory damages in any Related Investor Action based on Defendant's payment of disgorgement in this action, argue that he is entitled to, nor shall he further benefit by, offset or reduction of such compensatory damages award by the amount of any part of Defendant's payment of a civil penalty in this action ("Penalty Offset"). Ifthe court in any Related Investor Action grants such a Penalty OfTset, Defendant shall, within 30 days after entry of a final order granting the Penalty Offset, notify the Commission's counsel in this action and pay the amount of the Penalty Offset to the United States Treasury or to a Fair Fund, as the Commission directs. Such a payment shall not be deemed an additional civil penalty and shall not be deemed to change the amount of the civil penalty imposed in this Judgment. For purposes of this paragraph, a "Related Investor Action" means a private damages action brought against Defendant by or on behalf of one or
more investors based on substantially the same facts as alleged in the Complaint in this action.
VII.
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 therein.
VIII.
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 Final Judgment.
Dated: