==========================================START OF PAGE 1====== UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Before the SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Release No. 37039 / March 28, 1996 Administrative Proceeding File No. 3-8978 --------------------------- : In the Matter of : : JOHN DANKOVICH and : LINDA DANKOVICH, : ORDER INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS, : MAKING FINDINGS AND IMPOSING Respondents. : REMEDIAL SANCTIONS PURSUANT TO : SECTION 15(b) OF THE SECURITIES : EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 : : ---------------------------: I. The Commission deems it appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative proceedings be, and they are, instituted pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") against John Dankovich and Linda Dankovich ("Respondents") to determine whether action is necessary in light of the permanent injunction entered against Respondents by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on March 22, 1996, permanently restraining and enjoining Respondent John Dankovich from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), Sections 7(f)(1), 10(b), 15(a) and 15(c) of the Exchange Act, and Rules 10b-5, 15b1-1 and 15c1-2 thereunder, and Regulation X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Respondent Linda Dankovich from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act, Sections 10(b), 15(a) and 15(c) of the Exchange Act, and Rules 10b-5, 15b1-1 and 15c1-2 thereunder. In anticipation of the institution of these proceedings, Respondents have each submitted an Offer of Settlement for the purpose of disposing of the issues raised by these proceedings. The Commission has determined that it is appropriate and in the public interest to accept Respondents' Offers of Settlement. Solely for the purposes of these proceedings and any other proceedings brought by or on behalf of the Commission or to which the Commission is a party, Respondents, without a hearing pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Practice, 17 C.F.R.  201.1 et seq., and without admitting or denying the matters set forth herein, except as to those referred to in Part II.B., infra, which Respondents admit, consent to the issuance of this Order Instituting Proceedings, Making Findings and Imposing Remedial Sanctions pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Exchange Act (the "Order"). II. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS The Commission finds that: A. From on or about July 1994 through on or about April 1995, Respondents, and each of them, acted as broker- dealers within the meaning of Section 15(b) of the Exchange Act in connection with their activities involving the fictitious brokerage firm T. Morgan & Associates; and B. On March 20, 1996, the Commission filed a Complaint against Respondents in Securities and Exchange Commission v. John Dankovich and Linda Dankovich, 96CV00550 (D.D.C. 1996). Simultaneously, Respondents filed their consent to the entry of a Final Judgment, without admitting or denying the allegations in the Complaint, except as to jurisdiction, which they admitted. On March 22, 1996, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a Final Judgment permanently enjoining Respondent John Dankovich from future violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act, Sections 7(f)(1), 10(b), 15(a) and 15(c) of the Exchange Act, and Rules 10b-5, 15b1-1 and 15c1-2 thereunder, and Regulation X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Respondent Linda Dankovich from future violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act, Sections 10(b), 15(a) and 15(c) of the Exchange Act, and Rules 10b-5, 15b1-1 and 15c1-2 thereunder. III. RESPONDENTS' OFFERS OF SETTLEMENT Respondents have each submitted an Offer of Settlement in which they consent to the Commission's issuance of this Order, as set forth above, barring them from association with any broker, dealer, investment company, investment adviser, or municipal securities dealer. ==========================================START OF PAGE 3====== IV. ORDER Based on the foregoing, the Commission deems it appropriate and in the public interest to accept the Offer of Settlement of John Dankovich and the Offer of Settlement of Linda Dankovich. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Respondents be, and hereby are, barred from association with any broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer, investment adviser or investment company. The sanction ordered herein shall become effective immediately. By the Commission. ----------------------------- Jonathan G. Katz Secretary