==========================================START OF PAGE 1====== UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION LITIGATION RELEASE NO. 14801 / January 30, 1996 SEC v. Marada Global Corporation, et al., Case No. 94-1504-CIV-T- 21A (M.D. Fla.) The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that on January 22, 1996, Honorable Ralph Nimmons, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, entered a final judgment of permanent injunction against Marada Global Corporation ("Marada Global") and Marada Capital, Inc. ("Marada Capital") (collectively "Marada Corporations"), of Clearwater, Florida, enjoining them from future violations of the registration, antifraud, broker-dealer registration, and penny stock disclosure provisions of the federal securities laws. Previously, on September 23, 1994, the Commission filed a Complaint and motion for temporary restraining order and other emergency motions against the Marada Corporations and Roc G. Hatfield ("Hatfield"), the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and President of Marada Global and the CEO of Marada Capital, alleging violations of Sections 5(a), 5(c) and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Sections 10(b), 15(a) and 15(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rules 10b-5, 15g-2, 15g-4, 15g-5 and 15g-9, thereunder. Specifically, the Complaint alleged that from at least August 1993 through September 1994, through the use of boiler rooms and other high pressure tactics, Marada Capital sold at least $2 million of unregistered penny stock of two Marada Global subsidiaries, Marada Air, Inc. ("Marada Air") and Marada Casino Resort Hotels, Inc. ("Marada Casino"), to at least 200 investors nationwide, at $1 per share. The Complaint further alleged that none of the Marada entities made any filings with the Commission, and Marada Capital was never registered with the Commission as a broker-dealer. Furthermore, the Complaint alleged that through the use of glossy color brochures, prospectuses, flyers, scripts and other solicitation documents, Hatfield, Marada Global and Marada Capital: (a) represented that Marada Global had exclusive agreements with Caribbean island nations to operate and develop an airline, casinos and hotels when, in fact, no such agreements existed; (b) omitted to disclose that the "vice presidents" selling Marada stock were, in reality, telemarketers earning 40% commissions; (c) represented that Marada would apply for listing and be traded on the NASDAQ exchange when, in reality, it was practically impossible for Marada to obtain NASDAQ listing; (d) failed to disclose the cumulative disciplinary history of key Marada personnel; and (e) omitted to disclose that the only substantial asset of Marada Global was not owned free-and-clear. ==========================================START OF PAGE 2====== - 2 - On September 23, 1994, the Court entered a temporary restraining order against the defendants. On October 18, 1995, the Court entered a preliminary injunction against the defendants following a hearing. On November 16, 1994, the Court appointed a receiver over Marada Global and Marada Capital. On September 8, 1995, the Court entered a final judgment of permanent injunction against Hatfield, by consent, enjoining him from future violations of the federal securities laws and requiring him to disgorge $1,941,000.