SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Litigation Release 16087A /March 17, 1999 SEC v. Cihaco International, Inc., Hartmut Haussecker, Bartley Carson Healy, and Tanya Llanes-Tarver, Civil Action No. 2:97CV- 0659K (USDC UT). The Commission announced that on March 2, the Honorable Dale A. Kimball, U.S. District Judge for the District of Utah, entered a final judgment of permanent injunction by consent against Bartley Carson Healy. Healy was enjoined from future violations of the registration and antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws and ordered to disgorge $730,000, with payment of all but $100,000 waived based on Healy’s demonstrated inability to pay. The case was filed on August 27, 1997, against Cihaco International, Inc., Hartmut Haussecker, Healy, and Tanya Llanes- Tarver alleging that from January 1993 through January 1997, the defendants raised at least $18 million through the fraudulent sale of unregistered securities to more than 500 investors. The securities involved were putative interests in investment pools to be managed by Haussecker, who was to invest in stocks, currencies, and other financial instruments, with projected returns of from 17 percent to 60 percent per month. Instead of investing the funds, Haussecker spent most of the money to support his lavish lifestyle and to purchase items such as automobiles and jewelry for persons who were named as relief defendants in the Complaint. The Complaint alleged that the defendants violated the federal securities laws by selling unregistered securities and lying to investors about how the money was to be spent. Cihaco and Haussecker were permanently enjoined by default on May 18, 1998, and ordered to pay $18,740,617 in disgorgement, plus prejudgment and postjudgment interest. Approximately $350,000 was realized by auctioning Haussecker’s personal property and an unfinished home located near Branson, Missouri. The Commission sought, and obtained, a receiver for the assets recovered. The receiver is charged with locating assets and returning the recovered funds to investors. Llanes-Tarver was permanently enjoined by consent on May 20, 1998. Disgorgement was waived and a penalty not imposed based on Llanes-Tarver’s demonstrated inability to pay.