SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Release No. 45123 / December 4, 2001

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
File No. 3-10573


In the Matter of

RAFFI T. KING,

Respondent.


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ORDER MAKING FINDINGS AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTION

I.

On September 12, 2001, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") instituted this public administrative proceeding pursuant to Section 15(b)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") against Respondent Raffi T. King ("Respondent").

II.

Respondent has submitted an Offer of Settlement ("Offer"), which the Commission has determined to accept. Solely for the purpose of this proceeding and any other proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Commission, or in which the Commission is a party, and without admitting or denying the findings contained herein, except that Respondent admits the entry of the permanent injunction against him referred to in paragraph III.B. below and the jurisdiction of the Commission over him and over the subject matter of this proceeding, Respondent by his Offer of Settlement consents to the entry of this Order Making Findings and Imposing Remedial Sanction ("Order"), and to the entry of the findings and remedial sanction set forth below.

III.

On the basis of this Order and the Offer submitted by the Respondent, the Commission finds that:

A. Respondent resides in Los Angeles, California. Respondent has never held a securities license but was associated with an unregistered broker-dealer during the relevant period.

B. On March 20, 2001, the United States District Court for the Central District of California entered a Final Judgment By Default Of Permanent Injunction And Other Relief against Respondent [SEC v. Naughton, et al., CV 00-07531 R (Ex)]. The Final Judgment enjoins Respondent from future violations of Sections 5(a), 5(c) and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 15(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder.

C. The Commission's Complaint filed in the action described above alleges that the defendants therein, including Respondent, at various times engaged in the offer and sale of securities in the form of preferred stock in Papa Holdings, Inc. and/or four of its restaurant subsidiaries in violation of the registration, antifraud and broker-dealer registration provisions of the federal securities laws. The Complaint further alleges that in connection with the offer and sale of these securities, the defendants, including Respondent, made material misrepresentations or omissions of material fact concerning the amount of commissions and/or overrides paid to them.

IV.

Based on the foregoing, the Commission deems it appropriate in the public interest to accept the Offer submitted by the Respondent and impose the sanction specified in the Offer.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Respondent be, and hereby is, barred from association with any broker or dealer, with the right to apply for association after one year to the appropriate self-regulatory organization, or if there is none, to the Commission.

By the Commission.

Jonathan G. Katz
Secretary