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Litigation Releases Table

Date	Respondents
Date: Dec. 29, 2021	Respondents: Medallion Financial Corp., Andrew Murstein, Lawrence Meyers, and Ichabod's Cranium Inc. Release No. LR-25297 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 27, 2021	Respondents: Timothy Burroughs, Jay Holstine, John Griffin, and Michael Oswald Williams Release No. LR-25296 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 22, 2021	Respondents: Vladislav Kliushin, Nikolai Rumiantcev, Mikhail Irzak, Igor Sladkov, and Ivan Yermakov Release No. LR-25295 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 22, 2021	Respondents: James Siniscalchi Release No. LR-25294
Date: Dec. 22, 2021	Respondents: Marco "Sully" Perez and Permian Basin Proppants, Inc. Release No. LR-25293 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 21, 2021	Respondents: John Marques, et al. Release No. LR-25292 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 20, 2021	Respondents: Daniel V.T. Catenacci Release No. LR-25291 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 16, 2021	Respondents: Alexander Kon Release No. LR-25290 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 15, 2021	Respondents: Sequential Brands Group, Inc. Release No. LR-25289, AAER-4277
Date: Dec. 15, 2021	Respondents: Fusion Hotel Management, LLC, Fusion Hospitality Corporation and Denny T. Bhakta Release No. LR-25288 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 10, 2021	Respondents: Jay Scott Kirk Lee, Geoffrey Allen Wall, and Benjamin Thompson Kirk Release No. LR-25287 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 9, 2021	Respondents: BitConnect, et al. Release No. LR-25286
Date: Dec. 9, 2021	Respondents: Mohammed Pithapurwala, Ammar Kutiyanawalla, and Alifiya Kutiyanawalla Release No. LR-25285 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 8, 2021	Respondents: The Heartland Group Ventures, LLC, et al. Release No. LR-25284 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 7, 2021	Respondents: Shamoon Omer Rafiq, a/k/a Shamoon Rafiq, Omer Rafiq, and Omar Rafiq Release No. LR-25283
Date: Dec. 6, 2021	Respondents: American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc., Jonathan L. Wilcox, Jason M. Boucher, and Karen J. Smith Release No. LR-25282 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 3, 2021	Respondents: Michael J. Starkweather and Andiamo Corporation Release No. LR-25281 See Also: SEC Complaint , Default Judgment
Date: Dec. 3, 2021	Respondents: Tom Simeo Release No. LR-25280 See Also: Order
Date: Dec. 3, 2021	Respondents: Guillaume David Boccara Release No. LR-25279
Date: Dec. 3, 2021	Respondents: Kirk Sperry and Sperry and Sons Capital Investments, LLC Release No. LR-25278 See Also: Final Judgment
Date: Dec. 3, 2021	Respondents: Auzins Release No. LR-25277 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 2, 2021	Respondents: Carnovale, et al.; Release No. LR-25276 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 1, 2021	Respondents: Robert C. Dobkin, Cynthia Braun, Michael Fiorillo and Jeffrey S. Gregersen Release No. LR-25275 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 30, 2021	Respondents: Marc Demane Debih Release No. LR-25274 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 24, 2021	Respondents: Kevin R. Kuhnash and Jason P. Jimerson Release No. LR-25273 See Also: Final Judgment - Jimerson , Final Judgment - Kuhnash
Date: Nov. 24, 2021	Respondents: Guy Scott Griffithe and Robert William Russell Release No. LR-25272
Date: Nov. 23, 2021	Respondents: Ryan Ginster Release No. LR-25271 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 23, 2021	Respondents: Ronald T. Molo Release No. LR-25270 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 23, 2021	Respondents: Tomer Feingold and Dov Malnik Release No. LR-25269
Date: Nov. 23, 2021	Respondents: Carol E. Cohen and Austin Rotter Release No. LR-25268 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 23, 2021	Respondents: John A. Paulsen Release No. LR-25267 See Also: Final Judgment
Date: Nov. 19, 2021	Respondents: James David O'Brien Release No. LR-25266 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 15, 2021	Respondents: Ramiro Jose Sugranes, et al. Release No. LR-25265 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 15, 2021	Respondents: Joshua Burrell and Activated Capital, LLC Release No. LR-25263 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 12, 2021	Respondents: Terraform Labs PTE, Ltd. and Do Kwon Release No. LR-25262
Date: Nov. 10, 2021	Respondents: Gerald Fauth Release No. LR-25261
Date: Nov. 9, 2021	Respondents: CF3 Enterprises, LLC, et al. Release No. LR-25260 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 8, 2021	Respondents: Swapnil J. Rege and SwapStar Capital, LLC Release No. LR-25259
Date: Nov. 8, 2021	Respondents: Gregory Lemelson, Lemelson Capital Management, LLC, and The Amvona Fund Release No. LR-25258
Date: Nov. 5, 2021	Respondents: Joseph A. Cammarata, et al. Release No. LR-25257 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 5, 2021	Respondents: Steven F. Muntin Release No. LR-25255 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 4, 2021	Respondents: David P. Godwin, et al. Release No. LR-25254 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 1, 2021	Respondents: Mark A. Miller, Saeid Jaberian and Christopher J. Rajkaran Release No. LR-25253 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 1, 2021	Respondents: Howard S. Kleyman Release No. LR-25252 See Also: SEC Complaint , Administrative Proceedings Release
Date: Nov. 1, 2021	Respondents: Kenneth A. Welsh Release No. LR-25251 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 29, 2021	Respondents: BNZ One Capital, LLC, et al. Release No. LR-25250 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 27, 2021	Respondents: Swapnil J. Rege and SwapStar Capital, LLC Release No. LR-25249 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 26, 2021	Respondents: Steven M. Gallagher, a/k/a "Alexander Delarge" Release No. LR-25248 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 26, 2021	Respondents: Denis Georgiyevich Sotnikov, et al. Release No. LR-25247 See Also: Judgment
Date: Oct. 26, 2021	Respondents: Ann M. Vick Release No. LR-25246 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 25, 2021	Respondents: Marcus Boggs Release No. LR-25245 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 20, 2021	Respondents: Robert Bernardi, Nihat Cardak, and Sunil Chandra, Defendants, and Daniel Bernardi, Diane Olsen, and Jenifer Bernardi, Relief Defendants, Civ. Action Release No. LR-25244 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 15, 2021	Respondents: Vassilios Trikantzopoulos, et al. Release No. LR-25243
Date: Oct. 7, 2021	Respondents: Steven Pagartanis Release No. LR-25242
Date: Oct. 6, 2021	Respondents: Ron K. Harrison., et al. Release No. LR-25241 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 6, 2021	Respondents: CanaFarma Hemp Products Corp., et al. Release No. LR-25240 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 1, 2021	Respondents: Keith A. Wakefield Release No. LR-25239 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 1, 2021	Respondents: TCFG Investment Advisor, LLC, TCFG Wealth Management, LLC and Richard James Roberts Release No. LR-25238 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 30, 2021	Respondents: Punch TV Studios. Inc., et al. Release No. LR-25237 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 30, 2021	Respondents: Mark Allan Plummer, et al. Release No. LR-25235 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 29, 2021	Respondents: Gregory L. Ciccone, et al. Release No. LR-25236 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 29, 2021	Respondents: Sky Group, et al. Release No. LR-25234 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 28, 2021	Respondents: Naseem Mohammed Salamah. Release No. LR-25233 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 28, 2021	Respondents: Jaeson Birnbaum Release No. LR-25232 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 28, 2021	Respondents: C3 International, Inc., Steele Clarke Smith III and Theresa Smith Release No. LR-25231 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 28, 2021	Respondents: Richard Xia, a/k/a Yi Xia and Fleet New York Metropolitan Regional Center, LLC, f/k/a Federal New York Metropolitan Regional Center, and Relief Defendant Julia Yue, a/k/a JiQing Yue Release No. LR-25230 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 28, 2021	Respondents: Michael James Ferguson Jr. Foreign Private Trust and Noble Mikhail Jabal Mohommet Firdaus El Release No. LR-25229 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 27, 2021	Respondents: VerdeGroup Investment Partners, Inc., Thomas Gaffney, and Lisa Gordon Release No. LR-25228 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 27, 2021	Respondents: Timothy Page et al., Daniel Cattlin and William R. Shupe Release No. LR-25227 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 27, 2021	Respondents: Nicholas J. Genovese, Willow Creek Investments, LP, and Willow Creek Advisors, LLC Release No. LR-25226
Date: Sept. 27, 2021	Respondents: Star Chain, Inc. and Timur Efe aka Omer Casurluk, Civ. Action Release No. LR-25225 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 27, 2021	Respondents: Suyun Gu, et al. Release No. LR-25224 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 27, 2021	Respondents: Carebourn Capital, L.P., et al. Release No. LR-25223 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 24, 2021	Respondents: Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC and Jon Michael McGraw Release No. LR-25222 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 24, 2021	Respondents: Engler, et al. Release No. LR-25221
Date: Sept. 23, 2021	Respondents: Choice Advisors, LLC and Matthias O'Meara Release No. LR-25220 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 23, 2021	Respondents: James R. Collins and Robert F. DiMeo Release No. LR-25219 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 23, 2021	Respondents: Michael F. Shillin Release No. LR-25218 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 23, 2021	Respondents: Biogenic, Inc., Diagnostic Link Ltd, LLC, Vital Systems Ltd LLC, BioTek Holdings LLC, Tek Wellness Inc., Capital Care Management LLC, Susann Ashley Cargnino a/k/a Susann Ashley Walker a/k/a Ashley Walker, Zachari Alan Cargnino a/k/a Zach Alan, Julie Ann Youssef a/k/a Julie Ann a/k/a Julie Joseph, and Gary Youssef a/k/a Gary Joseph Release No. LR-25217 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 23, 2021	Respondents: Frantz Simeon and First Black Enterprises, Inc. Release No. LR-25216 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 22, 2021	Respondents: Karen Marie Michel Release No. LR-25215 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 21, 2021	Respondents: Back to Green Mining, LLC, José Jiménez Cruz, and Manuel Portalatin Release No. LR-25214 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 21, 2021	Respondents: James Wallace Nall, III, Michael Hale Smith, Michael Dwaine Smith, Robert Walter Smith and Walter Vice Tutt Release No. LR-25213 See Also: Judgment
Date: Sept. 21, 2021	Respondents: Daniel B. Kamensky Release No. LR-25212
Date: Sept. 20, 2021	Respondents: Leena Jaitley, d/b/a Managed Option Trading and Options By Pros, Defendant, and Taraben Patel and OTA LLC, Relief Defendants Release No. LR-25211 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 20, 2021	Respondents: Robert Samuel Shumake, Jr., Willard L. Jackson, Nicole T. Birch, 420 Real Estate, LLC, Vicent Petrescu aka Vincent Petrescu, and TruCrowd, Inc. dba Fundanna Release No. LR-25210 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 16, 2021	Respondents: Raquel Moura Borges, et al. Release No. LR-25209 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 16, 2021	Respondents: Jason Dodd Bullard, Angela Romero-Bullard, and Bullard Enterprises LLC Release No. LR-25208 See Also: Order
Date: Sept. 15, 2021	Respondents: Simon Piers Thurlow, et al. Release No. LR-25207 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 15, 2021	Respondents: SHE Beverage Company, Inc. Lupe L. Rose, Sonja F. Shelby and Katherine E. Dirden Release No. LR-25206 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 15, 2021	Respondents: Eliseo Acosta Release No. LR-25205 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 14, 2021	Respondents: Paul Gilman, et al. Release No. LR-25204 See Also: Judgment , Opinion and Order
Date: Sept. 14, 2021	Respondents: ProSky, Inc., et al.; Release No. LR-25203 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 10, 2021	Respondents: Mark Ahn Release No. LR-25202 See Also: Judgment
Date: Sept. 10, 2021	Respondents: Todd Elliott Hitt et al. Release No. LR-25201
Date: Sept. 10, 2021	Respondents: Gomes et al.; Release No. LR-25200
Date: Sept. 8, 2021	Respondents: Frederick Bauman Release No. LR-25199 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 8, 2021	Respondents: Rivetz Corp., Rivetz International SEZC, and Steven K. Sprague Release No. LR-25198 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 7, 2021	Respondents: Johnny R. Thomas, et al. Release No. LR-25197
Date: Sept. 3, 2021	Respondents: Cavco Industries, Inc., Joseph Stegmayer, and Daniel Urness, Robert Scott Parkhurst Release No. LR-25196 See Also: et al. , SEC Complaint - Robert Scott Parkhurst