-------------------- BEGINNING OF PAGE #1 ------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Litigation Release No. 14712 / November 6, 1995 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Wealth International Network, et al. (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action No. 1: 95-CV-1722-CAM) The Commission announced today that United States District Court Judge Charles A. Moye, Jr. entered a Final Judgment of Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief against defendants Wealth International Network ("WIN"), Discovery Financial Investments ("DFI"), Andr Brady ("Brady"), Sterling Consortium Holdings, Inc. and Brady International, Inc. (collectively, the "WIN defendants"). The final judgment orders the WIN defendants to disgorge $13,535,800.39 together with prejudgment interest. The Commission filed this lawsuit on July 5, 1995, alleging that WIN was a "pyramid" or "Ponzi" scheme and that WIN, DFI and Brady attracted investments in DFI with false claims that such investments earned from 8 to 20 percent per month, with minimal risk of loss of principal. DFI claimed to be investing in "triple AAA rated" securities backed by gold bullion, gold and numismatic coins and foreign currencies. On July 5, 1995, the Court granted the Commission's motion for a temporary restraining order, including an order freezing the WIN defendants' assets. After a hearing, the WIN defendants consented to a continuation of the temporary restraining order, including the freeze of their assets, until the completion of the trial. The amount to be disgorged represents money obtained by DFI from investors in connection with its allegedly fraudulent investment pool. Judge Moye today also entered an order appointing a distribution agent to collect funds and to return them to investors. Pursuant to the final judgment, all monies held in the WIN defendants' bank accounts will be transferred to a disgorgement fund in partial satisfaction of the final judgment. The final judgment also permanently enjoins WIN, DFI and Brady from future violations of Sections 5(a) and (c), and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, Sections 203 and 206(2) and (4) of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, and enjoins DFI from future violations of Section 7(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The WIN defendants consented to the entry of the final judgment without admitting or denying the allegations in the Commission's Complaint. The Commission's claims against relief defendants MPAK Security, Inc., Commonwealth Capital L.C., Sea Financial Services Corp., Michael G. Fraina, Jr. and Reuben A. Spivey, all of whom received investors' monies from DFI, remain pending. On September 28, 1995, a federal grand jury located in Fort Myers, Florida indicted defendant Brady for money laundering in connection with a securities fraud separate from the Commission's lawsuit. Subsequently, Brady was arrested on those charges and ordered by a Federal Magistrate to be held without bond as a risk of flight and danger to the community pending a criminal trial. (See Lit. Rel. No. 14552, July 6, 1995 and Lit. Rel. No. 14560, July 14, 1995).