==========================================START OF PAGE 1====== UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Litigation Release No. 15117 / October 11, 1996 SEC v. JAMES S. FALLER, II and Rolan Colon, Civil No. 96-7125 CIV-Nesbitt (S.D. Fl) The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") today announced that on September 30, 1996, a complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against James S. Faller, II ("Faller") of Augusta, Georgia and Rolan Colon ("Colon") of Hialeah, Florida, alleging violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. The Commission is seeking permanent injunctions and disgorgement. The complaint alleges that Faller and Colon, while consultants to Evro Corporation, caused Evro Corporation to issue a false press release on August 23, 1993. Evro Corporation was located in Tampa, Florida. Its stock is traded on NASDAQ. The false press release stated that Evro had obtained a $30 million loan commitment to finance the development and sale of its products. The complaint alleges that Faller and Colon were engage to obtain the $30 million loan for Evro. Further, it alleges that prior to the issuance of the false release, Faller and Colon, in violation of their fiduciary duty owed to Evro Corporation and its shareholders, while in possession of material non-public information, each purchased 20,000 shares of Evro common stock which they sold shortly after the issuance of the release at profits of over 40%. The complaint further alleges that no loan was ever made to Evro Corporation and that Faller and Colon knew no loan would be made to Evro Corporation by the purported lender.