UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

          Litigation Release No. 16085 \ March 12, 1999

          SEC V. OMNI INTERNATIONAL TRADING, INC., et al., D.Minn., CIVIL
          ACTION NO. 97-2116, FILED SEPTEMBER 17, 1997.

               The Commission announced the entry of an Order of Permanent
          Injunction and other Equitable Relief by Default ("Order by
          Default") against Omni International Trading, Inc. ("Omni"),
          Daniel L. Koehler ("Koehler") and Michael A. Wilcox ("Wilcox") on
          December 4, 1998.  The Commission also announced the entry of an
          Order of Permanent Injunction and other Equitable Relief
          ("Order") against Brian E. Farley ("Farley") and John C.
          Hetherington ("Hetherington") on March 1, 1999.  Farley and
          Hetherington consented to the entry of the Order without
          admitting or denying the allegations of the Complaint.  The
          orders were based on the Commission’s Complaint, which was filed
          on September 17, 1997 and alleged that, from in or about January
          1991 through in or about February 1995, referred to as the
          relevant time period, Omni, Koehler, Wilcox, Farley, Hetherington
          and the other defendants defrauded public investors through the
          offer and sale of over $4 million in Omni securities.  These
          securities were not registered with the Commission.  The
          Commission’s Complaint also alleged that throughout the relevant
          time period, Omni , Koehler, Wilcox, Farley and Hetherington and
          the other defendants, in connection with the offer and sale of
          these Omni shares, made numerous misrepresentations and omitted
          to state material facts regarding, among other things, Omni’s
          future revenues, the use of proceeds, the listing of Omni
          securities for trading on the National Association of Securities
          Dealers Automated Quotations system, a purported tender offer,
          the expected profit to be made on the tender offer and the
          commissions to be earned.  In addition, the Commission’s
          Complaint alleged that Koehler, Farley and others acted as an
          unregistered broker or dealer.

               The Honorable David S. Doty of the U.S. District Court for
          the District of Minnesota entered the orders enjoining Omni from
          future violations of Sections 5(a), 5(c) and 17(a) of the
          Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), Section 10(b) of the
          Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5
          promulgated thereunder.  The orders also enjoined Koehler and
          Farley from future violations of Sections 5(a), 5(c) and 17(a) of
          the Securities Act, Sections 10(b), 15(a)(1) and 15(c) of the
          Exchange Act and Rules 10b-5 and 15c1-2 promulgated thereunder.
          In addition, the orders enjoined Wilcox Hetherington from future
          violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act, Section 10(b)
          of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder.  The
          Order by Default ordered that Omni, Koehler and Wilcox pay
          disgorgement of ill-gotten gains in the amounts of $1,598,342,
          plus prejudgment interest of $884,862, $222,632, plus prejudgment
          interest of $126,062, and $286,516, plus prejudgment interest of
          $130,044, respectively and that Koehler and Wilcox each pay a
          civil penalty of $100,000. The Order found that Farley and
          Hetherington should each pay disgorgement in the amounts of
          $510,584 and $154,250 respectively, plus prejudgment interest;
          however, payment was waived based on Farley's and Hetherington’s
          demonstrated inability to pay.