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Litigation Releases Table

Date	Respondents
Date: May 24, 2023	Respondents: Eleazar Kauderer, GPL Ventures LLC, et al. Release No. LR-25734 See Also: SEC Complaint - HempAmericana, Inc. , SEC Complaint - Elezar Kauderer , Judgment - HempAmericana, Inc. , Judgment - Elezar Kauderer , Judgment - GPL Ventures LLC, et al.
Date: May 23, 2023	Respondents: Integrated National Resources, Inc. dba WeedGenics, Rolf Max Hirschmann aka "Max Bergmann," and Patrick Earl Williams Release No. LR-25733 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: May 22, 2023	Respondents: Thomas Carter Ronk Release No. LR-25732
Date: May 19, 2023	Respondents: Daniel E. Levin Release No. LR-25731
Date: May 19, 2023	Respondents: Sam A. Antar Release No. LR-25730 See Also: SEC Complaint , Judgment
Date: May 18, 2023	Respondents: Chicago Crypto Capital LLC; Brian Amoah; Elbert Elliott Release No. LR-25729 See Also: Judgment - Brian Amoah , Judgment - Elbert Elliott
Date: May 17, 2023	Respondents: Brian Raymond Callahan et al. Release No. LR-25728 See Also: Judgment , Judgment
Date: May 15, 2023	Respondents: Red Rock Secured, LLC, Sean Kelly, Anthony Spencer, Jeffrey Ward Release No. LR-25727 See Also: Complaint
Date: May 15, 2023	Respondents: Quanta, Inc. Release No. LR-25726 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: May 12, 2023	Respondents: Discala et al. Release No. LR-25725
Date: May 12, 2023	Respondents: Giguiere et al Release No. LR-25724
Date: May 12, 2023	Respondents: Joshua Sason, et al. (Corrected) Release No. LR-25723
Date: May 12, 2023	Respondents: Joshua David Nicholas, et al. Release No. LR-25722 See Also: Judgment , Complaint
Date: May 11, 2023	Respondents: GA Investors Release No. LR-25721 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: May 11, 2023	Respondents: Charles T. Lawrence, Jr., et al. Release No. LR-25720 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: May 11, 2023	Respondents: RRBB Asset Management, LLC, et al. Release No. LR-25719 See Also: Final Judgment
Date: May 10, 2023	Respondents: IRB Brasil Resseguros S.A. Release No. LR-25718 See Also: Complaint
Date: May 10, 2023	Respondents: Clayton R. Thomas and Personalized Healthcare Solution, LLC Release No. LR-25717 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: May 9, 2023	Respondents: Kay X. Yang, Xapphire LLC and Chao Yang Release No. LR-25716 See Also: Order
Date: May 9, 2023	Respondents: Pinancle Advisors, LLC; Robert Cuculich; Benjamin Quilty; Mark Wadach; Lawton Williamson; Joseph Masella; Pinnacle Investments, LLC Release No. LR-25715 See Also: SEC Complain
Date: May 9, 2023	Respondents: Joseph Orazio DeGregorio Release No. LR-25714
Date: May 9, 2023	Respondents: McLean, et al. Release No. LR-25713 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: May 8, 2023	Respondents: Roy W. Hill, Eric N. Shelly, Clean Energy Technology Association, Inc., and Freedom Impact Consulting, LLC Release No. LR-25712 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: May 5, 2023	Respondents: Ronald D. Swanson Release No. LR-25711
Date: May 5, 2023	Respondents: Matthew J. Werthe (dba HSR Wealth Management) Release No. LR-25710 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: May 5, 2023	Respondents: Joshua Burrell and Activated Capital, LLC Release No. LR-25709
Date: May 5, 2023	Respondents: Safeguard Metals LLC and Jeffrey Ikahn Release No. LR-25708 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: May 4, 2023	Respondents: Cedric Dewayne Griffin Release No. LR-25707 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: May 3, 2023	Respondents: GPL Ventures LLC, GPL Management LLC, Alexander J. Dillon, and Cosmin I. Panait Release No. LR-25706 See Also: Final Judgment
Date: May 3, 2023	Respondents: No Respondents Release No. LR-25704 See Also: See Complaint
Date: May 3, 2023	Respondents: Brett M. Bartlett; Scott A. Miller; Dynasty Toys, Inc.; The 7M eGroup Corp.; Concept Management Company LLC; Dynasty, Inc. Release No. LR-25705 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: May 1, 2023	Respondents: Tyler L. Andrews Release No. LR-25702 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: May 1, 2023	Respondents: Carlos Eduardo Reyes Alvarez Release No. LR-25703 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: April 27, 2023	Respondents: Trends Investments Inc. et al. Release No. LR-25701 See Also: Judgment - Trends Investments Inc. , Judgment - Brandon Rossetti , Judgment - Leslie Greyling
Date: April 25, 2023	Respondents: SAExploration Holdings, Inc., et al. Release No. LR-25700, AAER-4402 See Also: Final Judgement - Jeffrey A. Hastings , Order - Lori Hastings
Date: April 20, 2023	Respondents: Charles Winn LLC Release No. LR-25699 See Also: Complaint
Date: April 20, 2023	Respondents: Bittrex, Inc., Bittrex Global GmBH, and William Hiroaki Shihara Release No. LR-25698 See Also: Judgement , Judgement
Date: April 18, 2023	Respondents: No Respondents Release No. LR-25697
Date: April 18, 2023	Respondents: No Respondents Release No. LR-25696
Date: April 18, 2023	Respondents: No Respondents Release No. LR-25695 See Also: Sec Complaint
Date: April 17, 2023	Respondents: Bittrex, Inc., Bittrex Global GmBH, and William Hiroaki Shihara Release No. LR-25694 See Also: Sec Complaint
Date: April 17, 2023	Respondents: Jonah Engler and Barbara Desiderio Release No. LR-25693
Date: April 13, 2023	Respondents: Terraform Labs PTE Ltd and Do Hyeong Kwon Release No. LR-25692 See Also: Complaint
Date: April 11, 2023	Respondents: Matthew Nicosia, William Reininger, Fabrizio Di Carlo, and Ronald Touchard Release No. LR-25691
Date: April 10, 2023	Respondents: Bobby Peavler and William Eric Meek Release No. LR-25690, AAER-4399
Date: April 10, 2023	Respondents: Matthew Nicosia, William Reininger, Fabrizio Di Carlo, and Ronald Touchard Release No. LR-25689 See Also: Complaint
Date: April 4, 2023	Respondents: Michael J. French, et al. Release No. LR-25688 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: April 3, 2023	Respondents: DiScala et al. Release No. LR-25686
Date: April 3, 2023	Respondents: Beaxy Digital, Ltd., et al. Release No. LR-25687 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 31, 2023	Respondents: William Andrew Stack, Esq. Release No. LR-25682
Date: March 31, 2023	Respondents: Sean Wygovsky and Christopher Matthaei Release No. LR-25683 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 31, 2023	Respondents: Craig D. Perciavalle, Joseph A. Runkel, and William O. Adams Release No. LR-25684 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 31, 2023	Respondents: Carnovale, et al. Release No. LR-25685 See Also: Judgment
Date: March 30, 2023	Respondents: John Barksdale, et al. Release No. LR-25680 See Also: Judgment
Date: March 30, 2023	Respondents: Sapere Wealth Management, LLC and Scott Trease Release No. LR-25681 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 29, 2023	Respondents: Surage Kamal Roshan Perera and Janues Capital Incorporated Release No. LR-25679 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 28, 2023	Respondents: James K. Couture Release No. LR-25678
Date: March 27, 2023	Respondents: Aaron Cain McKnight, et al. Release No. LR-25677 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 24, 2023	Respondents: American Patriot Brands, Inc., Urban Pharms, LLC, DJ & S Property #1, TSL Distribution, Robert Y. Lee, Brian L. Pallas, and J. Bernard Rice, Defendants, and Puerto Rico One Corporation, Castro Business Enterprises, and Legion Accounting Services, Relief Defendants Release No. LR-25675 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 24, 2023	Respondents: Justin Sun et al. Release No. LR-25676 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 23, 2023	Respondents: Darryl M. Cohen Release No. LR-25672 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 23, 2023	Respondents: Martin Silver Release No. LR-25673
Date: March 23, 2023	Respondents: Scott J. Hollender, Gabriel F. Migliano, Jr. and Frank M. Vecchio) Release No. LR-25674 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 21, 2023	Respondents: Philip R. Jacoby, Jr., et al. Release No. LR-25671, AAER-4392 See Also: Judgment
Date: March 17, 2023	Respondents: Cutter Financial Group LLC et al. Release No. LR-25669 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 17, 2023	Respondents: Ozy Media, Inc. et al. Release No. LR-25670 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 15, 2023	Respondents: Peter D. Krieger Release No. LR-25666 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 15, 2023	Respondents: Darius Karpavicius, HMC Trading, LLC, and HMC Management Release No. LR-25667 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 15, 2023	Respondents: Ho Wan Kwok (a/k/a Miles Guo, Miles Kwok, Wengui Guo and Brother Seven), Kin Ming Je (a/k/a William Je), Mountains of Spices LLC (d/b/a New York Farm), and G Club Operations LLC, Defendants, and Mei Guo, Qiang Guo (a/k/a Mileson Guo), Hing Chi Ngok, and Sin Ting Rong, Relief Defendants Release No. LR-25668 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 14, 2023	Respondents: John David Gessin et al. Release No. LR-25664 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 14, 2023	Respondents: Brian Robert Sodi, et al. Release No. LR-25665
Date: March 13, 2023	Respondents: Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. and Imran Parekh Release No. LR-25662, AAER-4390 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 13, 2023	Respondents: Medsis International, Inc. et al. Release No. LR-25663
Date: March 9, 2023	Respondents: Mahmoud Ali Abdelkader Release No. LR-25660 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 9, 2023	Respondents: Moynes, et al.; Release No. LR-25661
Date: March 8, 2023	Respondents: Terren S. Peizer and Acuitas Group Holdings, LLC Release No. LR-25658 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 8, 2023	Respondents: Green United, LLC, Wright W. Thurston, and Kristoffer A. Krohn Release No. LR-25659 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 6, 2023	Respondents: BKCoin Management, LLC, et al. Release No. LR-25657 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 3, 2023	Respondents: Adam S. Kaplan and Daniel E. Kaplan Release No. LR-25656 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 2, 2023	Respondents: Kevin J. Kane and Sean M. Kane Release No. LR-25655 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 1, 2023	Respondents: Ryan R. Riley Release No. LR-25653 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 1, 2023	Respondents: Stephen Keith Woodard, Sr. Release No. LR-25654 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Feb. 28, 2023	Respondents: Nishad Singh Release No. LR-25652 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Feb. 27, 2023	Respondents: Bradley Morgan Holts Release No. LR-25651 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Feb. 24, 2023	Respondents: Michael K. Molen, Enviro Impact Resources, Inc., f/k/a Industry Source Consulting, Seth M. Molen, and Pixel Arcanum Release No. LR-25648 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Feb. 24, 2023	Respondents: Markman Biologics Corp. and Alan Shinderman Release No. LR-25649 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Feb. 24, 2023	Respondents: Energy & Environmental Investments, LLC; Energy & Environment, Inc.; Amir A. Sardari; and Narysa Sardari Luddy Release No. LR-25650 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Feb. 23, 2023	Respondents: Kevin A. Van de Grift and Gil Friedman Release No. LR-25645 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Feb. 23, 2023	Respondents: Back to Green Mining, LLC, José Jiménez Cruz, and Manuel Portalatin Release No. LR-25646
Date: Feb. 23, 2023	Respondents: James Andrew Stiles, Jr. & Edward Gray Stiles, Jr. Release No. LR-25647 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Feb. 21, 2023	Respondents: Candlestick Capital Management LP et al. Release No. LR-25642 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Feb. 21, 2023	Respondents: HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC et al. Release No. LR-25643 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Feb. 21, 2023	Respondents: Frederick L. Sharp et al. Release No. LR-25644 See Also: Judgment - William T. Kaitz , Judgment - Graham R. Taylor
Date: Feb. 16, 2023	Respondents: Milan Patel Release No. LR-25641 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Feb. 14, 2023	Respondents: Christopher S. Kirchner, et al. Release No. LR-25639 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Feb. 14, 2023	Respondents: Reliable One Resources, Inc., Quantum Filtration, Clyde Cameron Cravey, and Kenneth Wiedrich Release No. LR-25640 See Also: SEC Complaint , Partial Judgment. Cravey and Wiedrich , Preliminary Injunction.Reliable and Quantum
Date: Feb. 13, 2023	Respondents: Payward Ventures, Inc. (D/B/A Kraken) and Payward Trading, Ltd. (D/B/A Kraken) Release No. LR-25637 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Feb. 13, 2023	Respondents: Seong Yeol Lee and Ameritrust Corporation, et al. Release No. LR-25638
Date: Feb. 9, 2023	Respondents: DiScala et al Release No. LR-25636
Date: Feb. 7, 2023	Respondents: GexCrypto Corp. (a/k/a GexCrypto Global Trading Corp.) and Emiliano S. Ryn Release No. LR-25634 See Also: SEC Complaint