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State: New York (per Complaint/Order Instituting Proceedings)
Enforcement Action: In the Matter of ERIC S. BLUMEN, IRA A. BOSHNACK, ANDREW S. FRIEDMAN, JORDAN I. SHAMAH, IRVING STITSKY, and DOUGLAS C. MILLER, SEC File No. 3-9491
State: California (per Complaint/Order Instituting Proceedings)
Enforcement Action: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. DIVERSIFIED LENDING GROUP, INC.; APPLIED EQUITIES, INC.; AND BRUCE FRIEDMAN, 2:09-cv-01533 (C.D. Cal.)
State: District of Columbia (per Complaint/Order Instituting Proceedings)
Enforcement Action: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. FRIEDMAN, BILLINGS, RAMSEY & CO., INC., EMANUEL J. FRIEDMAN, and NICHOLAS J. NICHOLS, 1:06-cv-02160 (D.D.C.)
Enforcement Action: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. CHARLES BRUMFIELD, JOSEPH BRUMFIELD, ROBERT ALLEN, WILLIAM MYLETT, JOSEPH PENNA, JOSEPH CUSIMANO, ALFRED VOLPE, JAMES GALANTE, THOMAS ALGER, JOHN O'BRIEN, LAWRENCE FRIEDMAN, ROBERT FLANAGAN, THOMAS FLANAGAN, SHARON SEIDEN, WARREN SMITH, JOHN LYNCH AND ALBERT BRODY, 1:95-cv-09283 (S.D.N.Y.)
State: California (per Complaint/Order Instituting Proceedings)
Enforcement Action: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. GLOBAL MONEY MANAGEMENT, L.P., LF GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, LLC, and MARVIN I. FRIEDMAN, 3:04-cv-00521 (S.D. Cal.)
Enforcement Action: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. SYCAMORE NETWORKS, INC., FRANCES M. JEWELS, CHERYL E. KALINEN, and ROBIN A. FRIEDMAN, 1:08-cv-11166 (D. Mass.)
State: California (per Complaint/Order Instituting Proceedings)
Enforcement Action: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY, INC., ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING, INC., IRVINE SECURITIES, INC., LARRY R. CROWDER, JOHN R. POWELL, CHRISTIAN R. HIGGINS, CHARLES L. POWELL, JAMES P. GALLAHER, DALE J. ENGELHARDT and TREY L. FRIEDMANN, 2:98-cv-06060 (C.D. Cal.)
State: California (per Complaint/Order Instituting Proceedings)
Enforcement Action: In the Matter of CHRISTIAN R. HIGGINS, CHARLES L. POWELL, JAMES P. GALLAHER, DALE J. ENGELHARDT, and TREY L. FRIEDMANN, SEC File No. 3-9979
Enforcement Action: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. LEONARD ALEXANDER RUGE, RICHARD WOLFF, MAC BEAGELMAN, MICHAEL SCOTT SYMONS, RICHARD BALBER, STEPHEN EVERS, EUGENE FLAKSMAN, MARK FURMAN, ALEX GRINSHPON, DANIEL KOLCHKOV, JEFF SANDERS, ALEX SOLON, MARK ZABORSKY and JEFFERY STONE, 1:97-cv-09306 (S.D.N.Y.)
Enforcement Action: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. COMPLETE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. d/b/a/ PAR FUNDING, FULL SPECTRUM PROCESSING, INC., ABETTERFINANCIALPLAN.COM LLC d/b/a/ A BETTER FINANCIAL PLAN, ABFP MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, f/k/a/ PILLAR LIFE SETTLEMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, ABFP INCOME FUND, LLC, ABFP INCOME FUND 2, L.P., UNITED FIDELIS GROUP CORP., FIDELIS FINANCIAL PLANNING LLC, RETIREMENT EVOLUTION GROUP, LLC, RETIREMENT EVOLUTION INCOME FUND, LLC, f/k/a RE INCOME FUND, LLC, RE INCOME FUND 2, LLC, LISA MCELHONE, JOSEPH COLE BARLETA, a/k/a/ JOE COLE, JOSEPH W. LAFORTE, a/k/a JOE MACK, a/k/a/ JOE MACKI, a/k/a JOE MCELHONE, PERRY S. ABBONIZIO, DEAN J. VAGNOZZI, MICHAEL C. FURMAN, and JOHN GISSAS, 9:20-cv-81205 (S.D. Fla.)
State: California (per Complaint/Order Instituting Proceedings)
Enforcement Action: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. RETAIL PRO, INC. (fka Island Pacific, Inc.), BARRY M. SCHECHTER, RAN H. FURMAN, and HARVEY BRAUN, 3:08-cv-01620 (S.D. Cal.)
Enforcement Action: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. INORGANIC RECYCLING CORPORATION, EDWARD J. HALLORAN, MICHELE CARIDI, DANIEL J. MOORE and RICHARD FURMAN, 1:99-cv-10159 (S.D.N.Y.)
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