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Litigation Releases Table

Date	Respondents
Date: April 26, 2024	Respondents: Kevin Crotty Release No. 34-100042 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: April 24, 2024	Respondents: Craig Allen Release No. LR-25984 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: April 24, 2024	Respondents: Geosyn Mining, LLC, Caleb Joseph Ward, and Jeremy George McNutt Release No. LR-25983 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: April 22, 2024	Respondents: Choice Advisors, LLC and Matthias O’Meara Release No. LR-25982 See Also: Order
Date: April 22, 2024	Respondents: City of Rochester, New York, Rosiland Brooks-Harris, Capital Markets Advisors, LLC, Richard Ganci, and Richard Tortora Release No. LR-25981
Date: April 19, 2024	Respondents: Michael Brackett Release No. LR-25980 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: April 17, 2024	Respondents: Icaro Media Group, Inc., et al. Release No. LR-25979 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: April 15, 2024	Respondents: George Stubos, et al. Release No. LR-25978 See Also: Final Judgment - Dori-Ann Stubos
Date: April 15, 2024	Respondents: Scott Lindell Release No. LR-25977
Date: April 15, 2024	Respondents: Gil Friedman Release No. LR-25976
Date: April 12, 2024	Respondents: Lixin Azarmehr, JL Real Estate Development Corporation, Nevada Skilled Nursing Lender, LLC, and Nevada Skilled Nursing Development Release No. LR-25975 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: April 11, 2024	Respondents: Justin Robert King Release No. LR-25974
Date: April 11, 2024	Respondents: Zachary J. Horwitz Release No. LR-25973
Date: April 9, 2024	Respondents: Rosenberger et al. Release No. LR-25972, AAER-4496
Date: April 9, 2024	Respondents: Mark Borden Release No. LR-25971 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: April 8, 2024	Respondents: Matthew Panuwat Release No. LR-25970
Date: April 5, 2024	Respondents: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, et al. Release No. LR-25969
Date: April 4, 2024	Respondents: Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC d/b/a Commonwealth Financial Network Release No. LR-25968
Date: April 4, 2024	Respondents: Eduardo Hernandez et al. Release No. LR-25967 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: April 3, 2024	Respondents: ClearPath Wealth Management, LLC; Patrick Churchville Release No. LR-25966
Date: April 3, 2024	Respondents: Ronald Heineman Release No. LR-25965
Date: April 3, 2024	Respondents: Jason Nielsen Release No. LR-25964 See Also: Final Judgment
Date: April 2, 2024	Respondents: GA Investors Release No. LR-25963 See Also: Final Judgment
Date: April 2, 2024	Respondents: Travis Treusch Release No. LR-25962 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 29, 2024	Respondents: FLiK et al. Release No. LR-25961
Date: March 29, 2024	Respondents: Christopher E. Galvin Release No. LR-25960
Date: March 28, 2024	Respondents: Matthew Nicosia, William Reininger, Fabrizio Di Carlo, and Ronald Touchard Release No. LR-25959 See Also: Final Judgment
Date: March 27, 2024	Respondents: Jonathan William Mikula, et al. Release No. LR-25957
Date: March 27, 2024	Respondents: William Shupe and Daniel Cattlin Release No. LR-25958 See Also: Judgment
Date: March 26, 2024	Respondents: Jordan Qsar, Grant Witherspoon, Austin Bernard, and Chase Lambert Release No. LR-25956 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 26, 2024	Respondents: Andreas Bechtolsheim Release No. LR-25955 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 22, 2024	Respondents: Stephen Scott Burns Release No. LR-25954 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 22, 2024	Respondents: Steven J. Jacobson and Advisor Resource Council Release No. LR-25953
Date: March 20, 2024	Respondents: Joseph Padilla, et al. Release No. LR-25952
Date: March 20, 2024	Respondents: Bernard Findley and Halitron, Inc. Release No. LR-25951 See Also: Final Judgment , SEC Complaint
Date: March 15, 2024	Respondents: Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. and Imran Parekh Release No. LR-25950, AAER-4493 See Also: Final Judgment - Evoqua Water Technologies , Final Judgment - Imran Parekh , Partial Judgment - Imran Parekh
Date: March 14, 2024	Respondents: Ismael Zarco Sanchez, et al. Release No. LR-25949 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 12, 2024	Respondents: Roy M. Cook; Jeffrey A. Natrop; Peter S. Renner; James Rudolph and Peter Williams Release No. LR-25948 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 11, 2024	Respondents: Ishan Wahi et al. Release No. LR-25947
Date: Feb. 29, 2024	Respondents: Anthony B. Liddle Release No. LR-25946 See Also: Final Judgment
Date: Feb. 27, 2024	Respondents: Harmel S. Rayat, RenovaCare, Inc., Jatinder Bhogal Release No. LR-25945 See Also: Final Judgment – Harmel S. Rayat , Final Judgment – Jatinder Bhogal , Final Judgment – RenovaCare, Inc.
Date: Feb. 27, 2024	Respondents: Paul A. Pereira Release No. LR-25944 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Feb. 15, 2024	Respondents: SHE Beverage Company, Inc. et al Release No. LR-25943 See Also: Final Judgment-Dirden , Final Judgment - Rose , Final Judgment - SHE Beverage Company , Final Judgment - Shelby
Date: Feb. 14, 2024	Respondents: Dapilinu Dunbar and Corrie Sampson Release No. LR-25942
Date: Feb. 13, 2024	Respondents: Christopher R. Esposito, et al. Release No. LR-25941 See Also: Final Judgment - Anthony Jay Pignatello
Date: Feb. 12, 2024	Respondents: John Feloni et al. Release No. LR-25940
Date: Feb. 7, 2024	Respondents: Arline E. Woodbury and Joyce L. Holverson Release No. LR-25939 See Also: Final Judgment - Arline E. Woodbury , Final Judgment - Joyce L. Holverson
Date: Feb. 6, 2024	Respondents: Jeffrey Auerbach Release No. LR-25938
Date: Feb. 5, 2024	Respondents: Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin, Jr. Release No. LR-25937
Date: Feb. 2, 2024	Respondents: Brian Sewell and Rockwell Capital Management LLC Release No. LR-25936 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 31, 2024	Respondents: Comer Capital Group, LLC and Brandon L. Comer Release No. LR-25935
Date: Jan. 30, 2024	Respondents: Karen Rosenberger and Joanna Lanni Release No. LR-25934, AAER-4485 See Also: Opinion and Order
Date: Jan. 30, 2024	Respondents: Xue Samuel Lee, a/k/a “Sam” Lee and Brenda Indah Chunga, a/k/a “Bitcoin Beautee” Release No. LR-25933 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 25, 2024	Respondents: Jesus Rodriguez Release No. LR-25932 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 23, 2024	Respondents: Crowd Machine, Inc.; Metavine, Inc.; Craig Sproule; Metavine Pty. Ltd Release No. LR-25931 See Also: SEC Complaint , Amended Final Judgment , Order
Date: Jan. 23, 2024	Respondents: Aryeh Goldstein, Adar Bays, LLC, and Adar Alef, LLC Release No. LR-25930 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 22, 2024	Respondents: Grenda Group, LLC and Gregory M. Grenda Release No. LR-25929 See Also: Opinion and Order
Date: Jan. 18, 2024	Respondents: Prosperity, Investments & Lending, LLC Release No. LR-25928 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 18, 2024	Respondents: J. Jeremy Barbera, et. al. Release No. LR-25927 See Also: Final Judgment - Smith
Date: Jan. 16, 2024	Respondents: Jonathan Farber, Aarif Jamani, Brian Keasberry Release No. LR-25926 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 16, 2024	Respondents: Medsis International, Inc., et al. Release No. LR-25925 See Also: Final Judgment - Medsis International, Inc.
Date: Jan. 11, 2024	Respondents: Shanchun Huang Release No. LR-25924 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 11, 2024	Respondents: David Schottenstein, Kris Bortnovsky, Ryan Shapiro, Sakal Capital Management, LLC, and Sakal U.S. Fund, LLC Release No. LR-25923 See Also: Final Judgment
Date: Jan. 5, 2024	Respondents: Gopala Krishnan, Manivannan Shanmugam, Sakthivel Palani Gounder, Nanban Ventures LLC, GSM Eternal LLC (a/k/a Northstars Fintech), Himalayan Fintech LLC, and Centum Fintech LLC (a/k/a Sunshines Fintech) Release No. LR-25922 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 3, 2024	Respondents: Rishi Kapoor; Location Ventures, LLC; URBIN LLC and 20 other related entities Release No. LR-25921 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 3, 2024	Respondents: Gannon Giguiere Release No. LR-25920 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 3, 2024	Respondents: Carnovale, et al. Release No. LR-25919 See Also: Final Judgment , Litigation Release No. 25685 , Judgment
Date: Dec. 28, 2023	Respondents: Diana Mae Fernandez Release No. LR-25918 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 26, 2023	Respondents: Jonathan Larmore, et al. Release No. LR-25917 See Also: SEC Complaint , Order Appointing Temporary Receiver and Temporarily Freezing Assets and Imposing Litigation Injunction , Temporary Restraining Order
Date: Dec. 19, 2023	Respondents: Laura Tyler Perryman Release No. LR-25916 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 19, 2023	Respondents: Dozy Mmobuosi, et al. Release No. LR-25915, AAER-4479 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 18, 2023	Respondents: Agridime LLC, Joshua Link, and Jed Wood Release No. LR-25914 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 18, 2023	Respondents: Dozy Mmobuosi, et al. Release No. LR-25913, AAER-4478 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 18, 2023	Respondents: Titanium Capital LLC; Henry Abdo; Carol Ann Barsh Release No. LR-25912 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 14, 2023	Respondents: Justin Murphy and Mara Investments LLC Release No. LR-25911 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 14, 2023	Respondents: David Blaszczak, et al. Release No. LR-25910
Date: Dec. 12, 2023	Respondents: GPB Capital Holdings LLC Release No. LR-25909 See Also: Order Appointing Receiver and Imposing Litigation Injunction
Date: Dec. 8, 2023	Respondents: Andrew M. Komarow Release No. LR-25908 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 7, 2023	Respondents: Raymond J. Pirrello, Jr., et al. Release No. LR-25907 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 5, 2023	Respondents: CanaFarma Hemp Products Corp.; Vitaly Fargesen; Igor Palatnik; Frank Barone; Kirill Chumenko Release No. LR-25906 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 5, 2023	Respondents: Marc E. Wexler Release No. LR-25905
Date: Nov. 29, 2023	Respondents: Andrew DeFrancesco, Marlio Mauricio Diaz Cardona, Carlos Felipe Rezk, Nicola Faukovic, and Catherine DeFrancesco Release No. LR-25904 See Also: SEC Complaint , Judgment - Marlio Mauricio Diaz Cardona , Judgment - Carlos Felipe Rezk
Date: Nov. 28, 2023	Respondents: Joseph M. Dupont et al. Release No. LR-25903 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 22, 2023	Respondents: SAExploration Holdings, Inc., et al. Release No. LR-25902, AAER-4474 See Also: SEC Complaint , Amended SEC Complaint , Final Judgment - Brian A. Beatty , Final Judgment - SAExploration Holdings, Inc.
Date: Nov. 21, 2023	Respondents: Twin Spires Financial LLC, Aaron B. Fletcher, Town of Sterlington, Louisiana, and Vern A. Breland Release No. LR-25901 See Also: Final Judgment - Vern A. Breland , SEC Complaint - Vern A. Breland , SEC Complaint - Aaron B. Fletcher and Twin Spires Financial LLC
Date: Nov. 21, 2023	Respondents: Brite Advisors USA, Inc. Release No. LR-25900 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 21, 2023	Respondents: Michael V. Shustek and Vestin Mortgage LLC Release No. LR-25899
Date: Nov. 21, 2023	Respondents: Rio Tinto plc, Rio Tinto Limited, Thomas Albanese, Guy Elliott Release No. LR-25898
Date: Nov. 21, 2023	Respondents: Nadim Ahmed, Mehreen Shah, NYC Green Transportation Group, LLC, NuRide Transportation Group, LLC, Med Trans EB-5 Fund, LLC, Gravitas NYC Regional Center, LLC, Mona Shah & Associates, PLLC Release No. LR-25897 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 21, 2023	Respondents: Payward, Inc. and Payward Ventures, Inc. Release No. LR-25896 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 17, 2023	Respondents: Alan Z. Appelbaum Release No. LR-25895 See Also: Final Judgment
Date: Nov. 16, 2023	Respondents: Marguerite Cassandra Toroian and Bell Rock Capital, LLC Release No. LR-25894
Date: Nov. 15, 2023	Respondents: Matthew Melton Release No. LR-25893 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 15, 2023	Respondents: Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin, Jr. Release No. LR-25892 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 9, 2023	Respondents: John A. Masanotti, Jr. and Middlesex Mortgage Group, LLC Release No. LR-25891 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 8, 2023	Respondents: Premium Point Investments LP et al. Release No. LR-25890 See Also: Final Judgment - Jeremy Shor
Date: Nov. 2, 2023	Respondents: John Hughes Release No. LR-25889 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 1, 2023	Respondents: SafeMoon LLC, SafeMoon US LLC, Kyle Nagy, Braden John Karony, Thomas Glenn Smith Release No. LR-25888 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 31, 2023	Respondents: SolarWinds Corporation and Timothy G. Brown Release No. LR-25887 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 27, 2023	Respondents: Bruce Schoengood, Medifirst Solutions, Inc., and Joshua Tyrell Release No. LR-25886 See Also: SEC Complaint