SEC v. Arcturus Corporation, et al. (unregistered distributions, 2017)

Judgment entered

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In March 2017 the SEC obtained a final judgment against all defendants in the Arcturus oil and gas case, which a court had found involved fraudulent and unregistered offerings.

The record

What was ordered

Civil penalty

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Disgorgement

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Prejudgment interest

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Total relief

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Alleged gain

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What is alleged to have happened

On March 3, 2017 the SEC announced that the Northern District of Texas had entered final judgment on March 2, 2017 against all defendants in its case over fraudulent and unregistered oil and gas offerings, the defendants being Leon Ali Parvizian, Arcturus Corporation, Aschere Energy, LLC, Alfredo Gonzalez, AMG Energy, LLC, Robert Balunas and R. Thomas & Co. LLC. The court had found they illegally offered and sold unregistered securities and that five acted as unregistered broker-dealers. The record previously carried the one name 'Arcturus Corporation, et al.'.

This library tags the matter as unregistered distributions, based on the conduct the document describes. The tagging is ours, not the regulator's: agencies charge statutory provisions, not technique names.

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What technique is this, and how does it work?

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Timeline

1. 2017-03-03 Litigation release published

Primary documents

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• SEC litigation release

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