SEC v. Jason A. Wallace (boiler rooms, 2017)
Judgment entered
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In 2017, the SEC obtained a final judgment against former boiler room operator Jason A. Wallace in the Central District of California, ordering $512,049 in combined disgorgement and prejudgment interest and a civil penalty of $434,887, with a penny stock bar and injunctions.
The record
| Agency | SEC |
|---|---|
| Release number | LR-24016 |
| Date filed | 2017-12-18 |
| Date resolved | 2017-12-18 |
| Court | U.S. District Court, Central District of California |
| Status | judgment |
| Asset class | equities |
| Criminal parallel | No |
| Defendants | Jason A. Wallace |
| Cited as charged or alleged | Exchange Act s.10(b) and Rule 10b-5 ; Exchange Act s.15(a) ; Exchange Act s.9(a)(2) ; Securities Act s.17(a) ; Securities Act s.5 |
| Techniques | Boiler rooms |
What was ordered
- Civil penalty
- $435k
- Disgorgement
- $512k
- Prejudgment interest
- —
- Total relief
- $947k
- Alleged gain
- —
What is alleged to have happened
the Securities and Exchange Commission announced this matter on December 18, 2017 as litigation release 24016. The defendant named is Jason A. Wallace. The final judgment of December 15, 2017, entered after a May 2017 default, enjoins him from violating Securities Act Sections 5 and 17(a) and Exchange Act Sections 9(a)(2), 10(b) and 15(a), bars him from penny stock offerings, and orders $512,048.80 in disgorgement and prejudgment interest combined and a $434,887.07 civil penalty. The record previously omitted the penalty.
This library tags the matter as boiler rooms, based on the conduct the document describes. The tagging is ours, not the regulator's: agencies charge statutory provisions, not technique names.
For the regulator's own account of the facts, read the primary document linked above. This page deliberately summarises the structured record rather than reproducing the release.
What technique is this, and how does it work?
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Timeline
- 2017-12-18 Litigation release published
Primary documents
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Same matter
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| Date filed | Agency | Record | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-27 | SEC | SEC v. Jason A. Wallace (boiler rooms, 2016) | Judgment entered |
| 2017-12-18 | SEC | SEC v. Jason A. Wallace (boiler rooms, 2017) | Judgment entered |
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| SEC v. Vuuzle Media Corp., Vuuzle Media Corp. Limited, Ronald Shane Flynn, and Richard Marchitto (boiler rooms, 2023) | SEC | 2023-06-27 | Boiler Rooms | $25.8m | judgment |
| SEC v. Matthew Nicosia, William Reininger, Fabrizio Di Carlo, and Ronald Touchard (boiler rooms, 2023) | SEC | 2023-04-10 | Boiler Rooms | $223k | judgment |