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SEC v. Tracy Morgan Spaeth (2015)

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In 2015 the SEC settled an administrative proceeding against Tracy Morgan Spaeth, a former investment adviser representative, imposing remedial sanctions after his 2014 Texas conviction for securities violations.

The record

Structured fields for this action, as recorded in our case library.
Agency SEC
Release number 3-16508
Date filed 2015-04-23
Date resolved 2015-04-23
Status settled
Asset class bonds, equities
Criminal parallel No
Bars imposed registration bar
Defendants Tracy Morgan Spaeth (individual)
Techniques

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 April 23, 2015 the SEC accepted a settlement with Tracy Morgan Spaeth under Exchange Act Section 15(b)(6) and Advisers Act Section 203(f). The order relies on his December 2014 no-contest plea to a Texas charge of selling securities without registration, his admission that he failed to disclose material facts in selling more than $100,000 of securities, and earlier state and FINRA discipline.

The conviction is under the Texas securities code, and the SEC order itself finds no violation of Section 5, so the record carries no technique tag.

This library does not assign a technique tag to the matter, because no technique page in the current taxonomy describes the conduct the document records.

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.

Timeline

  1. 2015-04-23 Administrative proceeding instituted (findings)

Primary documents

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