Securities And Exchange Commission v. Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing USA, Inc. et al, No. 4:2012cv04651 - Document 31 (N.D. Cal. 2012)
Court Description: FINAL JUDGMENT in favor of Securities And Exchange Commission against Jeffrey Forbes Watson in the amount of $50,000.00. Motions terminated: 6 Motion to Approve Consent Judgment. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, on 10/19/12. (jlm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/19/2012)
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Securities And Exchange Commission v. Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing USA, Inc. et al Doc. 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, 13 14 vs. WORLDWIDE ENERGY AND MANUFACTURING USA, 15 INC., JIMMY YONG WANG, MINDY MING WANG, JEFFREY FORBES WATSON, , 16 17 Case No. 12-cv-4651 YGR Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO JEFFREY FORBES WATSON AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT Defendants. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 FINAL JUDGMENT OF JEFFREY FORBES WATSON Dockets.Justia.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Securities and Exchange Commission having filed a Complaint and Defendant Jeffrey Forbes Watson (“Defendant”) having entered a general appearance; consented to the Court’s jurisdiction over Defendant and the subject matter of this action; consented to entry of this Final Judgment without admitting or denying the allegations of the Complaint (except as to jurisdiction); waived findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; and waived any right to appeal from this Final Judgment: I. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or participation with any of them who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or indirectly, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) [15 U.S.C. § 78j(b)] and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder [17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5], by using any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails, or of any facility of any national securities exchange, in connection with the purchase or sale of any security: (a) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; (b) to make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material act necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (c) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person. 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IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) [15 U.S.C. § 77q(a)] in the offer or sale of any security by the use of any means or -2- FINAL JUDGMENT OF JEFFREY FORBES WATSON 1 2 instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or by use of the mails, directly or indirectly: 3 (a) (b) 4 to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; to obtain money or property by means of any untrue statement of a material fact or any 5 omission of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of 6 the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or 7 (c) 8 to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser. 9 III. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendant’s agents, servants, employees and attorneys-in-fact, and all persons in active concert or participation with any of them, who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment, by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, are permanently enjoined and restrained from aiding and abetting any violation of Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78m(a)] and Rules 12b-20, 13a-1, 13a-11 and 13a-13 promulgated thereunder [17 C.F.R. §§ 240.12b-20, 240.13a-1, 240.13a-11, 240.13a-13] by: 1. knowingly providing substantial assistance to an issuer which has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78l] or which is required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78o] in failing to file with the Commission such accurate and complete information, reports, and documents as are required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78m(a)] and the Rules thereunder, including but not limited to, filing any materially untrue, incorrect, false or misleading annual reports on Form 10-K [17 C.F.R. § 249.310] as prescribed by Exchange Act Rule 13a-1 [17 C.F.R. § 240.13a-1]; 2. knowingly providing substantial assistance to an issuer which has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78l] or which is 28 -3- FINAL JUDGMENT OF JEFFREY FORBES WATSON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78o] in failing to file with the Commission such accurate and complete information, reports, and documents as are required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78m(a)] and the Rules thereunder, including but not limited to, filing any materially untrue, incorrect, false or misleading current reports on, or failing to file, Form 8-K [17 C.F.R. § 249.308] as prescribed by Exchange Act Rule 13a11 [17 C.F.R. § 240.13a-11]; 3. knowingly providing substantial assistance to an issuer which has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78l] or which is required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78o] in failing to file with the Commission such accurate and complete information, reports, and documents as are required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78m(a)] and the Rules thereunder, including but not limited to, filing any materially untrue, incorrect, false or misleading quarterly reports on Form 10-Q [17 C.F.R. § 249.308a] as prescribed by Exchange Act Rule 13a-13 [17 C.F.R. § 240.13a-13; 4. knowingly providing substantial assistance to an issuer which has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78l] or which is required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78o] in failing to file with the Commission such accurate and complete information, reports, and documents as are required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78m(a)] and the Rules thereunder, by failing, in addition to such information as is expressly required to be included in a statement or report to the Commission, to add such further material information, if any, as may be necessary to make the required statements, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, as prescribed by Rule 12b-20 of the Exchange Act [17 C.F.R. § 240.12b-20]. 28 -4- FINAL JUDGMENT OF JEFFREY FORBES WATSON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 /// /// IV. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, attorneys-in-fact, and all persons in active concert or participation with any of them, who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment, by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, are permanently enjoined and restrained from violating Rule 13a-14 of the Exchange Act [17 C.F.R. § 240.13a-14] by, as a principal executive officer or principal financial officer of an issuer or as a person performing similar functions, falsely certifying any report filed under Section 13(a) [15 U.S.C. § 78m(a)], including reports filed on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K. V. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, attorneys-in-fact, and all persons in active concert or participation with any of them, who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment, by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, are permanently enjoined and restrained from, directly or indirectly, violating Section 13(b)(5) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78m(b)(5)] by knowingly circumventing or failing to implement a system of internal accounting controls or knowingly falsifying any book, record, or account described in Section 13(b)(2) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78m(b)(2)]. VI. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendant’s agents, servants, employees and attorneys-in-fact, and all persons in active concert or participation with any of them, who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment, by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, are permanently enjoined and restrained from aiding and abetting any violation of Section 13(b)(2)(A) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78m(b)(2)(A)] by providing substantial assistance to any issuer which has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78l] or which is required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of 27 28 -5- FINAL JUDGMENT OF JEFFREY FORBES WATSON 1 2 3 4 the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78o] in failing to make or keep books, records or accounts, which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the issuer’s assets. /// /// 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 VII. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, attorneys-in-fact, and all persons in active concert or participation with any of them, who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment, by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, are permanently enjoined and restrained from violating Rule 13b2-1 of the Exchange Act [17 C.F.R. § 240.13b2-1] by, directly or indirectly, falsifying or causing to be falsified, any book, record or account subject to section 13(b)(2)(A) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78m(b)(2)(A)]. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 VIII. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendant’s agents, servants, employees and attorneys-in-fact, and all persons in active concert or participation with any of them, who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment, by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, are permanently enjoined and restrained from aiding and abetting any violation of Section 13(b)(2)(B) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78m(b)(2)(B)] by providing substantial assistance to any issuer which has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78l] or which is required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78o] in failing to devise and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: A. transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; B. transactions are recorded as necessary (i) to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles or any other criteria applicable to such statements, and (ii) to maintain accountability for assets; 28 -6- FINAL JUDGMENT OF JEFFREY FORBES WATSON 1 2 C. access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 D. the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. /// IX. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendant’s agents, servants, employees and attorneys-in-fact, and all persons in active concert or participation with any of them, who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment, by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, are permanently enjoined and restrained from, directly or indirectly, violating Rule 13b2-2 under the Exchange Act [17 C.F.R. § 240.13b2-2] by making or causing to be made a materially false or misleading statement to an accountant, or omitting any material fact necessary in order to make statements made to an accountant not misleading, in connection with any audit, review or examination of the financial statements of an issuer. X. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, pursuant to Section 21(d)(2) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78u(d)(2)] and Section 20(e) of the Securities Act [15 U.S.C. § 77t(e)], Defendant is prohibited from acting as an officer or director of any issuer that has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78l] or that is required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78o(d)]. XI. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant shall pay a civil penalty in the amount of $50,000 pursuant to Section 21(d) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78u(d)] and Section 20(d) of the Securities Act [15 U.S.C. § 77t(d). Defendant shall make this payment pursuant to the terms of the payment schedule set forth in paragraph XII. below. Defendant may transmit payment electronically to the Commission, which will provide detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions upon request. Payment may also be made directly from 28 -7- FINAL JUDGMENT OF JEFFREY FORBES WATSON 1 2 3 4 a bank account or by credit or debit card via Pay.gov through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm. Defendant may also pay by certified check, bank cashier’s check, or United States postal money order payable to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which shall be delivered or mailed to: 5 7 Enterprise Services Center Accounts Receivable Branch 6500 South MacArthur Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73169 8 and shall be accompanied by a letter identifying the case title, civil action number, and name 6 9 10 of this Court; Jeffrey Watson as a defendant in this action; and specifying that payment is made pursuant to this Final Judgment. 11 Defendant shall simultaneously transmit photocopies of evidence of payment and case 12 identifying information to the attention of Marc J. Fagel, Regional Director, at the Commission’s San 13 Francisco Regional Office, 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2800, San Francisco, California 94104. By 14 making this payment, Defendant relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title, and interest in such 15 funds and no part of the funds shall be returned to Defendant. The Commission shall send the funds 16 paid pursuant to this Final Judgment to the United States Treasury. Defendant shall pay post- 17 judgment interest on any delinquent amounts pursuant to 28 USC § 1961. 18 19 XII. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Jeffrey Watson shall pay 20 the penalty due of $50,000 in two installments to the Commission according to the following 21 schedule: (1) $25,000 within ten (10) business days after entry of this Final Judgment; and (2) 22 $25,000 within one year of the date of entry of this Final Judgment. Payments shall be deemed made 23 on the date they are received by the Commission and shall be applied first to post judgment interest, 24 which accrues pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961 on any unpaid amounts due after 14 days of the entry of 25 Final Judgment. Prior to making the final payment set forth herein, Jeffrey Watson shall contact the 26 staff of the Commission for the amount due for the final payment. 27 28 If Jeffrey Watson fails to make any payment by the date agreed and/or in the amount agreed according to the schedule set forth above, all outstanding payments under this Final Judgment, -8- FINAL JUDGMENT OF JEFFREY FORBES WATSON 1 2 including post-judgment interest, minus any payments made, shall become due and payable immediately at the discretion of the staff of the Commission without further application to the Court. 3 4 5 6 7 XIII. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the Consent of Defendant Jeffrey Forbes Watson to Entry of Final Judgment, filed concurrently with this Final Judgment, is incorporated herein with the same force and effect as if fully set forth herein, and that Defendant shall comply with all of the undertakings and agreements set forth therein. 8 9 10 11 XIII. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that this Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter for the purposes of enforcing the terms of this Final Judgment FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FOLLOWING ENTRY OF JUDGMENT. 12 13 14 XIII. There being no just reason for delay, pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Clerk is ordered to enter this Judgment forthwith and without further notice. 15 16 17 October 19, 2012 _______________________________________ YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -9- FINAL JUDGMENT OF JEFFREY FORBES WATSON
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