Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ma, No. 5:2016cv03131 - Document 12 (N.D. Cal. 2016)
Court Description: FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO DEFENDANT GOULIN MA. Signed by Judge Beth Labson Freeman on 6/14/2016. (blflc1S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/14/2016)
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Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ma Doc. 12 1 JINA L. CHOI (N.Y. Bar No. 2699718) STEVEN D. BUCHHOLZ (Cal. Bar No. 202638) 2 buchholzs@sec.gov E. BARRETT ATWOOD (Cal. Bar No. 291181) 3 atwoode@sec.gov WADE RHYNE (Cal. Bar No. 216799) 4 rhynew@sec.gov AMANDA L. STRAUB (N.Y. Bar No. 4396982) 5 strauba@sec.gov 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2800 6 San Francisco, CA 94104 (415) 705-2500 7 JOSEPH G. SANSONE (NY Bar No. 4043659) 8 200 Vesey Street, Suite 400 New York, NY 10281 9 (212) 336-1100 10 Attorneys for Plaintiff 11 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 SAN JOSE DIVISION 15 16 17 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, 18 19 Case No. [PROPOSED] FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO DEFENDANT GUOLIN MA vs. 20 GUOLIN MA, 21 Defendant. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 [PROPOSED] FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO GUOLIN MA CASE NO. Dockets.Justia.com 1 The Securities and Exchange Commission having filed a Complaint and Defendant Guolin 2 Ma having entered a general appearance; consented to the Court’s jurisdiction over Defendant and 3 the subject matter of this action; consented to entry of this Final Judgment without admitting or 4 denying the allegations of the Complaint (except as to jurisdiction and except as otherwise provided 5 herein in Paragraph V); waived findings of fact and conclusions of law; and waived any right to 6 appeal from this Final Judgment: 7 8 I. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendant’s 9 agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or participation with them 10 who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently 11 restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or indirectly, Section 10(b) of the Securities 12 Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) [15 U.S.C. § 78j(b)] and Rule 10b-5 promulgated 13 thereunder [17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5], by using any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or 14 of the mails, or of any facility of any national securities exchange, in connection with the purchase or 15 sale of any security: 16 (a) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; 17 (b) to make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact 18 necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances 19 under which they were made, not misleading; or 20 21 (c) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person. 22 23 II. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant is liable for 24 disgorgement of $367,387, representing profits gained as a result of the conduct alleged in the 25 Complaint, together with prejudgment interest thereon in the amount of $21,986, and a civil monetary 26 penalty of $367,387. Defendant shall satisfy this obligation by paying $756,760 to the Securities and 27 Exchange Commission. 28 [PROPOSED] FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO GUOLIN MA 1 CASE NO. 1 Defendant may transmit payment electronically to the Commission, which will provide 2 detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions upon request. Payment may also be made directly from 3 a bank account via Pay.gov through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm. 4 Defendant may also pay by certified check, bank cashier’s check, or United States postal money 5 order payable to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which shall be delivered or mailed to 6 7 8 9 Enterprise Services Center Accounts Receivable Branch 6500 South MacArthur Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73169 and shall be accompanied by a letter identifying the case title, civil action number, and name of this 10 Court; Guolin Ma as a defendant in this action; and specifying that payment is made pursuant to this 11 Final Judgment. 12 Defendant shall simultaneously transmit photocopies of evidence of payment and case 13 identifying information to the Commission’s counsel in this action. By making the payment, 14 Defendant relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title, and interest in such funds and no part of the 15 funds shall be returned to Defendant. The Commission shall send the funds paid pursuant to this 16 Final Judgment to the United States Treasury. 17 The Commission may enforce the Court’s judgment for disgorgement and prejudgment 18 interest by moving for civil contempt (and/or through other collection procedures authorized by law) 19 at any time after 14 days following entry of this Final Judgment if Defendant fails to comply with the 20 terms of this Final Judgment. Defendant shall pay post-judgment interest on any unpaid amounts of 21 disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and penalty due after 14 days of the entry of Final Judgment 22 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961. III. 23 24 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, for purposes of exceptions 25 to discharge set forth in Section 523 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §523, the allegations in the 26 Complaint are true and admitted by Defendant, and further, any debt for disgorgement, prejudgment 27 interest, civil penalty or other amounts due by Defendant under this Final Judgment or any other 28 [PROPOSED] FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO GUOLIN MA 2 CASE NO. 1 judgment, order, consent order, decree or settlement agreement entered in connection with this 2 proceeding, is a debt for the violation by Defendant of the federal securities laws or any regulation or 3 order issued under such laws, as set forth in Section 523(a)(19) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. 4 §523(a)(19). IV. 5 6 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that this Court shall retain 7 jurisdiction of this matter for the purposes of enforcing the terms of this Final Judgment. V. 8 9 There being no just reason for delay, pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil 10 Procedure, the Clerk is ordered to enter this Final Judgment forthwith and without further notice. 11 June 14 12 Dated: , 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 [PROPOSED] FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO GUOLIN MA 3 CASE NO.
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