NOTICE OF THE DEATH OF DEFENDANT ALFRED J.R. VILLALOBOS AND REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS; DECLARATION OF LYNN M. DEAN

MIRANDA M. Du, District Judge.

In accordance with Rule 25(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC"), plaintiff in this action, notes the death during the pendency of this action of Alfred J.R. Villalobos, a defendant. The SEC has been informed that Villalobos died on January 13, 2015. A copy of Villalobos' Death Certificate is attached as Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Lynn M. Dean, filed herewith.

The SEC does not intend to file a motion to substitute Villalobos's successor or representative pursuant to Rule 25(a). Accordingly, the SEC requests that the Court dismiss its claims as to Villalobos. The SEC's claims against defendants ARVCO Capital Research, LLC, ARVCO Financial Ventures, LLC, and Federico ("Fred") R. Buenrostro remain intact.

Plaintiff's Motion to Dismiss Defendant Alfred J.R. Villalobos is granted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DECLARATION OF LYNN M. DEAN

I, Lynn M. Dean, hereby declare, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746:

1. I am an attorney at law admitted to practice law in the State of California and before the United States District Court for the Central District of California. I am employed as an attorney in the Los Angeles Regional Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission"), and am counsel of record for the Commission in this case. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth in this Declaration and, if called and sworn as a witness, could and would competently testify thereto.

2. Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of the Certificate of Death of Alfred J.R. Villalobos issued by the State of Nevada Certification of Vital Record on January 21, 2015.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 6th day of January, 2016, at Los Angeles, California.

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