CLAUDIA WILKEN, District Judge.
The Securities and Exchange Commission, having filed a Complaint, and Defendant Christophe Sells, 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; and waived any right to appeal from this Final Judgment:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendant's agents, servants, employees, attorneys-in-fact, 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, directly or indirectly, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") [15 U.S.C. § 78j(b)] and Exchange Act Rule 10b-5(a), (b) and (c) [17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5(a), (b) and (c)], 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:
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 them who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Sections 17(a)(1) and (3) of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") [15 U.S.C. §§ 77q(a)(1) and (3)] by the use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or by use of the mails, in the offer or sale of any security, directly or indirectly:
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 them who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from aiding and abetting any violation of Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78m(a)] and Exchange Act Rules 12b-20, 13a-1, and 13a-13 [17 C.F.R. §§ 240.12b-20, 240.13a-1, 240.13a-13] by knowingly providing substantial assistance to an issuer that 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(d)] 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 Commission's Rules, including annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
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)].
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant and his 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 violating Exchange Act Rule 13b2-1 [17 C.F.R. § 240.13b2-1] by, directly or indirectly, falsifying or causing to be falsified any book, record or account subjection to Section 13(b)(2) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78m(b)(2)].
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 Rule 13b2-2 of the Exchange Act [17 C.F.R. §240.13b2-2], by making or causing to be made a materially false or misleading statement, or by omitting to state or causing another person to omit to state, any material fact necessary in order to make statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, to an accountant in connection with (A) any audit or examination of the financial statements of an issuer required to be made pursuant to the federal securities laws or (B) the preparation or filing of any document or report required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the federal securities laws or otherwise.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant and his 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 Sections 13(b)(2)(A) and (B) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78m(b)(2)(A) and (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(d)] 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, or in failing to devise and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles or other applicable criteria.
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 for five years following the date of entry of this Final Judgment, 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)].
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant shall pay a civil penalty in the amount of $85,000 to the Securities and Exchange Commission 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 X below after entry of this Final Judgment.
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Christopher Sells shall pay the total of penalty due of $85,000 in three installments to the Commission according to the following schedule: (1) $25,000, within 21 days of entry of this Final Judgment; (2) $25,000, within 120 days of entry of this Final Judgment; and (3) $35,000, within 240 days of entry of this Final Judgment. Payments shall be deemed made on the date they are received by the Commission and shall be applied first to post-judgment interest, which accrues pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961 on any unpaid amounts due after 14 days from the date such payment is due under the Final Judgment. If Defendant has not timely made any payment, prior to making any subsequent payment set forth herein, Defendant shall contact the staff of the Commission for the amount due.
If Christopher Sells 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, 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.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the Consent 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.
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.
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.