ANDREW J. GUILFORD, District Judge.
The Securities and Exchange Commission having filed a Complaint and Defendant Matthew R. Jennings ("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; 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, 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 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 77e, by, directly or indirectly, in the absence of any applicable exemption:
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, 15 U.S.C. § 77q(a), in the offer or sale of any security by the use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or by use of the mails, directly or indirectly:
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, 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. § 240.1 Ob-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:
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED I that, subject to his right to assert, to the extent applicable, his privilege against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the Defendant and his 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, and any other persons who are in custody, possession or control of any assets, collateral, books, records, papers or other property of or managed by any of the entities in receivership in this action, shall forthwith give access to and control of such property to the permanent receiver. If the Defendant invokes his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination and asserts that the invocation of such privilege relieves him of the obligation to give access to and control of any item to the permanent receiver, the Defendant shall provide written notice of his invocation of the privilege to the permanent receiver and counsel for the Commission.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that neither Defendant nor any agent, servant, employee, or attorney of the Defendant shall take any action or purport to take any action, in the name of or on behalf of Westmoore Management, LLC, Westmoore Investment, L.P., Westmoore Capital Management, Inc., and Westmoore Capital, LLC without the written consent of the permanent receiver or order of this Court.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the Defendant, and his 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, shall, subject to his right to assert, to the extent applicable, his privilege against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, cooperate with and assist the permanent receiver and shall take no action, directly or indirectly, to hinder, obstruct, or otherwise interfere with the permanent receiver or his or her attorneys, accountants, employees, or agents, in the conduct of the permanent receiver's duties or to interfere in any manner, directly or indirectly, with the custody, possession, management, or control by the permanent receiver of the funds, assets, collateral, premises, and choses in action described above.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, subject to his right to assert, to the extent applicable, his privilege against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the Defendant, shall, to the extent not already completed, within 24 hours of the issuance of this Judgment, cause to be prepared delivered to the permanent receiver, a detailed and complete schedule of all desktop computers, laptop computers, phones, smartphones, and/or PDA's owned, controlled or used by him for any purpose. The schedule required by this section shall include at a minimum the make, model and description of each device, along with its location, the name of the person primarily assigned to use the device, all passwords necessary to access the device, and all passwords necessary to access and use the software contained on the device. The permanent receiver shall be authorized to make an electronic, digital or hard copy of all of the data contained on the device.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, subject to his right to assert, to the extent applicable, his privilege against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the Defendant shall, to the extent not already completed, within 24 hours of the entry of this Final Judgment, cause to be prepared and delivered to the permanent receiver a detailed and complete schedule of all passwords, usernames, identification numbers and similar information for all web sites, email accounts, and all accounts at any bank, financial institution or brokerage firm operated by or to which Westmoore Management, Westmoore Investment, Westmoore Capital Management, and Westmoore Capital have access.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, pursuant to Section 20(e) of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77t(e), and Section 21(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78u(d)(2), Defendant is prohibited, for 5 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. § 781, or that is required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78o(d).
II IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant is liable for disgorgement of $312,843.37, representing profits gained as a result of the conduct alleged in the Complaint, together with prejudgment interest thereon in the amount of $49,421.69, for a total of $362,265.06, and a civil penalty in the amount of $130,000 pursuant to Section 20(d) of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77t(d), and Section 21(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78u(d)(3). Defendant shall satisfy this obligation by paying $492,265.06 within 60 days after entry of this Final Judgment to the permanent receiver in this action, together with a cover letter specifying that payment is being made pursuant to this Final Judgment. Defendant shall simultaneously transmit photocopies of such payment and letter to the Commission's counsel in this action. By making this payment, Defendant relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title, and interest in such funds, and no part of the funds shall be returned to Defendant. Defendant shall pay post-judgment interest on any delinquent amounts pursuant to 28 USC § 1961.
The permanent receiver may by motion propose a plan to distribute the monies paid by Defendant subject to the Court's approval. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 308(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the civil penalty paid by Defendant may be added to and become part of the disgorgement fund. Regardless of whether any distribution is made, amounts ordered to be paid as civil penalties pursuant to this Judgment shall be treated as penalties paid to the government for all purposes, including all tax purposes. To preserve the deterrent effect of the civil penalty, Defendant shall not, after offset or reduction of any of compensatory damages in any Related Investor Action based on Defendant's payment of disgorgement in this action, argue that he is entitled to, nor shall he further benefit by, offset or reduction of such compensatory damages award by the amount of any part of Defendant's payment of a civil penalty in this action ("Penalty Offset"). If the court in any Related Investor Action grants such a Penalty Offset, Defendant shall, within 30 days after entry of a final order granting the Penalty Offset, notify the Commission's counsel in this action and pay the amount of the Penalty Offset to the United States Treasury or to a Fair Fund, as the Commission directs. Such a payment shall not be deemed an additional civil penalty and shall not be deemed to change the amount of the civil penalty imposed in this Judgment. For purposes of this paragraph, a "Related Investor Action" means a private damages action brought against Defendant by or on behalf of one or more investors based on substantially the same facts as alleged in the Complaint in this action.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, except as otherwise ordered by this Court, Defendant and Defendant's agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and those persons in active concert or participation with any of them, who receive actual notice of this Order, by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, be and hereby are restrained and enjoined from, directly or indirectly transferring, assigning, selling, hypothecating, changing, wasting, dissipating, converting, concealing, encumbering, or otherwise disposing of, in any manner, any funds, assets, securities, claims, or other real or personal property, including any notes or deeds of trust or other interests in real property, wherever located, of Defendant, whether owned by, controlled by, managed by or in the possession or custody of Defendant and from transferring, encumbering, dissipating, incurring charges, or cash advances on any credit card or the credit arrangements of Defendant.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, except as otherwise ordered by this Court, the previously ordered freeze shall continue in place on all monies and assets (with an allowance for necessary and reasonable living expenses to be granted only upon good cause shown by application to the Court with notice to and an opportunity for the Commission to be heard) in all accounts at any bank, financial institution or brokerage firm (including any futures commission merchant), or internet or "e-currency" payment processor, all certificates of deposit, and other funds or assets, held in the name of, for the benefit of, or over which account authority is held by Defendant including, but not limited to, the accounts set forth below:
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the provisions of Sections XI and XII of this Judgment shall remain in full force and effect until the permanent receiver files a report or other notice, informing the Court and the parties of receipt of funds fully satisfying Defendant's obligations under Section X of this Judgment. Assets frozen pursuant to Sections XII and/or XIII of this Judgment may be liquidated to satisfy the amounts owed pursuant to Section X of this Judgment pursuant to the following procedures: The Defendant must provide written instructions to any financial institution holding an asset that the Defendant intends to liquidate in satisfaction of this judgment which instructions must (1) be signed by the permanent receiver indicating his acknowledgment of the instructions, (2) specifically identify the asset or assets to be liquidated, and (3) instruct the financial institution to pay the proceeds of the liquidation directly to the permanent receiver. Within two business days of receipt of funds fully satisfying Defendant's obligations under Section X of this Judgment, the receiver shall file a report or other notice informing the Court and the parties of the receipt of those funds.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, except as otherwise ordered by this Court, 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 permmently retrained and enjoined from, directly or indirectly: destroying, mutilating, concealing, transferring, altering, or otherwise disposing of, in any manner, any documents, which includes all books, records, computer programs, computer files, computer printouts, contracts, correspondence, memoranda, brochures, or any other documents of any kind in their possession, custody or control, however created, produced, or stored (manually, mechanically, electronically, or otherwise), pertaining in any manner to Defendants Westmoore Management, LLC, Westmoore Investment, L.P., Westmoore Capital Management, Inc., and Westmoore Capital, LLC, and their subsidiaries and affiliates. Defendant may satisfy his obligation under this paragraph as to any particular document by turning that document over to the permanent receiver.
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 Final Judgment forthwith and without further notice.