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PRESS RELEASE

 

Wednesday, January 10, 2001

13 Sentenced in Largest Non-Drug Money Laundering Case
Ever Conducted by U.S. Customs

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Customs Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today announced the sentencing of 13 individuals in Gainesville, Fla., in connection with "Operation Risky Business," the largest non-drug money laundering investigation ever conducted by Customs.

"Combating fraud and money laundering schemes like the one uncovered in ?Operation Risky Business? is a top priority for U.S. Customs," said Commissioner Kelly. "The individuals sentenced in this case stole at least $60 million from hundreds of people around the world. Their penalties should serve as a warning to others."

Customs and the FBI launched the probe in 1994 after scam artists began placing ads in major U.S. newspapers and business publications. The ads offered venture capital loans to entrepreneurs in exchange for "advance fees." Victims worldwide began paying advance fees, ranging from $50,000 to $2.2 million apiece, to get access to the venture capital.

After paying the fees, victims were asked to sign a contract requiring them to promptly obtain a letter of credit, ranging from $2 million to more than $20 million, as collateral for the loan. When victims were unable to obtain letters of credit for such amounts so quickly, the scam artists told them they had violated the terms of the contract and kept their advance fees.

At least 400 people around the world lost money to the scheme, including singer Dionne Warwick, records show. Far more were targeted. Records seized in the case showed that one of the scam artists alone had a client list of 3,502 individuals. The total dollar amount of the fraud may never be known, but $60 million is considered a conservative estimate.

To hide the money they had stolen, the scam artists created the Caribbean American Bank Ltd. in Antigua in 1994. Customs and FBI agents found that the bank was nothing more than a storefront operation, one of 18 such operations under the control of American International Bank, Ltd. in Antigua. Both banks have since been closed in connection with the fraud.

Using these banks and numerous front companies, the scam artists were able to buy airplanes, yachts, vehicles, real estate, and other assets with the fraud proceeds. Some of the defendants were issued major credit cards -- in the names of front companies -- by the Antiguan banks so they could spend stolen money on credit anywhere in the world.

To date, 19 people have been convicted or pleaded guilty in Operation Risky Business. Customs is seeking the extradition of a defendant in Antigua accused of establishing Caribbean American Bank for the scam artists. Customs is also seeking the extradition of another defendant in Thailand. Agents continue to pursue additional leads in the case.

Prior to last week, two targets of Operation Risky Business had been sentenced. Last week, senior U.S. District Court Judge Maurice Paul of the Northern District of Florida handed down sentences to 13 additional individuals over the course of three days. Four more defendants, including a former mayor, are scheduled to be sentenced in 2001.

The following are the sentences issued last week:

  • Robert Petrie was sentenced to 188 months incarceration, 3 years supervised release, and a $100 special monetary assessment. Last October, a trial jury awarded the government a $23 million criminal forfeiture judgement against Petrie.
  • Lawrence Sangaree was sentenced to 105 months incarceration, 3 years supervised release, a $20,000 fine, and a $100 special monetary assessment.
  • Arthur Householder was sentenced to 75 months incarceration, 3 years supervised release, and a $100 special monetary assessment.
  • Leslie Mersky was sentenced to 42 months incarceration, 3 years supervised release, and a $100 special monetary assessment
  • Barry Lichtman was sentenced to 40 months incarceration, 3 years supervised release, and a $100 special monetary assessment.
  • Peter Burnham was sentenced to 21 months incarceration, 3 years supervised release, a $5,000 fine, and a $100 special monetary assessment.
  • Maxine Burnham, the former wife of Peter, was sentenced to 21 months incarceration, 3 years supervised release, and a $100 special monetary assessment.
  • Frank Dzwonkowski was sentenced to 18 months incarceration, 3 years supervised release, and a $100 special monetary assessment.
  • Michele Lynn Newman was sentenced to 18 months incarceration, 3 years supervised release, 100 hours of community service, and a $100 special monetary assessment.
  • Kieron Thomson was sentenced to 18 months incarceration, 3 years supervised release, and a $100 special monetary assessment
  • Jessica Maun was sentenced to 18 months incarceration, 3 years supervised release, and a $100 special monetary assessment.
  • Jerrell Breslin was sentenced to 18 months incarceration, 3 years supervised release, and a $100 special monetary assessment.
  • Teri Sangaree, the wife of Lawrence Sangaree, was sentenced to 5 years supervised release, a $20,000 fine, and forfeiture of her interest in tanning salons in Jacksonville, Fla.

 

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Before the

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Release No. 54254 / July 31, 2006

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

File No. 3-12387 In the Matter of

LESLIE MERSKY,

Respondent.

ORDER INSTITUTING

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(b) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS

 

 

 

 

I.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) deems it appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) against Leslie Mersky (“Mersky” or “Respondent”).

II.

 

In anticipation of the institution of these proceedings, Respondent has submitted an Offer of Settlement (the “Offer”) which the Commission has determined to accept. Solely for the purpose of these proceedings and any other proceedings brought by or on behalf of the Commission, or to which the Commission is a party, and without admitting or denying the findings herein, except as to the Commission’s jurisdiction over him and the subject matter of these 2

proceedings, and the findings contained in Section III.3., below, which are admitted, Respondent consents to the entry of this Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions (“Order”), as set forth below.

III.

 

On the basis of this Order and Respondent’s Offer, the Commission finds that:

1. From June 1987 through at least December 1989, Respondent served, at various times, as an officer, principal shareholder and/or a director of Amglo Industries, Inc. (Amglo) and its subsidiary, Amglobal Corporation (Amglobal). Respondent also controlled brokerage accounts that actively traded in the securities of both companies.

 

2. During period June 1987 through at least December 1989, Respondent further was associated with Van Pelt, Cahn & Radclif, Inc. (Van Pelt) as its president and a principal shareholder. Van Pelt was a purported investment banking firm which issued news releases and other literature concerning Amglo, Amglobal, and their affiliated companies. Van Pelt, assisted by Mersky, engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities for the account of others, thereby acting as an unregistered broker.

 

3. On July 25, 2006, a final judgment was entered by consent against Respondent, permanently enjoining him from future violations of Section 5(a), 5(c), and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Sections 10(b) and 15(a)(1) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, and Rules 101 and 102 of Regulation M of the Exchange Act, in the civil action entitled Securities and Exchange Commission v. Mersky, et al., Civil Action Number 93-CV-5200, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

 

4. The Commission’s complaint alleged that, from January 1988 through June 1989, Respondent participated in an ongoing scheme to sell the worthless securities of Amglo and Amglobal through stock price manipulation, material misrepresentations, and material omissions. The complaint alleged that many of these securities were not registered with the Commission and originated from stock certificates that were either fabricated or improperly issued by the companies or their transfer agents. The complaint further alleged that Respondent and others utilized a fraudulent broker-dealer network to distribute more than $3.4 million in these worthless securities in the over-the-counter market. This fraudulent network channeled the securities from undisclosed brokerage accounts controlled by Respondent and/or others to bona fide public investors.

 

IV.

 

In view of the foregoing, the Commission deems it appropriate and in the public interest to impose the sanctions agreed to in Respondent’s Offer. 3

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED:

Pursuant to Section 15(b)(6) of the Exchange Act, that Respondent be, and hereby is barred from association with any broker or dealer;

Any reapplication for association by the Respondent will be subject to the applicable laws and regulations governing the reentry process, and reentry may be conditioned upon a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the satisfaction of any or all of the following: (a) any disgorgement ordered against the Respondent, whether or not the Commission has fully or partially waived payment of such disgorgement; (b) any arbitration award related to the conduct that served as the basis for the Commission order; (c) any self-regulatory organization arbitration award to a customer, whether or not related to the conduct that served as the basis for the Commission order; and (d) any restitution order by a self-regulatory organization, whether or not related to the conduct that served as the basis for the Commission order.

 

For the Commission, by its Secretary, pursuant to delegated authority.

 

 

Nancy M. Morris

Secretary

 


 

 

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
 
           LITIGATION RELEASE NO. 15806 / July 13, 1998
 
           SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. GLENN A. SCHUSTER, ET AL.
SECURITIES
           AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. GLENN A. SCHUSTER, ET AL.
           Civil Action No. H-92-3598, USDC/SD TX [HOUSTON]
 
                The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that on
June 26,
           1998, a Final Judgment as to defendant Leslie Mersky ("Mersky")
was
           entered in United States District Court for the Southern District
of
           Texas. Without admitting or denying the allegations in the
Commission's
           complaint, Mersky consented to be permanently enjoined from
future
           violations of the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities
laws
           found in Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section
10(b) of
           the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Rules 10b-5 and 10b-6
thereunder.
           The Commission's complaint, filed November 23, 1992, alleged that
Mersky,
           and others,  participated in a scheme to distribute and
manipulate the
           securities of Bancus Richmond, Inc., a now defunct penny stock
company he
           and Glenn Schuster controlled.
 
                The Court also ordered Mersky to pay disgorgement in the
amount of
           $114,782.14, plus prejudgment interest of $127,352.80,
representing his
           gains from the conduct alleged in the complaint. However, all
disgorgement
           and prejudgment interest was waived based on Mersky's
demonstrated
           financial inability to pay.
 
 
           LESLIE MERSKY PERMANENTLY ENJOINED
 
 

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·  UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

·  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. GLENN A. SCHUSTER, ET AL. Civil Action No. H-92-3598, USDC/SD TX

·  The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that on June 26, 1998, a Final Judgment as

·  Without admitting or denying the allegations in the Commission's complaint, Mersky consented

·  The Commission's complaint, filed November 23, 1992, alleged that Mersky, and others,

·  The Court also ordered Mersky to pay disgorgement in the amount of $114,782.14, plus

·  all disgorgement and prejudgment interest was waived based on Mersky's demonstrated financial

 


 

 

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Litigation Release No. 19782 / July 31, 2006

SEC v. Leslie Mersky, et al., Civil Action No. 93-CV-5200 (E.D. Pa.)

Civil and Administrative Proceedings Resolved as to Leslie Mersky in Connection With a Scheme To Sell Worthless Securities

Mersky to Pay $543,689, Barred from Participating in the Offering of any Penny Stock, and Barred from Association With any Broker or Dealer

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") announced today that it has resolved certain administrative and district court proceedings with Leslie Mersky ("Mersky"). On July 25, 2006, the Honorable Berle M. Schiller, United States District Court Judge, signed a Final Judgment permanently enjoining Mersky from, among other things, violations of antifraud and registration provisions of the federal securities laws ("Final Judgment"). Securities and Exchange Commission v. Mersky, et al., Civil Action No. 93-5200 (E.D. Pa.). Mersky consented to the Final Judgment without admitting or denying the allegations of the Commission's complaint, except as to jurisdiction.

In the civil injunctive action filed by the Commission in 1993, the Commission alleges that Mersky was an officer and a principal of Amglo Industries ("Amglo") and its subsidiary, Amglobal Corporation ("Amglobal"), and that he controlled brokerage accounts that actively traded in the securities of both companies. The complaint further alleges that, from 1988 through 1989, Mersky and others participated in a scheme to sell worthless securities of Amglo and Amglobal. According to the complaint, the price of these securities was artificially inflated through manipulative and fraudulent activities of Mersky and others. Among other things, the complaint alleges that Mersky caused Amglo to engage in a series of stock-for-stock exchanges wherein it acquired various shell companies as subsidiaries. Mersky and others falsely portrayed the shell companies as having legitimate business activities and substantial assets, creating the appearance that Amglo was a profitable, growing enterprise when it was not. The complaint alleges that the scheme to defraud collapsed in the summer of 1989, after Mersky and others distributed approximately $3.4 million of worthless securities to unwitting investors through the over-the-counter market. In January 1994, the Commission's civil action was stayed upon the request of the office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

The Final Judgment, permanently enjoins Mersky from violating Sections 5(a), 5(c), and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 10(b) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, Section 15(a)(1) of the Exchange Act, and Rules 101 and 102 of Regulation M of the Exchange Act. He also is barred from participating in the offering of any penny stock. The Final Judgment orders Mersky to pay disgorgement together with prejudgment interest in the amount of $543,689. The Commission did not seek a civil penalty because the alleged wrongdoing preceded the effective date of the Securities Enforcement Remedies and Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990. (Pub. L. No. 101-429, 104 Stat. 931 (1990))

The Commission also announced today that it issued an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions barring Mersky from association with any broker or dealer. This order is based on the permanent injunction contained in the Final Judgment.

The civil action continues with respect to additional defendants.

 

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PHOENIX,  AZ  85021

 

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2338 W ROYAL PALM RD STE-J

PHOENIX,  AZ  85021

 

Agent Status: APPOINTED 01/05/2006

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Incorporation Date:  01/05/2006

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Domicile:  ARIZONA

County: MARICOPA

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DAVID MERSKY
MEMBER
64 ROUND HILL RD
ROSYLN HEIGHTS,NY  11577
Date of Taking Office: 01/05/2006
Last Updated: 01/18/2006
JANICE MERSKY
MEMBER
14304 E THOROUGHBREAD TRAIL
SCOTTSDALE,AZ  85259
Date of Taking Office: 01/05/2006
Last Updated: 01/18/2006
LESLIE MERSKY
MEMBER
14304 E THOROUGHBREAD TRAIL
SCOTTSDALE,AZ  85259
Date of Taking Office: 01/05/2006
Last Updated: 01/18/2006
 

 

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Corporate Inquiry
File Number: F-1264335-8
Corp. Name: DAVIDAN CORPORATION
Domestic Address
2701 E OSBORN ROAD
PHOENIX,  AZ  85016

Foreign Address
% CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY
2338 W ROYAL PALM RD STE J
PHOENIX,  AZ  85021

Statutory Agent Information
Agent Name:  CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY
 
Agent Mailing/Physical Address:
2338 W ROYAL PALM RD STE J
PHOENIX,  AZ  85021
 
Agent Status: APPOINTED 02/21/2006
Agent Last Updated: 03/30/2006

Additional Corporate Information
Corporation Type: BUSINESS Business Type: MERCHANT SERVICES
Incorporation Date:  02/21/2006 Corporate Life Period: PERPETUAL
Domicile:  DELAWARE County: MARICOPA
Approval Date:  02/21/2006 Original Publish Date:  03/13/2006

Officer Information
MICHAEL MALKIN
OTHER OFFICER
2701 E OSBORN ROAD
PHOENIX,AZ  85016
Date of Taking Office: 06/01/2007
Last Updated: 03/11/2009
DAVID MERSKY
PRESIDENT/CEO
2701 E OSBORN ROAD
PHOENIX,AZ  85016
Date of Taking Office: 02/25/2006
Last Updated: 03/11/2009

Director Information
DAVID MERSKY
DIRECTOR
2701 E OSBORN ROAD
PHOENIX,AZ  85016
Date of Taking Office: 02/25/2006
Last Updated: 03/11/2009
 

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