SUMMARY OF RECENT ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKENBY THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE’S DIVISION OF SECURITIES

At the request of media representatives, the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Securities releases a summary list of Division Orders and enforcement actions recently brought by the Division’s Enforcement Section.

Before reporting information based on this INFORMATION RELEASE, the Department suggests that reporters request additional detail as to the nature of the Division Order or enforcement action.

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For more information, please contact Dennis Ginty at (614) 644-9564 or Bill Teets at (614) 644-7187.

 

**INFORMATION RELEASE**

 September 1 through September 30, 2001

 ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS

  

Order No.	Name of Entity	Date	Type of Order
01-245	Bruce E. Gerhart 1733 Spring Village Lane Mansfield, OhH  44906	9/4/01	Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-246	Curtiss Brian Parker CRD No. 1357400 1150 Silverado Street #113 LaJolla, CA  92037	9/5/01	Notice of Intent to Deny Application for Securities Salesperson License; Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-247	Andrew Walter Holtmeyer CRD No. 1924765 118 Murray Avenue Port Washington, NY  11050	9/5/01	Notice of Intent to Deny Application for Securities Salesperson License; Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-248	Bud Clark CRD No. 1943274 19 Bay Road Huntington Bay, NY  11743	9/5/01	Notice of Intent to Deny Application for Securities Salesperson License; Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-249	Curt Kramer CRD No. 2959388 22 West 15th Street New York, NY  10011	9/5/01	Notice of Intent to Deny Application for Securities Salesperson License; Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-250	American Telecommunications Company, Inc. 942 S.W. 6th Street Suite G Grants Pass, OR  97526	9/5/01	Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-251	Mitchell Harris Sloane CRD No. 2166032 46 South Windsor Avenue Brightwaters, NY  11718	9/6/01	Notice of Intent to Deny Application for Securities Salesperson License; Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-252	Konstantine Tokar CRD No.2853251 4817 Bedford Avenue Apt. 3B Brooklyn, NY  11235	9/6/01	Notice of Intent to Deny Application for Securities Salesperson License; Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-253	Vincent Agoglia CRD No. 1757692 1 North Equestrian Court Hauppauge, NY  11788	9/6/01	Notice of Intent to Deny Application for Securities Salesperson License; Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-254	Richard Kentner Defreez CRD No.2901 Leawood Drive Anchorage, AK  99515	9/6/01	Notice of Intent to Deny Application for Securities Salesperson License; Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-255	Scott Darren Fessler CRD No. 2689471 169 Beach 4th Street Far Rockaway, NY  11691	9/6/01	Notice of Intent to Deny Application for Securities Salesperson License; Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-256	Gabriel Kairouz CRD No. 1134146 440 North Wabash #706 Chicago, IL  60611	9/6/01	Notice of Intent to Deny Application for Securities Salesperson License; Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-257	Thomas Henry Hanley CRD No. 2959388 40 East 94th Street New York, NY  10128	9/6/01	Notice of Intent to Deny Application for Securities Salesperson License; Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-258	Matrix Acceptance Corporation 25 East 93rd Street New York, NY  10128	9/6/01	Cease and Desist Order; Sale of unregistered securities, misrepresentations
01-259	David James Ledoux CRD No. 2513636 3114 West Buena Vista Drive Margate, FL  33603	9/6/01	Notice of Intent to Deny Application for Securities Salesperson License; Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-260	Harry Edward Fischer CRD No.829238 239 Broad Street San Luis Obispo, CA  93401	9/6/01	Notice of Intent to Deny Application for Securities Salesperson License; Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-261	Microvision Systems Inc. Walt Korenkiewicz Colin Nathanson and James Armstrong 4400 MacArthur Blvd. Suite 400 Newport Beach, CA  92660	9/7/01	Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-262	International Business Consortium Inc. and William Brotherton 6609 South Shields Street Fort Collins, CO  80526	9/12/01	Cease and Desist Order
01-263	KNC Software LLC 8939 Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 261 Los Angeles, CA  90045	9/19/01	Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-264	Wise Choice Discount Brokerage Inc. CRD No. 39924 Ohio Securities Dealer License No. 210626 30 Broad Street, 47th Floor New York, NY  10004	9/19/01	Termination of Order 98-244
01-265	South Mountain Resort and Spa Inc. Thaddeus E. Williams 4339 Stuart Andrew Blvd. Suite 200 Charlotte, NC  28217; and William A. Hardy 506 Boulder Drive Delaware, OH  43015	9/24/01	Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-266	Scott Darren Fessler CRD No. 2689471 40 East 94th Street New York, NY  10128	9/25/01	Termination of Order 01-255
01-267	Ronald S. Richards CRD No. 2655285 1278 Olde Henderson Square Columbus, OH  43220	9/26/01	Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
01-268	Dennis Wayne Russell CRD No. 2286064 1360 Nelson Place Washington C.H., OH  43160	9/28/01	Cease and Desist Order

 Criminal Activity

Jackson Melvin Johnson plead guilty to one count of selling unregistered securities on September 8, 2001, in Montgomery County.  A Bill of Information had been issued on October 8, 1998, against Johnson for selling promisssory notes to investors to finance Canyon Investment Association, a company that purchased and rehabilitated rental property in Dayton, Ohio. Johnson has not yet been sentenced.