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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:77 Securities Fraud

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[PROPOSED] ORDER DIRECTING STRONG MCPHERSON TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS AND INFO. RE $423,320.80 

CASE NO. CV 09-000665 LKK-DAD 

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FUTTERMAN DUPREE 

DODD CROLEY

MAIER LLP

FUTTERMAN DUPREE DODD CROLEY MAIER LLP

JAMIE L. DUPREE (158105) 

JAIME G. TOUCHSTONE (233187) 

180 Sansome Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 399-3840 

Facsimile: (415) 399-3838 

jdupree@fddcm.com

jtouchstone@fddcm.com

Attorneys for Receiver 

Stephen E. Anderson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION, 

Plaintiff 

v. 

ANTHONY VASSALLO, et al, 

Defendants. 

Case No. CV 09-000665 LKK-DAD 

ORDER DIRECTING STRONG 

MCPHERSON & COMPANY TO 

PROVIDE DOCUMENTS AND 

INFORMATION PERMITTING 

RECEIVER TO TRACE $423,320.80 

RECEIVED ON OR ABOUT 

NOVEMBER 9, 2007 

Judge Lawrence K. Karlton 

On April 30, 2009, this Court filed the Order Appointing Temporary Receiver for Equity 

Investment Management and Trading, Inc. (“EIMT”) and Order to Show Cause for Appointment 

of Permanent Receiver (“OAR”) and on July 31, 2009, the Court filed an Order permanently 

appointing Receiver. Pursuant to the OAR, for good cause shown, and in order to empower and 

authorize the Receiver to carry out his duties and obligations, 

THE COURT HEREBY FINDS AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: 

On November 7, 2007, and November 8, 2007, $2,000,000 of EIMT investor funds were 

transferred to Jeff Dennis Ferentz (a California attorney) and/or Jeff Dennis Ferentz, Inc. 

(collectively “Ferentz”), in connection with a “bank sanctioned high yield project funding 

program.” The funds were deposited into the Jeff Dennis Ferentz, Inc. Client Trust Account (the 

“Ferentz Account”). Receiver’s investigation has revealed that another investor “invested” 

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MAIER LLP

$900,000 with Ferentz in connection with the same transaction on November 7, 2007, the same 

time as EIMT transferred its $2,000,000 to Ferentz. 

Receiver’s investigation has revealed that the balance of the Ferentz Account at the 

beginning of November 2007 was $1,111.49 before the $2,900,000 was deposited on 

November 7 and 8, 2007; at the end of November 2007, the balance was $96,476.49. In short, 

the vast majority of the funds deposited in the Ferentz Account in November 2007 was 

transferred out of that account shortly after deposit. 

This Court previously issued orders authorizing banks and financial institutions to assist 

Receiver in tracing the EIMT investor funds transferred to Ferentz including funds transferred 

from Jeffrey Dennis Ferentz, Inc. to entities controlled by Mr. Ferentz, including “JD Centuries, 

LLC” (Doc. Nos. 149 and 219), which remain in full force and effect. 

Receiver has determined that on November 8, 2007, $800,000 of the Ferentz funds were 

wired to the U.S. Bank client trust account of Nevada law firm Hale, Lane, Peek, Dennison and 

Howard (“Hale Lane”). This Court previously issued an order directing Hale Lane to provide 

information and documentation concerning the November 8, 2007 wire from JD Centuries, LLC 

to the Hale Lane client trust account for $800,000, sufficient to permit Receiver to trace those 

funds (Doc. No. 258), which remains in full force and effect. 

On November 9, 2007, of the $800,000 of Ferentz funds wired to Hale Lane, $423,320.80 

was transferred to the Nevada certified public accounting firm of Strong McPherson & Company 

(“Strong McPherson”) at the direction of Ron Laspina. These funds were transferred via two 

separate checks issued from the Hale Lane client trust account in the amounts of $35,000.00 and 

$388,320.80. 

To further assist Receiver’s investigation in tracing the EIMT funds transferred Ferentz, 

the Court directs Strong McPherson to provide to Receiver information and documentation 

concerning the November 9, 2007 transfer of $423,320.80 from Hale Lane, sufficient to permit 

Receiver to trace those funds, including but not limited to account statements related to the 

transfers and/or reflecting receipt and disbursement of the $35,000.00 and the $388,320.80, any 

correspondence or other documentation concerning the disbursement of the transfers, the name 

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and contact information of any Strong McPherson client for whom it received the funds, and 

information and other documentation facilitating Receiver’s tracing of these funds. 

Strong McPherson is further directed to cooperate fully with Receiver in Receiver’s 

activities, investigation and inquiries on behalf of this Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 27, 2010 

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