UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Before the

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

File No. 3-15211

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In the Matter of :

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GREGG C. LORENZO, :

FRANCIS V. LORENZO, AND :

CHARLES VISTA, LLC, :

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Respondents. :

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PROPOSED PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

1. Purpose and Background. This proposed plan of distribution (the 

“Plan”) has been developed pursuant to the Commission’s Order Making Findings 

and Imposing Remedial Sanctions and a Cease-and-Desist Order Pursuant to Section 

8A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 15(b), 21B, and 21C of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 as to Respondents Gregg C. Lorenzo (“Lorenzo”) and Charles 

Vista, LLC (“Charles Vista”) (collectively “Respondents”) dated November 20, 2013 

(the “Order”) (Securities Act Rel. No. 9480 (November 20, 2013)). The Plan

provides for the distribution of funds collected from the disgorgement, prejudgment 

interest, and civil penalties paid pursuant to the Order. The Plan’s methodology 

proposes to pay affected customers of Charles Vista who suffered harm by virtue of the 

fraudulent misrepresentations made by Respondents.

The Order found that Respondents made fraudulent misrepresentations to 

several customers of Charles Vista, a broker-dealer controlled by Lorenzo, to induce 

them to invest in convertible debentures issued by a start-up waste management 

company, Waste2Energy Holdings, Inc. (“W2E”). The Order further found that 

Charles Vista had a considerable financial interest in the debentures offering and was 

the exclusive placement agent for the issuance of 12% W2E debentures. The 

debentures were convertible to W2E stock, which is a penny stock. Additionally, the 

Order found that W2E’s financial situation was precarious and W2E’s securities were 

extremely speculative because, among other reasons, the company had millions of 

dollars of debt that was senior to the debt W2E was issuing through the debentures 

offering. Finally, the Order found that after Respondents knowingly or recklessly 

made fraudulent misrepresentations to several Charles Vista customers, these 

customers invested in W2E debentures.

In the Order, Lorenzo and Charles Vista were jointly ordered to pay disgorgement 

of $130,000 and prejudgment interest of $20,000. In addition, Lorenzo was ordered to 

pay a civil penalty of $375,000 and Charles Vista was ordered to pay a civil penalty of 

$4,350,000. In accordance with the Order, Lorenzo has paid $130,000 in 
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disgorgement, $20,000 in prejudgment interest, and a civil penalty of $375,000. 

Charles Vista has not made any payments to date. The Order created a Fair Fund 

pursuant to Section 308(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended. The Fair 

Fund is comprised of the disgorgement, interest, and penalties paid and to be paid by the

Respondents (the “Fair Fund”) and is for distribution to affected customers of Charles 

Vista who suffered harm by virtue of the Respondents’ fraudulent misrepresentations 

(individually, each an “Eligible Customer;” collectively, “Eligible Customers”). The 

Fair Fund is subject to the continuing jurisdiction and control of the Commission and 

the Fair Fund is currently on deposit in a Commission designated account at the 

United States Department of the Treasury (“U.S. Treasury”). The Plan is subject to 

approval by the Commission, and the Commission retains jurisdiction over the 

implementation of the Plan. Any outstanding payments made pursuant to the Order 

and received after approval of the Plan will be added to the Fair Fund and distributed 

in accordance with the Plan.

Under the Plan and unless additional funds are paid pursuant to the Order such 

that the total amount available for distribution equals or exceeds the Harm Amount, as 

defined in paragraph 7, a pro rata share of investors’ losses will be distributed to 

Eligible Customers from the “Net Fair Fund,” which is the Fair Fund, less any reserve 

for taxes, fees or other expenses of administering this Plan.

2. Fund Administrator. Nichola L. Timmons, Assistant Director, Office 

of Distributions in the Commission’s Division of Enforcement, is proposed to act as 

the administrator of the Fair Fund (the “Fund Administrator”). As a Commission 

employee, the Fund Administrator will receive no compensation from the Fair Fund 

for her services in administering the Fair Fund. In accordance with Rule 1105(c) of 

the Commission’s Rules on Fair Fund and Disgorgement Plans (“Rules”), 17 C.F.R. 

§§ 201.1100 through 201.1106, no bond is required since the Fund Administrator is a 

Commission employee. In carrying out her duties, the Fund Administrator may be 

assisted by other Commission staff acting under her supervision. 

The Fund Administrator will, among other things: oversee the administration 

of the Fair Fund, obtain mailing information for Eligible Customers, distribute money 

from the assets of the Fair Fund in accordance with the Plan, resolve disputes, and 

distribute the Fair Fund to Eligible Customers in accordance with the Plan. The Fund 

Administrator will also cooperate with the Tax Administrator, defined in paragraph 3,

as necessary, prepare a final accounting with assistance from the Tax Administrator, 

and provide the Tax Administrator with funds to pay tax liabilities and tax compliance 

fees and costs, pursuant to the Omnibus Order Directing the Appointment of Tax 

Administrator in Administrative Proceedings that Establish Distribution Funds 

(Exchange Act Rel. No. 68683 (January 17, 2013)). 

3. Tax Administrator. The Commission has appointed Damasco and 

Associates, LLP as the tax administrator (“Tax Administrator”) of the Fair Fund 

(Exchange Act Rel. No. 72856 (August 15, 2014)). The Tax Administrator will be 

compensated for reasonable costs and expenses from the Fair Fund in accordance with 

its 2013-2015 Engagement Letter Agreement with the Commission. Tax obligations 

will be paid out of the Fair Fund.
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4. Specification of Eligible Fair Fund Recipients. The Fund 

Administrator will distribute the Net Fair Fund to those Eligible Customers that have 

been harmed by the conduct described in the Order. A customer will be deemed 

harmed only if that customer suffered harm by virtue of the conduct described in the 

Order and as calculated pursuant to paragraph 7 of the Plan.

5. No claims-made process. The Fair Fund is not being distributed 

according to a claims-made process, so the procedures for making and approving 

claims are not applicable.

6. Qualified Settlement Fund. The Fair Fund constitutes a Qualified 

Settlement Fund (“QSF”) under Section 468B(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 

U.S.C. § 468B(g), and related regulations, 26 C.F.R. §§ 1.468B-1 through 1.468B-5.

7. Methodology for Determining Distribution Amounts. The Fund 

Administrator will determine the amount to be distributed to each Eligible Customer 

in the following manner. First, the Fund Administrator will determine, for each 

affected customer, using information collected by the Commission staff the harm

amount that each Eligible Customer incurred by virtue of the conduct described in the 

Order (“Harm Amount”). The Harm Amount is calculated as the sum of actual 

principal investments by an Eligible Customers (“Investment Amount”), less any 

monies received by Eligible Customers as settlements, insurance, or other payments 

in connection with this matter from Respondents, or any other third party. Second, 

the Fund Administrator will determine what percentage of the total pooled Harm 

Amounts of all Eligible Customers is represented by each individual Eligible 

Customer’s Harm Amount (“Pro Rata Share”). Finally, for each Eligible Customer, 

the Fund Administrator will multiply the Pro Rata Share by the Net Fair Fund to 

determine each Eligible Customer’s distribution amount (“Fair Fund Payment”).

In the view of the Fund Administrator, this methodology constitutes a fair and 

reasonable allocation of the Fair Fund. Based on this methodology, it is anticipated 

that there will be one distribution to the Eligible Customers, which will take place as 

outlined in paragraph 9. 
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Based on this methodology, the individual Investment Amounts, Harm 

Amounts, and percentages of pooled harm for Eligible Customers are as follows:

8. Procedures for Locating and Notifying Eligible Customers. On the 

basis of information obtained by the Commission staff based on review and analysis 

of applicable records, the Fund Administrator will identify the Eligible Customers. 

Within sixty (60) days of the Commission’s approval of the Plan, the Fund 

Administrator will send each Eligible Customer a notice regarding the Commission’s 

approval of the Plan, and, including as appropriate, a statement characterizing the 

distribution, a link to the Plan posted on the Commission’s website and instructions 

for requesting a copy of the Plan, a Harm Amount calculation and a preliminary 

calculation of the Eligible Customer’s distribution check amount (“Fair Fund 

Payment”), a description of the tax information reporting and other related tax 

matters, the procedure for the distribution as set forth in the Plan, and the name of the 

Fund Administrator to contact with questions regarding the distribution (the “Plan 

Notice”). The Fund Administrator will coordinate with the Tax Administrator to 

request information from each Eligible Customer that is needed to accomplish the 

distribution in accordance with applicable tax requirements relating to the Fair Fund.

If a Plan Notice and/or Fair Fund Payment are returned as undeliverable, the 

Fund Administrator will make all reasonable efforts to ascertain an Eligible 

Customer’s correct address. The Fund Administrator will then resend the Plan Notice 

and/or Fair Fund Payment to the Eligible Customer’s new address within thirty (30) 

days of receipt of the returned Plan Notice and/or Fair Fund Payment. If the Plan

Notice and/or Fair Fund Payment is returned again, and the Fund Administrator, 

despite all reasonable efforts, is unable to find an Eligible Customer’s correct address, 

the Eligible Customer will be removed from the distribution and the allocated amount 

of the Fair Fund Payment will be added to the Net Fair Fund and may be distributed 

Eligible 

Customer

Investment

Amount

Third Party 

Payment

Received

Harm

Amount

% of 

Pooled 

Harm of 

All 

Eligible 

Customers

Eligible 

Customer #1

$41,800 None $41,800 6.00%

Eligible 

Customer #2

$200,000 None $200,000 28.69%

Eligible 

Customer #3

$125,000 $80,000 $45,000 6.45%

Eligible 

Customer #4

$200,000 None $200,000 28.69%

Eligible 

Customer #5

$15,000 None $15,000 2.15%

Eligible 

Customer #6

$195,400 None $195,400 28.03%

TOTALS $777,200 $80,000 $697,200 100%
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to the remaining Eligible Customers. In no event will an Eligible Customer receive 

from the Fair Fund more than the Eligible Customer’s Harm Amount. 

9. Distribution Timing. The Fund Administrator will use her best efforts 

to start the distribution within one hundred and twenty (120) days of the Plan’s 

approval. 

10. Bureau of the Fiscal Service; Validation and Approval of 

Disbursement of the Fair Fund. The Fair Fund disbursement to Eligible Customers 

will be implemented by the Commission and disbursed through the U.S. Treasury’s 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service (“BFS”), which will mail checks or electronically 

transfer funds to each payee as instructed by the Fund Administrator. The Fund 

Administrator will compile the payee information and prepare a payment file to make 

the disbursements through BFS. Pursuant to Rule 1101(b)(6), the Fund Administrator 

will obtain an order from the Commission to disburse the Fair Fund. 

The Fund Administrator will work with BFS to obtain information about 

uncashed checks, any returned items due to non-delivery, insufficient addresses, 

and/or other deficiencies. The Fund Administrator is responsible for researching and 

reconciling errors and reissuing payments when possible. The Fund Administrator 

also is responsible for accounting for all payments. Checks issued by BFS will state 

on their face that they are valid for one (1) year. If any checks issued are not cashed 

within the one (1) year time period, the Fund Administrator will work with BFS to 

identify all uncashed checks. In the event that there are uncashed checks, the Fund 

Administrator will determine the extent to which, under the circumstances in this 

distribution, it would be appropriate and feasible to make additional efforts to contact 

investors holding such checks. Following the conclusion of any efforts by the Fund 

Administrator to locate any such Eligible Customers, the amount of all uncashed 

checks will be credited to the Fair Fund account and may, if ordered by the 

Commission, be distributed to the remaining Eligible Customers.

11. Accountings. When all funds have been disbursed, except for the 

residual described in paragraph 16 of the Plan, the Fund Administrator will submit a 

final accounting pursuant to Rule 1105(f) for the approval of the Commission prior to 

termination of the Fair Fund and discharge of the Fund Administrator. Since the 

funds are being held in a Commission designated account at the U.S. Treasury, and 

Commission staff is proposed as the Fund Administrator, no interim accountings will 

be made.

12. Expenses of Administration. Fees and other expenses of administering 

the Plan will be paid from the Fair Fund. 

13. Amendments and Procedural Deadline Extensions. The Fund 

Administrator will take reasonable and appropriate steps to distribute the Net Fair 

Fund according to the Plan. If there are any changes to the Plan that are determined to 

be material, Commission approval is required prior to implementation by amending 

the Plan, which may be done upon the motion of any party, the Fund Administrator, 

or upon the Commission’s own motion. Immaterial changes may be made by the 

Fund Administrator. For good cause shown, the Fund Administrator may extend any 

of the procedural dates set forth in the Plan.
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14. Procedure for the Receipt of Additional Funds. Should any 

outstanding payments or any other additional funds be received for this matter by the 

Commission prior to the Commission’s termination of the Fair Fund, such funds will 

be added to the Net Fair Fund and distributed in accordance with the Plan’s 

methodology in paragraph 7.

15. Procedures for Disputing Amounts Received. Disputes will be limited 

to the calculation of an Eligible Customers’ Harm Amount. Within thirty (30) days of 

the date that an Eligible Customer’s disbursement is made, the Fund Administrator 

must receive a written communication detailing the dispute along with any supporting 

documentation. The Fund Administrator will investigate the dispute, and such 

investigation will include a review of the written dispute as well as any supporting 

documentation. Within thirty (30) days of receipt of the written dispute, the Fund 

Administrator will notify the Eligible Customer of her resolution of the dispute, which 

will be final. This procedure will be set forth in the Plan Notice.

16. Disposition of Undistributed Funds. A residual account within the Fair 

Fund will be established for any amounts remaining after the final disbursement to 

Eligible Customers from the Fair Fund. The residual account may include funds 

reserved for future taxes and related expenses, distributions from checks that have not 

been cashed, from checks that were not delivered or from funds returned to the 

Commission, tax refunds for overpayment or for waiver of IRS penalties. All funds 

remaining in the residual account will be transferred to the U.S. Treasury after the 

final accounting is approved by the Commission.

17. Termination of the Fair Fund. Following the final disbursement from 

the Net Fair Fund to Eligible Customers, the Fund Administrator will make 

arrangement for the final payment of taxes and Tax Administrator fees and will 

submit a final accounting to the Commission. The Fair Fund will be eligible for 

termination after all of the following have occurred: (1) a final accounting, in the 

Division of Enforcement’s standard accounting form, has been submitted by the Fund 

Administrator, and has been approved by the Commission; and (2) all taxes, fees, and 

expenses have been paid. When the Commission has approved the final accounting, 

staff will seek an order from the Commission: (1) to transfer the remaining residual 

amounts to the U.S. Treasury; (2) to terminate the Fair Fund; and (3) to discharge the 

Fund Administrator.

18. Notice of Proposed Plan and Opportunity for Comment. The Notice of 

Proposed Plan of Distribution and Opportunity for Comment (the “Notice”) will be 

published in the SEC Docket and on the Commission’s website at 

http://www.sec.gov/litigation/fairfundlist.htm. Any person or entity wishing to 

comment on the Plan must do so in writing by submitting their comments within 

thirty (30) days of the date of the Notice (i) to the Office of the Secretary, United

States Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 

20549-1090; (ii) by using the Commission’s Internet comment form 

(www.sec.gov/litigation/admin.shtml); or (iii) by sending an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Comments submitted by e-mail or via the Commission’s 

website should include “Administrative Proceeding File Number 3-15211” in the 
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subject line. Comments received will be available to the public. Thus, persons should 

only submit information that they wish to make publicly available.