UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Before the

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Release No. 99948 / April 12, 2024

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

File No. 3-21908

In the Matter of

Hayden F. Greene

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 Hayden F. Greene

(“Greene” 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 

proceedings and the finding contained in paragraph 2 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, 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. At least from 2019 through 2022, Respondent was employed by one or more 

entities controlled by Christopher Slaga (“Slaga”), who during this period managed certain 

investment funds (the “Funds”). Respondent, age 32, resides in Costa Mesa, California.
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2. On September 15, 2023, a final judgment was entered by consent against 

Respondent, permanently enjoining him from future violations of Section 15(a) of the Exchange 

Act in the civil action entitled Securities and Exchange Commission v. Christopher Slaga, a/k/a 

Keith Renko, et al., Civil Action Number 8:23-cv-01425-CJC-DFM, in the United States District 

Court for the Central District of California. 

3. The Commission’s complaint alleges that Greene solicited investors to purchase 

securities of the Funds. The complaint further alleges that in soliciting certain investors, Greene 

advised them on the merits of investing in the Funds and provided them information about the 

Funds. Further, the complaint alleges that Greene was paid sales commissions for soliciting 

investors. Greene received at least $85,000 in commissions. 

IV.

In view of the foregoing, the Commission deems it appropriate, in the public interest to 

impose the sanctions agreed to in Respondent Greene’s Offer.

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED pursuant to Section 15(b)(6) of the Exchange Act that 

Respondent Greene be, and hereby is barred from association with any broker, dealer, investment 

adviser, municipal securities dealer, municipal advisor, transfer agent, or nationally recognized 

statistical rating organization.

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, compliance with the Commission’s order and payment of any 

or all of the following: (a) any disgorgement or civil penalties ordered by a Court against the 

Respondent in any action brought by the Commission; (b) any disgorgement amounts ordered 

against the Respondent for which the Commission waived payment; (c) any arbitration award 

related to the conduct that served as the basis for the Commission order; (d) 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 (e) any restitution order by a self-regulatory organization, 

whether or not related to the conduct that served as the basis for the Commission order. 

By the Commission.

Vanessa A. Countryman

Secretary