UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

CASE NO.: 1:20-cv-21964-CMA

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, :

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Plaintiff, :

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v. :

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TCA FUND MANAGEMENT GROUP CORP., et al., :

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Defendants.

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PLAINTIFF SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION’S (“SEC”)

OPPOSITION TO THOMAS DAY’S MOTION SEEKING CLARIFICATION ON 

SCOPE OF BLANKET STAY AND RELIEF FROM THE SAME

The SEC opposes Thomas Day’s request to lift [DE 209] the Court-ordered stay on 

litigation [DE 5] for the reasons described in the Receiver’s Objection thereto [DE 223].

Additionally, Mr. Day’s alleged whistleblower activity does not warrant a lifting of the 

stay. The SEC’s Whistleblower Program, which is administered through the SEC’s Office of the 

Whistleblower, provides a specific process through which the SEC may provide a monetary award 

to eligible individuals who come forward with high quality information that leads to an SEC 

enforcement action where more than $1,000,000 in sanctions is ordered. Therefore, any potential 

recovery under the SEC’s Whistleblower Program would come from the SEC, not the Receivership 

estate. 

March 24, 2022 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Stephanie N. Moot

Stephanie N. Moot

Senior Trial Counsel

Fla. Bar No. 30377

Direct Dial: (305) 982-6313

Email: moots@sec.gov

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Attorneys for Plaintiff

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

801 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1950

Miami, Florida 33131

Telephone: (305) 982-6300

Facsimile: (305) 536-4146

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that I electronically filed the foregoing document with the Clerk of 

the Court using CM/ECF. I also certify that the foregoing document is being served on all counsel 

of record identified on the attached Service List via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing 

generated by CM/ECF this 24th day of March, 2022.

/s/ Stephanie N. Moot

SERVICE LIST

Gregory M. Garno, Esq.

ggarno@gjb-law.com

Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A.

Elizabeth G. McIntosh, Esq.

emcintosh@gjb-law.com

100 Southeast 2nd Street, Suite 4400

Miami, Florida 33131

Telephone: (305) 349-2300

Facsimile: (305) 349-2310

Attorneys for Jonathan E. Perlman, Receiver

Edward D. Buckley

edbuckley@buckleybeal.com

Buckley Beal, LLP

600 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 3900

Atlanta, GA 30308

Telephone: (404) 781-1100

Facsimile: (404) 781-1101

Attorneys for Thomas Day

Ephraim R. Hess

Andrew Fulton, IV, Esq.

andrew@kelleylawoffice.com

Brian S. Dervishi, Esq. 

bdervishi@wdpalaw.com

Craig Vincent Rasile 

crasile@mwe.com

Gerald Edward Greenberg, Esq. 

ggreenberg@gsgpa.com

Gregg Alan Steinman

gsteinman@sflp.law

Mark David Bloom, Esq.

mark.bloom@bakermckenzie.com

Martha Rosa Mora, Esq. 

mmora@arhmf.com

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erh@thehessfirm.com

Hess Law Firm

205 Davie Boulevard

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315

Telephone: (954) 585-8599

Attorneys for Thomas Day

James J. Webb, Esq. 

jwebb@mitrani.com

Mitrani, Rynor, Adamsky & Toland, P.A. 

1200 Weston Road, PH

Weston, FL 33326

Attorneys for Interested Parties Krystal 

Lazares-Scaretta, Robert A. Scaretta and 

American Gold Rush, LLC

Michael David Heidt, Esq. 

mheidt@aol.com

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