UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

FORT PIERCE DIVISION

CASE NO. 22-81457-CIV-CANNON 

SECURITIES AND 

EXCHANGE COMMISSION,

 Plaintiff,

v.

MANHATTAN TRANSFER 

REGISTRAR COMPANY and

JOHN C. AHEARN,

 Defendants.

/

FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO DEFENDANT JOHN C. AHEARN

THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon the Unopposed Motion for Entry of Final 

Judgment Against Defendants [ECF No. 3], filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 

“Commission”) on September 21, 2022. Following Plaintiff’s Complaint, Defendant John C. 

Ahearn (“Defendant”) entered a general appearance; consented to the Court’s jurisdiction over 

Defendant and over the subject matter of this action; consented to entry of this Final Judgment 

without admitting or denying the allegations of the Complaint (except as to jurisdiction and except

as otherwise provided herein Paragraph 12); waived findings of fact and conclusions of law; and 

waived any right to appeal from this Final Judgment [ECF No. 3-2]. Following a full review of 

the record, it is hereby 

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: 

1. Defendant is permanently restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or indirectly, 

Section 17A(c)(4)(C) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) [15 U.S.C. 

§ 78q-1(c)(4)(C)], by willfully associating with any transfer agent without the consent of 

the Commission and the appropriate regulatory agency for that transfer agent. 

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2. As provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also 

binds the following who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service 

or otherwise: (a) Defendant’s officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and 

(b) other persons in active concert or participation with Defendant or with anyone 

described in (a).

3. Defendant hereby is commanded, pursuant to Section 21(e) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. 

§ 78u(e)], to comply with the order issued by the Commission pursuant to Section 17A of 

the Exchange Act in In the Matter of Manhattan Transfer Registrar Company and John C. 

Ahearn, SEC A.P. File No. 3-18491, on May 17, 2018, barring him from association with 

any transfer agent, broker, dealer, investment adviser, municipal securities dealer, 

municipal advisor, or nationally recognized statistical rating organization with the right to 

apply for reentry after five years to the appropriate self-regulatory organization, or if there 

is none, to the Commission.

4. As provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also 

binds the following who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service 

or otherwise: (a) Defendant’s officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and 

(b) other persons in active concert or participation with Defendant or with anyone 

described in (a).

5. Defendant shall pay a civil penalty in the amount of $25,000 to the Securities and Exchange 

Commission pursuant to Section 21(d)(3) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78u(d)(3)]. 

Defendant shall make this payment pursuant to the terms of the payment schedule set forth 

in paragraph IV below after entry of this Final Judgment.

6. Defendant may transmit payment electronically to the Commission, which will provide 

detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions upon request. Payment may also be made 

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directly from a bank account via Pay.gov through the SEC website at 

http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm. Defendant may also pay by certified check, 

bank cashier’s check, or United States postal money order payable to the Securities and 

Exchange Commission, which shall be delivered or mailed to Enterprise Services Center, 

Accounts Receivable Branch, 6500 South MacArthur Boulevard, Oklahoma City, 

Oklahoma 73169, and shall be accompanied by a letter identifying the case title, civil 

action number, and name of this Court; John C. Ahearn as a defendant in this action; and 

specifying that payment is made pursuant to this Final Judgment.

7. Defendant shall simultaneously transmit photocopies of evidence of payment and case 

identifying information to the Commission’s counsel in this action. By making this 

payment, Defendant relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title, and interest in such 

funds and no part of the funds shall be returned to Defendant. The Commission shall send 

the funds paid pursuant to this Final Judgment to the United States Treasury. 

8. The Commission may enforce the Court’s judgment for penalties by the use of all 

collection procedures authorized by law, including the Federal Debt Collection Procedures 

Act, 28 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq., and moving for civil contempt for the violation of any Court 

orders issued in this action. Defendant shall pay post-judgment interest on any amounts 

due after 30 calendar days of the entry of this Final Judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961. 

Defendant shall pay post judgment interest on any amounts due after 30 calendar days of 

the entry of this Final Judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961. 

9. Defendant shall pay the total civil penalty due of $25,000 in four (4) installments to the 

Commission according to the following schedule: (1) $6,250 within 10 calendar days of 

entry of this Final Judgment; (2) $6,250 within 120 calendar days of entry of this Final 

Judgment; (3) $6,250 within 240 calendar days of entry of this Final Judgment; and

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(4) $6,250 within 360 days of entry of this Final Judgment. Payments shall be deemed 

made on the date they are received by the Commission and shall be applied first to post 

judgment interest, which accrues pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961 on any unpaid amounts due 

after 30 calendar days of the entry of Final Judgment. Prior to making the final payment 

set forth herein, Defendant shall contact the staff of the Commission for the amount due 

for the final payment.

10. If Defendant fails to make any payment by the date agreed and/or in the amount agreed 

according to the schedule set forth in the paragraph above, all outstanding payments under 

this Final Judgment, including post-judgment interest, minus any payments made, shall 

become due and payable immediately at the discretion of the staff of the Commission 

without further application to the Court.

11. Consent is incorporated herein with the same force and effect as if fully set forth herein, 

and Defendant shall comply with all of the undertakings and agreements set forth therein.

12. Solely for purposes of exceptions to discharge set forth in Section 523 of the Bankruptcy 

Code, 11 U.S.C. §523, the allegations in the complaint are true and admitted by Defendant, 

and further, any debt for disgorgement, prejudgment interest, civil penalty or other amounts 

due by Defendant under this Final Judgment or any other judgment, order, consent order, 

decree or settlement agreement entered in connection with this proceeding, is a debt for the 

violation by Defendant of the federal securities laws or any regulation or order issued under 

such laws, as set forth in Section 523(a)(19) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. 

§523(a)(19).

13. The Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter for the purposes of enforcing the terms of 

this Final Judgment.

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14. There being no just reason for delay, pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, the Clerk is instructed to enter this Final Judgment forthwith and without further 

notice.

15. The Clerk of Court is instructed to CLOSE this case.

16. All pending motions, if any, are DENIED AS MOOT. 

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Fort Pierce, Florida this 26th day of October 

2022.

 _________________________________

 AILEEN M. CANNON

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

cc: counsel of record

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