JINA CHOI (NY Bar No. 2699718) 

ERIN E. SCHNEIDER (Cal. Bar No. 216114) 

SHEILA E. O'CALLAGHAN (Cal. Bar No. 131032) 

ocallaghans@sec.gov 

WADE M. RHYNE (Cal. Bar No. 216799) 

rhynew@sec.gov 

BERNARD B. SMYTH (Cal. Bar No. 217741) 

smythb@sec.gov 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2800 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: ( 415) 705-2500 

Facsimile: (415) 705-2501 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

DISTRICT OF OREGON 

PORTLAND DIVISION 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

AEQUITAS MANAGEMENT, LLC; AEQUITAS 

HOLDINGS, LLC; AEQUITAS COMMERCIAL 

FINANCE, INC.; AEQUITAS CAPITAL 

MANAGEMENT, INC.; AEQUITAS INVESTMENT 

MANAGEMENT, LLC; ROBERT J. JESENIK; 

BRIAN A. OLIVER; and N. SCOTT GILLIS, 

Defendants, 

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ORDER APPOINTING RECEIVER 

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Pursuant to the stipulation entered into by Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission 

("Commission") and defendants Aequitas Management, LLC, Aequitas Holdings, LLC, Aequitas 

Commercial Finance, LLC, Aequitas Capital Management, Inc. and Aequitas Investment 

Management, LLC, directly or through their attorneys of record, the Court finds that the 

appointment of a receiver in this action is necessary and appropriate for the purposes of 

marshaling and preserving all assets of defendants Aequitas Management, LLC, Aequitas 

Holdings, LLC, Aequitas Commercial Finance, LLC, Aequitas Capital Management, Inc. and 

Aequitas Investment Management, LLC (collectively "Receivership Defendants"), and hereby 

orders as follows: 

I. Appointment of Receiver 

1. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Ronald Greenspan, is appointed to serve without 

bond as receiver of the Receivership Defendants, and their subsidiaries and/or majority-owned 

affiliates as set fotth on the attached Exhibit A (collectively "Receivership Entity"). The entities 

listed on the attached Exhibit B (collectively "Extended Entities") shall cooperate fully with the 

Receiver in the execution of his duties, but shall not be included in the Receivership Entity, 

unless the Receiver in his discretion seeks approval from this Coutt to include such entities as 

part of the Receivership Entity. Mr. Greenspan (the "Receiver") is authorized to retain FTI 

Consulting, Inc., and the law firms of Pepper Hamilton LLP ("Pepper Hamilton") and Pachulski 

Stang Ziehl &Jones LLP ("Pachulski") in connection with this appointment. With the Comt's 

approval, the Receiver, Pepper Hamilton and Pachulski shall be compensated from the 

Receivership Estates (as defined in paragraph 6 below) for all reasonable fees and costs. The 

professionals mentioned above are permitted to retain any remaining balances from prereceivership retainers to apply to invoices approved in the future. 

The agreed upon fee schedules for these professional firms are as follows: 

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FTI Consulting 

Senior Managing Director $825 

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Managing Director $660 

Senior Director $605 

Director $570 

Senior Consultant $460 

Consultant $345 

Project Assistant $250 

Rates above reflect a discount from ordinary rates. FTI Consulting may add or substitute 

other professionals with comparable experience at comparable rates. 

Pepper Hamilton LLP 

Joseph V. Del Raso (Partner) $845 

Ivan B. Knauer (Pa1tner) $725 

John P. Falco (Pattner) $445 

Brian M. Nichilo (Associate) $330 

Rates above reflect a discount from ordinary rates. Pepper Hamilton may add or 

substitute other professionals with comparable experience at comparable rates. Rates, after 

application of discount to ordinary rates, range from $445 to $845 for pattners, from $275-$490 

for associates and from $100 to $250 for paralegals and other non-attorney staff. 

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP 

Ira D. Kharasch (Partner) $846 

John W. Lucas (Partner) $574 

Rates above reflect a discount from ordinary rates. Pachulski may add or substitute other 

professionals with comparable experience at comparable rates. 

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Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt 

Senior Shareholder $510 

Junior Shareholder $465 

Associate $330 

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Paralegal $230 

Rates above reflect a discount from ordinary rates. Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt may 

add or substitute other professionals with comparable experience at comparable rates. 

The Receiver is also authorized to retain a noticing agent. 

II. Asset Freeze 

2. Except as otherwise specified herein with respect to the powers of the Receiver, 

all property of the Receivership Entity is frozen until fmther order of this Court. Accordingly, 

all persons and entities with direct or indirect control over any propetty of the Receivership 

Entity, other than the Receiver, are hereby restrained and enjoined from directly or indirectly 

transferring, setting off, receiving, changing, selling, pledging, assigning, liquidating or 

otherwise disposing of or withdrawing such assets. 

III. General Powers and Duties of Receiver 

3. The Receiver shall have all powers, authorities, rights and privileges heretofore 

possessed by the officers, directors, members, managers and general and limited pattners of the 

Receivership Entity under applicable state and federal law, by the governing chatters, by-laws, 

atticles and/or agreements in addition to all powers and authority of a receiver at equity, and all 

powers conferred upon a receiver by the provisions of28 U.S.C. §§ 754, 959 and 1692, and 

Fed.R.Civ.P. 66. 

4. The trustees, directors, officers, members, and managers of the Receivership 

Entity are hereby dismissed and the powers of any general patiners, directors, members and/or 

managers are hereby suspended. Such persons and entities shall have no authority with respect 

to the Receivership Entity's operations or assets, except to the extent as may hereafter be 

expressly granted by the Receiver. The Receiver shall have the authority to dismiss any 

employees, investment advisors, accountants, attorneys and other agents of the Receivership 

Entity as needed to effectively execute his duties and responsibilities. The Receiver shall assume 

and control the operation of the Receivership Entity and preserve all of their claims. The 

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Receiver is expressly permitted to provide any notices required under this Order or otherwise by 

electronic means. 

5. No person, other than the Receiver, holding or claiming any position of any sort 

with any of the Receivership Entity shall possess any authority to act by or on behalf of any of 

the Receivership Entity. 

6. Subject to the specific provisions in Sections IV through XV, below, the Receiver 

shall have the following general powers and duties: 

A. To use reasonable efforts to determine the nature, location and value of all 

property interests of the Receivership Entity, including, but not limited to, 

monies, funds, securities, credits, effects, goods, chattels, lands, premises, 

leases, claims, rights and other assets, together with all rents, profits, 

dividends, interest or other income attributable thereto, of whatever kind, 

which the Receivership Entity own, possess, have a beneficial interest in, 

or control directly or indirectly ("Receivership Propetty" or, collectively, 

the "Receivership Estates"); 

B. To take custody, control and possession of all Receivership Propetty and 

records relevant thereto from the Receivership Entity; to sue for and 

collect, recover, receive and take into possession from third patties all 

Receivership Property and records relevant thereto; 

C. To manage, control, operate and maintain the Receivership Estates and 

hold in his possession, custody and control all Receivership Property, 

subject to powers provided below and pending further Order of this Coutt; 

D. To use Receivership Propetty for the benefit of the Receivership Entity, 

which, from the date of this Order, shall be treated as a consolidated 

enterprise for the purpose of making payments and disbursements, 

including payments to professionals, and incurring expenses as may be 

necessary or advisable in the ordinary course of business in discharging 

his duties as Receiver; however, this provision shall have no force or 

effect with respect to whether the Receivership Entity shall be treated as a 

consolidated enterprise for the distribution (claims payment) phase of this 

matter nor after a motion and court order prospectively making this 

paragraph of no further force or effect; 

E. To take any action which, prior to the entry of this Order, could have been 

taken by the officers, directors, partners, managers, trustees and agents of 

the Receivership Entity; 

F. To engage and employ persons in his discretion to assist him in catTying 

out his duties and responsibilities hereunder, including, but not limited to, 

accountants, attorneys, securities traders, registered representatives, 

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financial or business advisers, liquidating agents, real estate agents, 

forensic experts, brokers, traders or auctioneers; 

G. To take such action as necessary and appropriate for the preservation of 

Receivership Propet1y or to prevent the dissipation or concealment of 

Receivership Property; 

H. To issue subpoenas for documents and testimony consistent with the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, concerning any subject matter within the 

powers and duties granted by this Order; 

I. To bring such legal actions based on law or equity in any state, federal, or 

foreign com1 as the Receiver deems necessary or appropriate in 

discharging his duties as Receiver; 

J. To pursue, resist and defend all suits, actions, claims and demands which 

may now be pending or which may be brought by or asse11ed against the 

Receivership Estates; and, 

K. To take such other action as may be approved by this Court. 

IV. Access to Information 

7. The Receivership Entity and the past and/or present officers, directors, agents, 

managers, general and limited partners, trustees, attorneys, accountants and employees of the 

entity Receivership Entity, as well as those acting in their place, are hereby ordered and directed 

to preserve and turn over immediately upon the Receiver's request to the Receiver forthwith all 

paper and electronic information of, and/or relating to, the Receivership Entity and/or all 

Receivership Propet1y; such information shall include but not be limited to books, records, 

documents, accounts and all other instruments and papers. 

V. Access to Books, Records and Accounts 

8. The Receiver is authorized to take immediate possession of all assets, bank 

accounts or other financial accounts, books and records and all other documents or instruments 

relating to the Receivership Entity. All persons and entities having control, custody or 

possession of any Receivership Property are hereby directed to turn such property over to the 

Receiver. 

9. The Receivership Entity, as well as their agents, servants, employees, attorneys, 

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any persons acting for or on behalf of the Receivership Entity, and any persons receiving notice 

of this Order by personal service, facsimile transmission or otherwise, having possession of the 

property, business, books, records, accounts or assets of the Receivership Entity are hereby 

directed to deliver the same to the Receiver, his agents and/or employees. 

10. All banks, brokerage firms, financial institutions, and other persons or entities 

which have possession, custody or control of any assets or funds held by, in the name of, or for 

the benefit of, directly or indirectly, the Receivership Entity that receive actual notice of this 

Order by personal service, email, facsimile transmission or otherwise shall: 

A. Not liquidate, transfer, sell, convey or otherwise transfer any assets, 

securities, funds, or accounts in the name of or for the benefit of the 

Receivership Entity except upon instructions from the Receiver; 

B. Not exercise any form of set-off, alleged set-off, lien, or any form of selfhelp whatsoever, or refuse to transfer any funds or assets to the Receiver's 

control without the permission of this Court; 

C. Within five (5) business days of receipt of that notice, file with the Comt 

(in redacted form if required by F.R.Civ.Pro 5.2) and serve on the 

Receiver and counsel for the Commission a sworn statement setting forth, 

with respect to each such account or other asset, the balance in the account 

or description of the assets as of the close of business on the date of 

receipt of the; and, 

D. Cooperate expeditiously in providing information and transferring funds, 

assets and accounts to the Receiver or at the direction of the Receiver. 

VI. Access to Personal Property 

11. The Receiver is authorized to take immediate possession of all personal property 

of the Receivership Entity, wherever located, including but not limited to electronically stored 

information, computers, laptops, hard drives, external storage drives, and any other such 

memory, media or electronic storage devices, books, papers, data processing records, evidence of 

indebtedness, bank records and accounts, savings records and accounts, brokerage records and 

accounts, ce1tificates of deposit, stocks, bonds, debentures, and other securities and investments, 

contracts, mottgages, furniture, office supplies and equipment. 

12. The Receiver is authorized to open all mail directed to or received by or at the 

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offices or post office boxes of the Receivership Entity, and to inspect all mail opened prior to the 

entry of this Order, to determine whether items or information therein fall within the mandates of 

this Order. 

VII. Notice to Third Parties 

13. The Receiver shall promptly give notice, which may be electronic, of his 

appointment to all known officers, directors, agents, employees, shareholders, creditors, debtors, 

managers and general and limited patiners of the Receivership Entity, as the Receiver deems 

necessary or advisable to effectuate the operation of the receivership 

14. All persons and entities owing any obligation, debt, or distribution with respect to 

an ownership interest to any Receivership Entity shall, until further ordered by this Comi, pay all 

such obligations in accordance with the terms thereof to the Receiver and its receipt for such 

payments shall have the same force and effect as if the Receivership Entity had received such 

payment. 

15. In furtherance of his responsibilities in this matter, the Receiver is authorized to 

communicate with, and/or serve this Order upon, any person, entity or government office that he 

deems appropriate to inform them of the status of this matter and/or the financial condition of the 

Receivership Entity. All government offices which maintain public files of security interests in 

real and personal property shall, consistent with such office's applicable procedures, record this 

Order upon the request of the Receiver or the Commission. 

16. The Receiver is authorized to instruct the United States Postmaster to hold and/or 

reroute mail which is related, directly or indirectly, to the business, operations or activities of any 

of the Receivership Entity (the "Receiver's Mail"), including all mail addressed to, or for the 

benefit of, the Receivership Entity. The Postmaster shall not comply with, and shall immediately 

repoti to the Receiver, any change of address or other instruction given by anyone other than the 

Receiver concerning the Receiver's Mail. The Receivership Entity shall not open any of the 

Receiver's Mail and shall immediately turn over such mail, regardless of when received, to the 

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VIII. Injunction Against Interference with Receiver 

17. The Receivership Entity and all persons receiving notice of this Order by personal 

service, email, facsimile or otherwise, are hereby restrained and enjoined from directly or 

indirectly taking any action or causing any action to be taken, without the express written 

agreement of the Receiver, which would: 

A. Interfere with the Receiver's effmts to take control, possession, or 

management of any Receivership Property; such prohibited actions 

include but are not limited to, using self-help or executing or issuing or 

causing the execution or issuance of any comt attachment, subpoena, 

replevin, execution, or other process for the purpose of impounding or 

taking possession of or interfering with or creating or enforcing a lien 

upon any Receivership Property; 

B. Hinder, obstruct or otherwise interfere with the Receiver in the 

performance of his duties; such prohibited actions include but are not 

limited to, concealing, destroying or altering records or information; 

C. Dissipate or otherwise diminish the value of any Receivership Prope1ty; 

such prohibited actions include but are not limited to, releasing claims or 

disposing, transferring, exchanging, assigning or in any way conveying 

any Receivership Property, enforcing judgments, assessments or claims 

against any Receivership Property or any Receivership Entity, attempting 

to modify, cancel, terminate, call, extinguish, revoke, foreclose 

upon,enforce default provisions or accelerate (the due date), of any lease, 

loan, mortgage, indebtedness, security agreement or other agreement 

executed by any Receivership Entity or which otherwise affects any 

Receivership Prope1ty; or, 

D. Interfere with or harass the Receiver, or interfere in any manner with the 

exclusive jurisdiction of this Comt over the Receivership Estates. 

18. The Receivership Entity and Extended Entities shall cooperate with and assist the 

Receiver in the performance of his duties. 

19. The Receiver shall promptly notify the Court and Commission counsel of any 

failure or apparent failure of any person or entity to comply in any way with the terms of this 

Order. 

IX. Stay of Litigation 

20. As set fotth in detail below, the following proceedings, excluding the instant 

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proceeding and any action or proceeding by a governmental unit to enforce such governmental 

unit's police or regulatory power and actions of the Commission related to the above-captioned 

enforcement action, are stayed until further Order of this Court: 

All civil legal proceedings of any nature, including, but not limited to, bankruptcy 

proceedings, arbitration proceedings, foreclosure actions, default proceedings, or other 

actions of any nature involving: (a) the Receiver, in his capacity as Receiver; (b) any 

Receivership Property, wherever located; (c) any of the Receivership Entity; or (d) any of 

the Receivership Entity' past or present officers, directors, managers, agents, or general 

or limited pattners sued for, or in connection with, any action taken by them while acting 

in such capacity of any nature, whether as plaintiff, defendant, third-patty plaintiff, thirdparty defendant, or otherwise (such proceedings are hereinafter referred to as "Ancillary 

Proceedings"). 

21. The parties to any and all Ancillary Proceedings are enjoined from commencing 

or continuing any such legal proceeding, or from taking any action, in connection with any such 

proceeding, including, but not limited to, the issuance or employment of process. 

22. All Ancillary Proceedings are stayed in their entirety, and all Comts having any 

jurisdiction thereof are enjoined from taking or permitting any action until fmther Order of this 

Comt. Any statute oflimitation or ultimate repose applicable to a cause of action that is enjoined 

pursuant to this Order is tolled, effective March 14, 2016 and during the term of this Interim 

Order, unless otherwise subsequently ordered by this Court. Further, as to a cause of action 

accrued or accruing in favor of one or more of the Receivership Entity against a third person or 

patty, any applicable statute of limitation is tolled during the period in which this injunction 

against commencement of legal proceedings is in effect as to that cause of action. 

X. Managing Assets 

23. For each of the Receivership Entity, where appropriate and necessary in the 

judgment of the Receiver, the Receiver shall establish one or more custodial accounts at a 

federally insured bank to receive and hold all cash equivalent Receivership Propetty. 

24. The Receiver may, without further Order of this Comt, transfer, compromise, 

abandon or otherwise dispose of any Receivership Property, other than real estate, in the ordinary 

course of business, on terms and in the manner the Receiver deems most beneficial to the 

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Receivership Entity and with due regard to the realization of the true and proper value of such 

Receivership Propetty. The Receiver may sell real estate and assets outside of the ordinary 

course of business with Coutt approval. The assets of the Receivership Entity, with Court 

approval, may be sold, transferred or disposed, free and clear of any liens, claims or 

encumbrances, with such liens, claims or encumbrances attaching to the proceeds. 

24a. The Receiver is authorized to take the following actions with respect to (a) 

CarePayment Holdings, LLC ("CP Holdings"), and its subsidiaries (collectively with CP 

Holdings, the "CPH Entities") or entities in which CP Holdings has a beneficial interest, 

including Care Payment, LLC ("CPLLC") and CP Funding I Trust ("CP Trust"), all of which are 

Receivership Entities in this Interim Order, and (b) CarePayment Technologies, Inc. ("CPYT"), 

which is not a Receivership Entity but in which the receivership estate owns a substantial equity 

interest: permit the CPH Entities to continue to borrow funds under their existing revolving 

credit receivables funding facilities or a new facility within the maximum amounts contemplated 

by the existing Credit Facilities so long as the lenders or their assignees and successors in interest 

are willing to continue to advance such funds, with the proceeds of such continued borrowings 

under the Credit Facilities to be used by the applicable CPH Entities to continue to purchase 

healthcare receivables consistent with past practices, with such continued borrowings to be 

secured by a first priority lien in such purchased healthcare receivables as provided in the 

existing documentation for the respective Credit Facilities. Nothing in this Paragraph shall 

create, or be intended to create, an obligation of any lender under a receivables facility to permit 

any entity to borrow funds thereunder nor shall the agreement of any lender to permit any entity 

to borrow funds, or the refusal to permit an entity to borrow funds, be considered in future 

proceedings following the expiration of this Interim Order. 

25. The Receiver is authorized to take all actions to manage, maintain, and/or winddown business operations of the Receivership Entity, including making legally required 

payments to creditors, employees, and agents of the Receivership Entity and communicating 

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with vendors, investors, governmental and regulatory authorities, and others, as appropriate. 

XI. Investigating and Prosecuting Claims 

26. Subject to the requirement, in Section IX above, that leave of this Court is 

required to resume or commence certain litigation, the Receiver is authorized and empowered to 

investigate, prosecute, defend, intervene in or otherwise participate in, compromise, and/or adjust 

actions in any state, federal or foreign court or proceeding of any kind as may in his discretion, 

and in consultation with Commission counsel, be advisable or proper to recover and/or conserve 

Receivership Property. 

27. Subject to his obligation to expend receivership funds in a reasonable and costeffective manner, the Receiver is authorized and empowered to investigate the manner in which 

the financial and business affairs of the Receivership Entity were conducted and (after obtaining 

leave of this Co mt) to institute such actions and legal proceedings, for the benefit and on behalf 

of the Receivership Entity, as the Receiver deems necessary and appropriate. The Receiver may 

seek, among other legal and equitable relief, the imposition of constructive trusts, disgorgement 

of profits, asset turnover, avoidance of fraudulent transfers, rescission and restitution, collection 

of debts, and such other relief from this Court as may be necessary to enforce this Order. The 

Receiver should provide prior notice to Counsel for the Commission before commencing 

investigations and/or actions. 

28. The Receiver hereby holds, and is therefore empowered to waive, all privileges, 

including the attorney-client privilege, held by the Receivership Entity 

29. The receiver has a continuing duty to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest 

between the Receiver, his Retained Personnel (as that term is defined below), and the 

Receivership Entity. 

XII. Bankruptcy Filing 

30. The Receiver may seek authorization of this Court to file voluntary petitions for 

relief under Title 11 of the United States Code (the "Bankruptcy Code") for the Receivership 

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Entity. If a Receivership Entity is placed in bankruptcy proceedings, the Receiver may become, 

and may be empowered to operate each of the Receivership Estates as, a debtor in possession. In 

such a situation, the Receiver shall have all of the powers and duties as provided a debtor in 

possession under the Bankruptcy Code to the exclusion of any other person or entity. Pursuant 

to Paragraph 4 above, the Receiver is vested with management authority for all entity 

Receivership Entity and may therefore file and manage a Chapter 11 petition. 

31. The provisions of Section IX above bar any person or entity, other than the 

Receiver, from placing any of the Receivership Entity in bankruptcy proceedings. 

XIII. Liability of Receiver 

32. Until fmiher Order of this Court, the Receiver shall not be required to post bond 

or give an unde1iaking of any type in connection with his fiduciary obligations in this matter. 

33. The Receiver and his agents, acting within scope of such agency ("Retained 

Personnel") are entitled to rely on all outstanding rules of law and Orders of this Court and shall 

not be liable to anyone for their own good faith compliance with any order, rule, law, judgment, 

or decree. In no event shall the Receiver or Retained Personnel be liable to anyone for their 

good faith compliance with their duties and responsibilities as Receiver or Retained Personnel, 

nor shall the Receiver or Retained Personnel be liable to anyone for any actions taken or omitted 

by them except upon a finding by this Court that they acted or failed to act as a result of 

malfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or in reckless disregard of their duties. 

34. This Court shall retain jurisdiction over any action filed against the Receiver or 

Retained Personnel based upon acts or omissions committed in their representative capacities. 

35. In the event the Receiver decides to resign, the Receiver shall first give written 

notice to the Commission's counsel ofrecord and the Comi of its intention, and the resignation 

shall not be effective until the Comi appoints a successor. The Receiver shall then follow such 

instructions as the Comi may provide. 

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XIV. Recommendations and Reports 

36. The Receiver is authorized, empowered and directed to develop a plan for the fair, 

reasonable, and efficient recovery and liquidation of all remaining, recovered, and recoverable 

Receivership Property (the "Liquidation Plan"). 

37. Within thitiy (30) days after the end of the first full calendar qumier occurring 

after the final order of appointment, the Receiver shall serve and file with the Court a verified 

repmi and petition for instructions. The rep mi and petition must contain a summary of the 

operations of the Receiver, an inventory of the assets and an estimated range of their appraised 

value, a schedule of all receipts and disbursements, and a list of all creditors, their addresses and 

the amounts of their claims according to the books and records of the Receivership Entity. Such 

repmi shall not establish any presumption(s) regarding distribution of the Receivership Prope1iy. 

The petition must contain the Receiver's recommendation as to the continuance of the 

Receivership and reason therefor. 

38. Within thitiy (30) days after the end of the first full calendar qumier occurring 

after the final order of appointment and each calendar qua1ier thereafter, the Receiver shall file 

and serve a full repo1i and accounting of each Receivership Entity (the "Quarterly Status 

Report"), reflecting (to the best of the Receiver's knowledge as of the period covered by the 

repoti) the existence, value, and location of all Receivership Prope1iy, and of the extent of 

liabilities, both those claimed to exist by others and those the Receiver believes to be legal 

obligations of the Receivership Entity. 

39. The Quarterly Status Report shall contain the following: 

A. A summary of the operations of the Receiver; 

B. The amount of cash on hand, the amount and nature of accrued 

administrative expenses, and the amount of unencumbered funds in the 

estate; 

C. A schedule of all the Receiver's receipts and disbursements (attached as 

Exhibit A to the Quarterly Status Report), with one column for the 

quarterly period covered and a second column for the entire duration of 

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the receivership; 

D. A description of all known Receivership Property, including anticipated 

or proposed dispositions, and reasons for retaining assets where no 

disposition is intended; 

E. A description of liquidated and unliquidated claims held by the 

Receivership Entity, including the need for forensic and/or investigatory 

resources; approximate valuations of claims; and anticipated or proposed 

methods of enforcing such claims (including likelihood of success in: (i) 

reducing the claims to judgment; and, (ii) collecting such judgments); 

F. A list of all known creditors with their addresses and the amounts of their 

claims according to the books and records of the Receivership Entity; 

G. The status of litigation brought by the Receivership Estate after such 

proceedings have been commenced; and, 

H. The Receiver's recommendations for a continuation or discontinuation of 

the Receivership and the reasons for the recommendations. 

40. On the request of the Commission, the Receiver shall provide the Commission 

with any documentation that the Commission deems necessary to meet its reporting 

requirements, that is mandated by statute or Congress, or that is otherwise necessary to fmther 

the Commission's mission. 

XV. Fees, Expenses and Accountings 

41. Subject to Paragraphs 42 - 48 immediately below, the Receiver need not obtain 

Co mt approval prior to the disbursement of Receivership funds for expenses in the ordinary 

course of the administration and operation of the Receivership. Further, prior Court approval is 

not required for payments of applicable federal, state or local taxes. 

42. Subject to Paragraph 43 immediately below, the Receiver is authorized to solicit 

professional persons and Entity ("Retained Personnel") to assist him in carrying out the duties 

and responsibilities described in this Order. The Receiver shall not engage any Retained 

Personnel, other than those appointed pursuant to Paragraph I above, without first obtaining an 

Order of the Court authorizing such engagement, which authorization can be granted nunc pro 

tune at the discretion of the comt. 

43. The Receiver and Retained Personnel are entitled to reasonable compensation and 

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expense reimbursement from the Receivership Estates as described in the "Billing Instructions 

for Receivers in Civil Actions Commenced by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission" 

(the "Billing Instructions") agreed to by the Receiver. Such compensation shall require the prior 

approval of the Couti. 

44. Within sixty (60) days after the end of each calendar quarter, the Receiver and 

Retained Personnel shall apply to the Comt for compensation and expense reimbursement from 

the Receivership Entity (the "Quaiierly Fee Applications"). At least thhiy (30) days prior to 

filing each Quaiierly Fee Application with the Couti, the Receiver will serve upon counsel for 

the Commission a complete copy of the proposed Application, together with all exhibits and 

relevant billing information in a format to be provided by the Commission staff. 

45. All Qua1ierly Fee Applications will be interim and will be subject to final reviews 

at the close of the Receivership. At the close of the Receivership, the Receiver will file a final 

fee application. 

46. Quarterly Fee Applications may be subject to a holdback in the amount of 20% of 

the amount of fees, for each application filed with the Court. Such holdback amounts shall not 

include out-of-pocket expenses of the Receiver and Retained Personnel, The total amounts held 

back during the course of the Receivership will be paid out at the discretion of the Couti as pa1i 

of the final fee application submitted at the close of the Receivership. 

47. Each Quarterly Fee Application shall: 

A. Comply with the terms of the Billing Instructions agreed to by the 

Receiver; and, 

B. Contain representations (in addition to the Ce1tification required by the 

Billing Instructions) that: (i) the fees and expenses included therein were 

incurred in the best interests of the Receivership Estate; and, (ii) with the 

exception of the Billing Instructions, the Receiver has not entered into any 

agreement, written or oral, express or implied, with any person or entity 

concerning the amount of compensation paid or to be paid from the 

Receivership Estate, or any sharing thereof, except that the Receiver's fees 

shall be paid to FTI Consulting, Inc. 

48. At the close of the Receivership, the Receiver shall submit a Final Accounting, in 

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a format to be provided by the Commission staff, as well as the Receiver's final application for 

compensation and expense reimbursement. 

49. Notwithstanding anything in this Interim Order to the contrary, the Receiver shall 

not (a) establish any custodial account in the name ofCP Funding I Trust ("CP Trust"), except 

that the Receiver shall be permitted to change signatories on any account for which an officer or 

representative of the borrower is a signatory, (b) transfer, compromise, abandon, or otherwise 

dispose of any assets of or commingle or distribute any of the assets or proceeds thereof of CP 

Trust to any person or entity (other than the lender or agent under the facility to CP Trust) or ( c) 

make payments from the assets of CP Trust or otherwise manage, maintain and or wind down 

business operation ofCP Trust in any manner inconsistent with (a) and (b). During the term of 

this Interim Order, the lender or agent under the facility with CP Trust shall not exercise any 

remedies as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default or Servicer Termination under the 

relevant documents. 

50. Any objections to the [Proposed] Stipulated Order Appointing Receiver (Docket 

No. 2-2) shall be filed with the Court by March 18, 2016. Any responses by Plaintiff or 

Defendants are due by March 24, 2016. No fmiher pleadings relating to the [Proposed] 

Stipulated Order Appointing Receiver (Doc. No. 2-2) shall be filed. On March 29, 2016, at 

10:00 a.m., the Court will hold a hearing, without any presumptions arising from the terms of 

this Interim Order, on the [Proposed] Stipulated Order Appointing Receiver (Doc. No. 2-2). 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED this __L&_ day of .£/1412.cH 

[I ICGi OSLE] INTERIM ORDER 

APPT. RECEIVER. 

, 2016 

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EXHIBIT A 

1 Aequitas Enterprise Setvices, LLC 27 Aequitas Senior Housing, LLC 

2 Aequitas Hybrid Fund, LLC 28 Aequitas Capital Opportunities Fund, LP 

3 Aequitas Income Opportunity Fund II, LLC 29 Aequitas Capital Opportunities GP, LLC 

4 Aequitas Private Client Fund, LLC 30 ACC Holdings 5, LLC 

5 Aequitas Income Opportunity Fund, LLC 31 ACC Funding Series Trust 2015-5 

6 Aequitas ETC Founders Fund, LLC 32 Aequitas Corporate Lending, LLC 

7 Aequitas Enhanced Income Fund, LLC 33 Aequitas Wealth Management, LLC 

8 Aequitas WRFF I, LLC 34 Aequitas Wealth Management Partner Fund, LLC 

9 Aequitas Income Protection Fund, LLC 35 Hickory Growth Partners, LLC 

10 Aequitas EIF Debt Fund, LLC 36 Aspen Grove Equity Solutions, LLC 

11 ACC C Plus Holdings, LLC 37 Aequitas International Holdings, LLC 

12 ACC Holdings 2, LLC 38 Aequitas Asset Management Oregon, LLC 

13 ACC Funding Trnst 2014-2 39 AAM Fund Investment, LLC 

14 Aequitas Peer-To-Peer Funding, LLC 40 Aequitas Senior Housing Operations, LLC 

15 CarePayment Holdings, LLC 41 Executive Citation, LLC 

16 CarePayment, LLC 42 Executive Falcon, LLC 

17 CP Funding I Holdings, LLC 43 APF Holdings, LLC 

18 CP Funding I Trust 44 Aequitas Partner Fund, LLC 

19 Campus Student Funding, LLC 

20 ACC F Plus Holdings, LLC 

21 ACC Holdings 1, LLC 

22 ACC Funding Trnst 2014-1 

23 ML Financial Holdings, LLC 

24 Motolease Financial, LLC 

25 Unigo Student Funding, LLC 

26 The Hill Land, LLC 

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EXHIBITB 

I CarePay1nent Technologies, Inc 

2 EDPlus Holdings, LLC 

3 Marketing Services Platform, Inc. 

4 Ivey Performance Marketing, LLC 

5 Gridbox Media, LLC 

6 Skagit Gardens, Inc. 

7 Syncronex, LLC 

8 Aequitas International Opportunities, LP 

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