Source: https://azcc.gov/Divisions/Securities/Enforcement/Orders/Appellate.asp
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 22:22:57+00:00

Document:
George T. Simmons et al. v. ACC, Maricopa County Superior Court No. LC2018-000077, appeal of ACC Decision 76529.
The ACC correctly applied the control person liability standard in Eastern Vanguard Forex, Ltd. v. ACC and properly found the respondents liable as control persons.
Justin C. Billingsley et ux. v. ACC, Maricopa County Superior Court No. LC2017-000498, appeal of ACC Decision 74743.
1. The Commission properly found personal and subject matter jurisdiction over respondent's spouse.
2. The promissory notes are issues were nonexempt securities.
3. Substantial evidence supported the securities law violations.
4. The Commission properly considered the exceptions raised by respondents.
1. The Commission properly found the offering was not exempt from registration.
2. The Commission properly found respondent liable as a control person.
3. The Commission properly found respondent violated the Securities Act.
4. The restitution and administrative penalties imposed were proper.
5. Respondent’s due process rights were not violated by the involvement of two ALJs.
6. Respondent had proper and timely notice of all charges against him.
The failure to disclose a prior regulatory order against respondent was a violation of A.R.S. § 44-1991.
The Superior Court properly denied relief on the basis that the statute of limitations did not apply in a Securities administrative action.
1. The registration requirements of A.R.S. §§ 44-1841 and -1842 apply to an Arizona corporation selling securities solely to overseas investors.
2. The disclosure requirements of A.R.S. § 44-1991 require a corporation to disclose to investors a sales commission rate of 72.5% of all investment monies.
3. A.R.S. §§ 44-1841, -1842, or -1991 are not preempted by Federal law.
4. Regulation S, 17 C.F.R. §§ 230.901 to .904, does not exempt a corporation selling securities to overseas investors from complying with state securities laws.
5. Enforcement of A.R.S. §§ 44-1841, -1842, or -1991 against an Arizona corporation selling securities solely to overseas investors does not violate the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
1. The ACC is not required to prove loss causation in an action for enforcement of the Arizona Securities Act (ASA).
2. The ACC presented sufficient evidence to support a finding that Appellants committed nine hundred violations of the anti-fraud provisions of the ASA, contained in A.R.S. § 44-1991(A).
3. The ACC did not abuse its discretion in imposing administrative penalties, totaling $2.15 million, against Appellants, for their violations of the ASA.
4. The ACC did not abuse its discretion in ordering Appellants to pay restitution, as defined in the ASA, in the full amount of the principal solicited from participants through the loan program in the amount of $189,800,867, rather than limiting the order to the profits Appellants personally retained.
1. The ACC did not err in finding control person liability.
2. The good faith exception to control person liability did not apply.
1. The ACC did not err in finding the promissory notes issued in connection with the bridge loans were securities.
2. The ACC did not err in finding Respondent was required to register as a dealer or salesman before selling his stock.
3. The ACC did not err in finding the evidence was sufficient to support findings that Respondent committed fraud in connection with the sale of stock.
4. The ACC’s calculations of restitution and penalties are supported by the evidence.

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