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Timestamp: 2017-05-28 16:31:49
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 77', '§ 77', '§ 78', '§ 1961', '§523', '§523']

Securities and Exchange Commission v. MEDICAL CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. - Dist. Court, CD California, 2016 | Chapter 11 Cases
Posted on March 6, 2016 by chapter11cases New Bankruptcy Opinion: Securities and Exchange Commission v. MEDICAL CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. – Dist. Court, CD California, 2016 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff,
MEDICAL CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC.; MEDICAL CAPITAL CORPORATION; MEDICAL PROVIDER FUNDING CORPORATION VI; SIDNEY M. FIELD; and JOSEPH J. LAMPARIELLO, Defendants.
Case No. 09-CV-818 DOC (RNBx). United States District Court, C.D. California, Southern Division.
FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO DEFENDANT SIDNEY M. FIELD [1350]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) having filed a Complaint, First Amended Complaint, and Second Amended Complaint, and Defendant Sidney M. Field (“Field”) having entered a general appearance; consented to the Court’s jurisdiction over Defendant and the subject matter of this action; consented to entry of this Final Judgment, waived findings of fact and conclusions of law; waived any right to appeal from this Final Judgment; and Defendant having admitted that material factual allegations in the Second Amended Complaint are true, as set forth in the Consent of Sidney M. Field, and having acknowledged that his conduct violated federal securities laws:
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant is permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 77q(a), in the offer or sale of any security by the use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or by use of the mails, directly or indirectly:
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant is liable for disgorgement of $7,981,024.64, representing profits gained as a result of conduct alleged in the Second Amended Complaint. Defendant shall satisfy this obligation pursuant to the terms of the payment schedule set forth in paragraph V below after entry of this Final Judgment.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant shall pay a civil penalty in the amount of $7,981,024.64 to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 20(d) of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77t(d), and Section 21(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78u(d)(3). Defendant shall satisfy this obligation pursuant to the terms of the payment schedule set forth in paragraph V below after entry of this Final Judgment.
Defendant shall pay $2,800,000.00 according to the following schedule: (1) $400,000.00 to be placed in escrow and then paid to the Receiver within five days of entry of the Final Judgment; and (2) $2,400,000.00 to be paid to the SEC no later than 24 months after the date of entry of the Final Judgment. Payment of the $2,400,000.00 shall be deemed made on the date it is received by the SEC. Payment of the entire amount of $2,800,000.00 as provided herein will be deemed to satisfy the Defendant’s obligation to pay disgorgement and a civil penalty as ordered in paragraphs III and IV of this Final Judgment. Post-judgment interest shall not accrue if payments are made as required in this paragraph.
If Defendant fails to make any payment by the date agreed and/or in the amount agreed according to the schedule set forth above, all amounts set forth for disgorgement and penalty in paragraphs III and IV under this Final Judgment, including post-judgment interest from the date of entry of the Final Judgment, minus any payments made, shall become due and payable immediately at the discretion of the staff of the SEC without further application to the Court.
Defendant may transmit payment electronically to the SEC, which will provide detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions upon request. Payment may also be made 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
and shall be accompanied by a letter identifying the case title, civil action number, and name of this Court; Field’s name as a defendant in this action; and specifying that payment is made pursuant to this Final Judgment.
Defendant shall simultaneously transmit photocopies of evidence of payment and case identifying information to the SEC’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 SEC may propose a plan to distribute the Fund subject to the Court’s approval. Such a plan may provide that the Fund shall be distributed pursuant to the Fair Fund provisions of Section 308(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Court shall retain jurisdiction over the administration of any distribution of the Fund. If the SEC staff determines that the Fund will not be distributed, the SEC shall send the funds paid pursuant to this Final Judgment to the United States Treasury.
Regardless of whether any such Fair Fund distribution is made, amounts ordered to be paid as civil penalties pursuant to this Judgment shall be treated as penalties paid to the government for all purposes, including all tax purposes. To preserve the deterrent effect of the civil penalty, Defendant shall not, after offset or reduction of any award of compensatory damages in any Related Investor Action based on Defendant’s payment of disgorgement in this action, argue that he is entitled to, nor shall he further benefit by, offset or reduction of such compensatory damages award by the amount of any part of Defendant’s payment of a civil penalty in this action (“Penalty Offset”). If the court in any Related Investor Action grants such a Penalty Offset, Defendant shall, within 30 days after entry of a final order granting the Penalty Offset, notify the Commission’s counsel in this action and pay the amount of the Penalty Offset to the United States Treasury or to a Fair Fund, as the Commission directs. Such a payment shall not be deemed an additional civil penalty and shall not be deemed to change the amount of the civil penalty imposed in this Judgment. For purposes of this paragraph, a “Related Investor Action” means a private damages action brought against Defendant by or on behalf of one or more investors based on substantially the same facts as alleged in the Second Amended Complaint in this action.
The SEC may enforce the Court’s judgment for disgorgement and prejudgment interest by moving for civil contempt (and/or through other collection procedures authorized by law) at any time after 14 days following the date any payment for disgorgement is due but not paid in full under the terms of this Final Judgment. Defendant shall pay post judgment interest on any delinquent amounts pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, 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 Second Amended 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).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the Consent is incorporated herein with the same force and effect as if fully set forth herein, and that Field shall comply with all of the undertakings and agreements set forth therein.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the Preliminary Injunction (Dkt. No. 44) entered on August 18, 2009 is vacated as to Field.
There being no just reason for delay, pursuant to Rule 54(b) for the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Clerk is ordered to enter this Final Judgment forthwith and without further notice.
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