Legal Opinion
Securities & Exchange Comm'n v. Johnson
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 14, 2008No. Civil Action 05-36 (GK)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GLADYS KESSLER, District Judge.
Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed this action against four individual Defendants (John Tuli, Kent Wakeford, Christopher Benyo, and Michael Kennedy, collectively “Defendants”) on January 10, 2005, alleging a fraudulent scheme to materially and improperly inflate the announced and reported revenues of PurchasePro.com, Inc. (“PurehasePro”). On April 24, 2008, an eleven-member jury found Defendant Christopher Benyo liable on Count Three of this Complaint, for aiding and abetting PurchasePro’s violations of Exchange Act…
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