McIntyre v. Sec. Comm'r of S.C.

HILL, J.:

**442John M. McIntyre and Silver Oak Land Management, LLC (collectively Appellants) appeal the order of the circuit court affirming a $540,000 civil penalty imposed upon them by the Securities Commissioner of South Carolina. Because the Commissioner's administrative enforcement action deprived Appellants procedural due process, we reverse and vacate.

I

The Attorney General of South Carolina, acting as the Commissioner pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 35-1-601 (Supp. 2017), began this administrative enforcement action by serving Appellants with a Cease and Desist order on April 19, 2013,…