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March 2015 SEC Whistleblower Awards List

Mary Jane WilmothbyMary Jane Wilmoth
April 27, 2015
in News, SEC
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March 2015 SEC Whistleblower Awards List
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The SEC Office of the Whistleblower post Notices of Covered Action where a final judgment or order, by itself or together with other prior judgments or orders in the same action issued after July 21, 2010, results in monetary sanctions exceeding $1 million.Subject to the Final Rules, individuals who voluntarily provided the Commission with original information after July 21, 2010 that led to the successful enforcement of a covered action listed below are eligible to apply for a whistleblower award.Once a Notice of Covered Action is posted, individuals have 90 calendar days to apply for an award.

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NOTICE NO. ACTION NOTICE DATE CLAIM DUE DATE

2015-36
SEC v. Life Partners Holdings, Inc., Brian Pardo, R. Scott Peden, and David M. Martin
Case Number: 12-cv-00033 (United States District Court for the Western District of Texas)
Case Filed: January 3, 2012
Qualifying Judgment/Order: January 16, 2015
4/1/15 6/30/15

2015-35
SEC v. Lawrence “Lee” Loomis, Loomis Wealth Solutions, LLC, John Hagener, and Lismar Financial Services, LLC
Case Number: 10-cv-00458 (United States District Court for the Eastern District of California)
Case Filed: February 23, 2010
Qualifying Judgment/Order: January 21, 2015
3/31/15 6/29/15

2015-34
SEC v. Steven Scoppetuolo, Robert Tocci, Sarang Ahuja, Richard White and Eric Gordon
Case Number: 10-cv-20475 (United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida)
Case Filed: February 16, 2010
Qualifying Judgment/Order: March 27, 2013
3/31/15 6/29/15

2015-33
SEC v. Robert A Walker, Dennis L. DeSender, and DLD Financial, LTD
Case Number: 11-cv-03655 (United States District Court for the District of Minnesota)
Case Filed: December 21, 2011
Qualifying Judgment/Order: January 30, 2015
3/31/15 6/29/15

2015-32
SEC vs. Mark F. Spangler and The Spangler Group, Inc.
Case Number: 12-cv-00856 (United States District Court for the Western District of Washington)
Case Filed: May 17, 2012
Qualifying Judgment/Order: November 13, 2014
3/31/15 6/29/15

2015-31
SEC v. John Gray, Christian Keller, Kyle Martin, and Aaron Shepard
Case Number: 15-cv-00551 (United States District Court for the Northern District of California)
Case Filed: February 5, 2015
Qualifying Judgment/Order: March 2, 2015
3/31/15 6/29/15

2015-30
SEC v. World Capital Market Inc.; WCM777 Inc.; WCM777 Ltd. d/b/a WCM777 Enterprises, Inc.; and Ming Xu a/k/a Phil Ming Xu
Case Number: 14-cv-02334 (United States District Court for the Central District of California)
Case Filed: March 27, 2014
Qualifying Judgment/Order: February 20, 2015
3/31/15 6/29/15

2015-29
SEC v. China Sky One Medical, Inc., and Yan-Qing Liu
Case Number: 12-cv-07543 (United States District Court for the Central District of California)
Case Filed: September 4, 2012
Qualifying Judgment/Order: March 4, 2015
3/31/15 6/29/15

2015-28
In the Matter of Sandra Dyche
Administrative Proceeding File No.: 3-16398
Case Filed: February 20, 2015
Qualifying Judgment/Order: February 20, 2015
3/31/15 6/29/15

2015-27
SEC v. Edwin Yoshihiro Fujinaga and MRI International, Inc.
Case Number: 13-cv-01658 (United States District Court for the District of Nevada)
Case Filed: September 11, 2013
Qualifying Judgment/Order: January 27, 2015
3/31/15 6/29/15

2015-26
In the Matter of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Administrative Proceeding File No.: 3-16400
Case Filed: February 24, 2015
Qualifying Judgment/Order: February 24, 2015
3/31/15 6/29/15

2015-25
In the Matter of BDO China Dahua CPA Co., Ltd.; Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants Ltd.; Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP; KPMG Huazhen (Special General Partnership); PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian CPAs Limited
Administrative Proceeding File Nos.: 3-14872, 3-15116
Case Filed: February 6, 2015
Qualifying Judgment/Order: February 6, 2015
3/31/15 6/29/15

2015-24
SEC v. Lee Chi Ling
Case Number: 13-cv-05364 (United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York)
Case Filed: September 26, 2013
Qualifying Judgment/Order: February 11, 2015
3/31/15 6/29/15

2015-23
SEC v. Broadwind Energy, Inc., J. Cameron Drecoll, and Stephanie K. Kushner
Case Number: 15-cv-01142 (United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois)
Case Filed: February 5, 2015
Qualifying Judgment/Order: February 18, 2015
3/31/15 6/29/15

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