List of S.E.C.'s Internet Stock Fraud Cases
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS -- October 29, 1998
Following is a list of people and companies charged
by the Securities and Exchange Commission with
failing to fully disclose payments they received from
companies whose stocks they promoted on the Internet.
The first group settled the cases, neither admitting
nor denying wrongdoing. The second group of cases are
still pending.
SETTLED CASES:
John D. Attalienti and Barrow Street Research Inc.
Darin Spencer Ruebel (one of his newsletters is titled
The Equity Journal).
John Wesley Savage and Princeton Research Inc.
Starwood Media Group Inc. and Jack Marks (Web site is
Stock-Line).
Francis Tribble and Sloane Fitzgerald.
Donald A. Baillargeon, doing business as Emerging
Company Report, a cable television program, a monthly
newsletter and an Internet Web site.
Core Communications Group Inc. and Joshua Levine (Web
site is Next Wave Stocks).
High Growth Publishing Group and Everett Gust
(newsletters are Portfolio Prospects and High Growth
Newsletter).
IBJ Publications Inc. (newsletter is IBJ Observer).
David A. Wood Jr. and ICS Communications Inc.
Russell Klein (newsletter is Russ Reports).
Eugene B. Martineau.
National Investors Council and Skip Nordstrom
(newsletter is Portfolio Picks).
PENDING CASES:
Anita Carlisle, doing business as Carlisle
Communications, J. Scott Sitra, Sitra Enterprises Inc.,
JAFLC Capital Management Ltd. and Jeffrey Brommer,
doing business as Investments 101 Ltd.
The Future Superstock Inc. and Jeffrey C. Bruss
(newsletter is The Future Superstock).
Liberty Capital Group Inc. and Jason A. Greig
(newsletter is Jay Greig's Liberty Letter).
George Schlieben (newsletter is Global Penny Stocks).
Stockstowatch.com Inc. and Steven A. King.
Edward B. Taxin and Taxin Network (radio infomercial
show, "The Financial Hour," and Internet Web site,
Taxin.com).
Brian M. Volmer, John R. Switzer, International
Alliance Trading Inc. and Sun Pacific Capital Group
Inc. (Web site is Investors Edge).
Global Information Services Inc., doing business as
Investment Hotlines, and James E. Grady (Web site is
Investment Hotlines Online).
Maynard Matt Smith.
TKO International Inc. and Leonard A. Turano.
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