To: StockDung who wrote (120554 ) 1/25/2004 5:00:19 PM From: StockDung Respond to of 150070 Wonder if this is the same Eric Landis that was involved in ADOT? Bermuda companies named in SEC suit Friday, January 23, 2004 Contact us Royal Gazette Last modified: January 19. 2004 11:16AM By Adam Cooper Two Bermuda companies have been mentioned in a suit filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission alleging “pump and dump” stock fraud scheme that sought to exploit fears about terrorism. The suit, filed against 2DoTrade and 19 other defendants in US District Court in Texas last autumn, alleges that they made false claims to 2DoTrade’s investors, including one that the company was developing an anti-anthrax compound. According to the suit, some of the defendants used brokerage accounts with Barrington Investments in Bermuda and Lines Overseas Management’s Cayman Islands office to dump 2DoTrade stock after promoting it to investors. The defendants also used accounts at Fidelity, Raymond James, and at least five other brokerage houses to sell millions of shares, netting at least $1.8 million in profits. LOM conducted the largest volume of business, selling more than $800,000 worth of shares on behalf of Barry Gewin, Oxford and Hayes Ltd., FG&P Consulting Ltd., Dominic Roelandt, Infinity Corporate Services Ltd., Eric Landis, and Hackney Holdings Ltd. Barrington sold $80,000 shares for L. Van Stillman and LMR Ltd. Scott Hill, LOM’s executive vice president of compliance, said stock scams “tend to happen” in the business. “You do as much as you can,” he said. “All the firms in these jurisdictions are careful about screening their clients.” Some of the defendants had previous records: two of LOM’s clients were found to have committed securities violations and one of Barrington’s clients was banned from practising law in Florida from 1992 to 1995 for misrepresenting facts to a client. But the charges can be difficult to discover – the defendants’ names were not added to World-Check, an intelligence database used by some financial institutions to screen clients, until after the SEC suit was filed.