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CaseNo: SEVP145351, CourtCode: FED, CourtName: BOSTON FEDERAL COURT, Defendant: , Plaintiff: SEC, State: MA Massachusetts, UniqueCaseRef: MA>FED>SEVP145351, Lehman, Pinez, Securities, Paragraph, Motion, Account, Felix Denies, Information Sufficient, Truth, Court Reporter, Allegations Set, Entry, Boston, Assets, Lehman Brothers, Commission, Second Amended Complaint, Scj, Trading, Courthouse, Violation, James, Mclaughlin, Exchange, Amended Complaint, Insider Trading, Stock, Option Contracts, Preliminary Injunction, Exchange Act, Proceeds, Evidence, Testimony, C/s, Honor, Tab, Supplemental Memorandum, Discovery, Tro, Injunction, Felix, App , ContentID: 120241094

Case Documents
1 1999-05-25 MEMO AND ORDER
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2 1999-02-09 PLFS REPLY TO RESP MEM
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3 1999-02-03 RESPONDENTS MEMO OF LAW
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4 1999-02-01 DEFS POST HEARING MEMO
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5 1999-01-07 HEARING 7
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6 1999-01-07 HEARING 1
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85 pages
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7 1998-12-14 RESPNCE PERETZ TO PLFS MT
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4 pages
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8 1998-09-01 DEFS MEM SUP OF MTN
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30 pages
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9 1998-09-01 DECLARATION OF FELDMAN
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9 pages
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10 1997-12-16 MEMO AND ORDER
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71 pages
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11 1997-09-30 SEC SUPP MEMO RE INJUNCTI
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13 pages
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12 1997-09-23 HEARING 2
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80 pages
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13 1997-09-17 PINEZ MOT TO STRIKE
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6 pages
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14 1997-09-12 PLF REPLY TO DEFS OPP
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12 pages
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15 1997-09-05 OPP TO DEFS MOT TO STRIKE
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16 1997-09-04 DEFS OPP TO PLFS RECONSID
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17 1997-09-03 ANSR TO 2ND AMEN COMPLAIN
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18 1997-08-22 DEFS MEM IN RESP PLF MEMO
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19 1997-08-22 DEFS ANSWER TO 2ND COMP
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20 1997-08-01 DEFS STIP TO EST ACCOUNT
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21 1997-07-28 SEC 2ND SUPP MEMO
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22 1997-07-21 PLFS OPP DEFS MTN TO STAY
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23 1997-07-21 DECLARATION RODRIGUES
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24 1997-07-07 DEFS OPP TO PLFS MTN AMND
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25 1997-04-14 SUPP MEM OF DEFENDANT
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26 1997-04-14 PLF MEM IN SUP OF C&L MOT
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27 1997-04-14 CENT MOT ON SUP MTQUASH
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28 1997-04-14 AMENDED COMPLAINT
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29 1997-04-11 DEFS OPP TO PLFS MTN
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30 1997-04-09 DEF ANSR TO AM COMPL
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31 1997-04-09 C&L MOT TO QUASH SUPOENA
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32 1997-03-24 CIVILI DOCKET 2
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33 1997-03-12 SUPP MEM OF CENT IN SUP O
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34 1997-03-06 HEARING 6
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75 pages
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35 1997-03-05 SEC MEM IN SUP OF CONTINU
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36 1997-03-05 MTN FR LEAVE TO FILE BRF
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37 1997-03-05 DEF MEM IN OPP TO PRE INJ
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38 1997-03-05 CALL AFFIDVIT
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39 1997-03-04 MEM OF CENT IN SUP OF ORD
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40 1997-02-24 SEC MEM OPP DEF REQ MODIF
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41 1997-02-24 MEM OF CENT IN SUP OF CON
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42 1997-02-24 HESELBARTH DECLARATION
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43 1997-02-24 HEARING 3
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44 1997-02-23 SHEILDS DECLARATION
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45 1997-02-21 GOLDSMITH AFFIDVIT
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46 1997-02-19 HEARING 5
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47 1997-02-18 HEARING 4
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48 1997-02-18 EMERG MOT OF DEF TO CLARI
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49 1997-02-14 WARD DECLAR IN SUP OF PLF
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50 1997-02-14 TEMP RESTR ORDER FOR FREE
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1 . MEMO AND ORDER

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
ACCOUNT
PGT
PINEZ
CONTEMPT
PERETZ
FUNDS
CIVIL CONTEMPT
CENTENNIAL/PINEZ
CIR
ASSETS
AMOUNT
EXCHANGE
SECURITIES
FREEZE ORDER
OBSTRUCTION
MISLEADING TESTIMONY
SALES
MICHAEL
UNITED STATES
POWER
BAYBANK
INVESTMENT
ACT
JUDGEMENT
RESPONDENTS
COUNSEL
CONTROL
EVIDENCE
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                                DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                                                  1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION,)
                           Plaintiff,             ) )
V.                                                ) )
EMANUTEL PINEZ,                                   1
                           Defendant,             ) )         CIVIL ACTION NO.
FELIX, INC., and                                  )           97- 10353- PBS
LEHMAN BROTHERS, INC.,                            1
                           Relief Defendants,  1 1
GILBOA PERETZ, and                                1
P . G ,   TECHNOLOGIES,                           )
                           Respondents.           )



                                   MEMORANDUM  AND  ORDER

                                          May 25, 1999

SARIS, U.S.D.J.

                                      I. Introduction

          Plaintiff, Securities and Exchange Commission ( " S E C " )  ,  has
moved for an order holding respondents, Gilboa Pe.retz ("Peretz")

and  PG  Technologies, Inc. (IIPGTrl),
                                                  in civil contempt, f o r  making
intentionally false and misleading statements during a February

SNIPPETS:
  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION,)
  • Plaintiff, Securities and Exchange Commission, has moved for an order holding respondents,
  • 4, 1997, hearing before this court.
  • Pinez.
  • On February 14, 1997, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against Pinez,
  • This Court froze the assets in several
  • accounts alleged to be under defendant Pinez's direct or indirect control.
  • I Upon receiving the Asset Freeze Order, BayBank, N.A. froze PGT's account.
  • Under the terms of that account, Pinez had some degree of control over the account because he
  • For the background of the enforcement action, see Securities and Exchanse Commission v.
  • On February 24, 1997, PGT filed a motion to modify the Asset Freeze Order because it stated
  • Peretz, who was represented by counsel, testified in support of the motion.
  • From sales that we made.
  • When asked if some of this $400,000 investment still remained in the account, Peretz
  • remaining amount of funds in the
  • February, 1997, derived from Centennial/Pinez and not from sales
  • attempts to explain the misleading testimony by stating that Peretz, an Israeli, had a lack
  • "court has the power to conduct an independent investigation in order to determine whether it
  • Courts have also rested the civil contempt power upon 18
  • United States v. Horn, 2 9 F.3d 754, 7 6 5 n.13 (1st Cir.
  • See Chambers, 5 0 1 U.S. at 44; In re Michael, 326 U.S.
  • current dispute, Concluding that false testimony before a grand jury, without more, did not
  • since it may produce a judgment
  • Ita prospective juror had testified falsely in order to qualify despite the fact that she was

  • 2 . PLFS REPLY TO RESP MEM

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    COURT
    RESPONDENTS
    COMMISSION
    ASSET FREEZE ORDER
    JUDGEMENT
    LAW
    PERETZ
    LAW ENFORCEMENT
    CONTEMPT
    PARTIES
    AMOUNT
    DEFENDANTS
    EXCHANGE
    REASONS
    CONTRAVENE
    SETTLEMENT
    TECH
    MEMORANDUM
    SECURITIES
    ABSENCE
    INJUSTICE
    MATTER
    COUNSEL
    TECHNOLOGIES
    PLAINTIFF
    DISTRICT
    DIMENTO
    CERTIFICATE
    COMMISSION RESPECTHLLY REQUESTS
    
                             UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                              DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
    
    
    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, :
    
                          Plaintiff,
    
                   V.
    
    
    
    EMANLTEL PINEZ,
    
                          Defendant,
    
    FELIX INC., and
    L E w
               BROTHERS INC.,
    
                          Relief Defendants.
    
    GlLBOA PERETZ and
    P.G. TECHNOLOGIES,
                           Respondents.
    
    
                     SECURITIES  AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION'S
                 REPLY TO  RESPONDENTS'  MEMORANDUM  OF LAW
    
           Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission"), by counsel,
    
    respectfully submits this Reply to Respondents Gilboa Peretz ("Peretz") and PG
    
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  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION'S
  • REPLY TO RESPONDENTS' MEMORANDUM OF LAW
  • Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission, by counsel,
  • respectfully submits this Reply to Respondents Gilboa Peretz and PG
  • Technologies, Inc. Memorandum of Law to object to Respondents'
  • statements regarding "settlement" and the need for entry of findings
  • As an initial matter, the parties have not "settled" this case.
  • recall, at the conclusion of the January 8, 1999 contempt hearing, this Court advised the
  • to agree upon an appropriate judgment amount because of the Respondents'
  • findings of fact are necessary for the judgment
  • Respondents erroneously contend that "no injustice will result from
  • to the Commission's law enforcement effort.
  • consequences of false statements to the Court and attempts to contravene Commission
  • The absence of such findings,
  • the Commission respecthlly requests that this Court enter a finding of
  • For the foregoing reasons, and for the reasons previously cited to this Court, the
  • Commission respectfully requests that this Court find the defendants Peretz and PG Tech
  • motion to modify this Court's Asset Freeze Order.
  • counsel for defendants Peretz and PG Tech as to the amount of judgment,
  • CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
  • Francis DiMento, Sr., Esq.

  • 3 . RESPONDENTS MEMO OF LAW

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    RESPONDENTS
    FINDINGS
    TRANSCRIPT
    DIMENTO
    AMOUNT
    MONEY
    TESTIMONY
    PINEZ
    ACCOUNT
    FUNDS
    FREEZE ORDER
    JUDGEMENT
    PLAINTIFF
    WITNESS
    PERETZ
    CONTROL
    PARTIES
    KOBRICK
    REQUIRING
    SIGNATURE
    SALES
    DISSOLUTION
    GOVERNMENT
    COUNSEL
    LAW
    REQUEST
    PROCEEDING
    RULINGS
    SETTLE
    
                                                                                                       
    
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                                   DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS  ='                                       ,
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    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSlON,                          )
                                   Plaintiff,                    1 .
                                                                 1
    V.                                                           1        CrVE ACTION
                                                                 1        NO. 97-10353-PBS
    EMANUEL PWEZ,                                                )
                                   Defendant,                    )
                                                                 1
    FELIX INC., and LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.,                        1
                                   Relief Defendants.            1 1
    GEBOA PERETZ and P.G. TECHNOLOGIES,                          1
                                   Respondents.                  1
    
                            RESPONDENTS'  MEMORANDUM  OF LAW
    
            The parties have agreed that judgment may enter against the respondents in the amount
    
    of $15,000.00.  This figure represents a compromise of the amount claimed by the govemment
    
    and the "worst case" figure advanced by counsel for the respondents during oral argument. The
    
    respondents, however, do not agree to the proposed findings submitted by the government or that
    
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  • RESPONDENTS' MEMORANDUM OF LAW
  • The parties have agreed that judgment may enter against the respondents in the amount
  • and the "worst case" figure advanced by counsel for the respondents during oral argument.
  • there should be any findings at all.
  • (Transcript, 2/24/97, at p. 29).
  • Emanuel Pinez and Centennial Technologies.
  • Court indicated that it may have been "misled" by Mi.
  • Peretz's 1997 testimony that the funds
  • The freeze order, however, did not speak to the origins of the money.
  • Only moments before Mr. Peretz took the witness stand, his counsel, Francis J. DiMento,
  • pointed out to the Court that the account in question was not included among the accounts
  • account was that Mr. Peretz's signature was required for withdrawals in excess of $7,000.
  • This was followed by a statement by Attorney Kobrick on behalf of the Commission,
  • The Court later conditioned the dissolution of the fieeze order on Mr. Pinez's removal as a
  • control of the funds to their origin.
  • THE WITNESS: No.
  • From sales that we made.
  • settle this case and to spare it the necessity of making detailed findings and rulings.
  • Plaintiff now insists that the Court nevertheless adopt the findings presented to it by
  • there exists no rule of law requiring the Court to make findings or rulings
  • I government to make its case for perjury in any later proceeding that may be contemplated.
  • I I Respondents therefore request that the Court simply enter judgment for the plaintiff in

  • 4 . DEFS POST HEARING MEMO

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PINEZ
    TECH
    COURT
    ACCOUNT
    FUNDS
    SALES
    AMOUNT
    TESTIMONY
    EXHIBIT
    INVESTMENT
    COMMISSION
    ASSET FREEZE ORDER
    JUDGEMENT
    ASSET FREEZE
    SUPPORT
    ASSERTION
    MATTER
    DEFENDANT
    STOCK
    DEPOSIT
    FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
    REGISTER
    MOTION
    CONTEMPT
    RESPONDENTS
    TECHNOLOGIES
    EXCHANGE
    AGREEMENT
    PROPER AMOUNT
    
                              UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                                DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
    
    
    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMh4ISSION, :
    
                            Plaintiff,
    
                  V.
    
    
    EMANUEL PINEZ,
    
                            Defendant,
    
    FELIX INC., and
    LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.,
    
                            Relief Defendants
    
    GILBOA PERETZ and
    P.G. TECHNOLOGIES,
                            Respondents.
    
    
                         SECURITIES  AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION'S
                               POST -HEARING  MEMORANDUM
    
           On January 8, 1999, the Court conducted a Contempt Hearing in this matter
    
    against Respondents Glboa Peretz ("Peretz") and PG Technologies, Inc. ("PG Tech").
    
    The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") respectfully submits this
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMh4ISSION,:
  • EMANUEL PINEZ,
  • against Respondents Glboa Peretz and PG Technologies,
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission respectfully submits this
  • Peretz's Testimony on February 24, 1997 Constitutes an Obstruction of Justice
  • 1997 Asset Freeze Order (Exhibit 1)'
  • in support of PG Tech's motion to rnodifjr the Asset Freeze Order.
  • the funds in PG Tech's account were generated by "sales that we made."
  • As the PG Tech's Register of Financial Transactions and
  • Record citations are to the exhibits submitted at the contempt hearing on January 8, 1999 and
  • but rather the sale of PG Tech stock as an investment.
  • As an initial matter, the record contains absolutely no evidence to support this
  • assertion, only Mr. Peretz's counsel's assertion regarding Mr. Peretz's intended meaning.
  • This figure includes a deposit of $406,3 1 1.19 on 10/3/96 from Information Capture
  • PG Tech paid hnds in the same amount to Centennial and Mr. Pinez.
  • satisfy a judgment, the Commission seeks a judgment upon which it can execute if it learns
  • The Commission and defendant
  • The parties agreement is only as to the proper amount of a judgment.

  • 5 . HEARING 7

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    BOSTON
    COURTHOUSE
    MCLAUGHLIN
    JAMES
    PINEZ
    HONOR
    MASSACHUSETTS
    MONEY
    PAY
    TECHNOLOGY
    FINANCIAL STATEMENT
    TECH
    ACCOUNT
    LIABILITIES
    EVIDENCE
    EXHIBIT
    FLORIDA
    MORTGAGE
    COURTROOM
    FREEZE ORDER
    PAYMENT
    CONTEMPT
    EXPENSES
    ATTORNEYS
    ADMISSIBILITY
    STIPULATE
    CIVIL ACTION
    TREMONT STREET
    SECURITIES
    
                                                                                                       
    
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                                  SECURITIES and EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    
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          14     APPEARANCES:
    
          15     For the Government:
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Securities and Exchange Commission, 73 Tremont Street, 17 Boston MA 02108.
  • District of Massachusetts, is now in session.
  • Pinez, Civil Action 97-10353, now being heard before this
  • 13 in the courtroom now.
  • 22 stipulated to the admissibility of a certain number of the
  • James E. McLaughlin, Official Court Reporter 1 Courthouse Way, Room 5205, Boston MA 02210
  • f a c t u a l basis underlying a finding of contempt, as w e l l as LO
  • 12 is a Centennial interoffice memorandum that's included in t h e ALJ package which the
  • 20 those exhibits in evidence.
  • 21 Honor exactly what happened.
  • 10 for an order to pay, which 7: understand to mean that t h e C o u r t
  • 13 this money, was some of the money that was there.
  • remaining $14,000" -- he was telling you there's $14,000 le-clt 10 i n the account according
  • 19 attorneys' fees, and so we would ask that be included in the
  • 14 kind of -- it is not the way I would do a financial statement;
  • would like to offer that as a defendant's exhibit.
  • A The mortgage for the commercial property in Florida --9 Q The o r i g i n a l mortgage or
  • 2 Q How much is your mortgage payment on the commercial
  • 25 Q How much is your rent on the PG Tech office in Boston?
  • 24 A No. 25 Q Just like you don't have many of the rents' expenses,
  • liabilities to take care of it.
  • 16 develop the technology,
  • exact verbiage of the freeze order,

  • 6 . HEARING 1

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    BOSTON
    COURTHOUSE
    MCLAUGHLIN
    JAMES
    PINEZ
    PERETZ
    HONOR
    CONTEMPT
    MASSACHUSETTS
    MONEY
    PAY
    TECHNOLOGY
    FINANCIAL STATEMENT
    EVIDENCE
    DIMENTO
    ACCOUNT
    LIABILITIES
    EXHIBIT
    FLORIDA
    MORTGAGE
    COURTROOM
    PAYMENT
    FREEZE ORDER
    EXPENSES
    JUDGEMENT
    EMPLOYEE
    ADMISSIBILITY
    STIPULATE
    CIVIL ACTION
    
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     1                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
     2                             DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
    
     3       CA 97-10353-PBS                                            SARIS, D.J.
    
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     6                        SECURITIES and EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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     8                                  EMIGINUEL PINEZ
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    10
                           Motion for  Contempt Re:  Gilboa Peretz
    11
    
    12
    
    13
    
    14       APPEARANCES:
    
    15       For the Government:
    
    16       Kimberly Zimmer, E s q . ,   and Carlos Costa-Rodriguez, Esq=,
               Securities and Exchange Commission,  73 Tremont Street,
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Motion for Contempt Re: Gilboa Peretz
  • Francis J. DiMento, E s q.
  • James E. McLaughlin, Official Court Reporter 1 Courthouse Way, Room 5205, Boston MA 02210
  • District of Massachusetts, is now in session.
  • pinez, Civil Action 97-10353, now being heard before this
  • 13 in the courtroom now.
  • 22 stipulated to the admissibility of a certain number of the
  • 13 package which the defense would not agree to stipulate to,
  • 20 those exhibits in evidence.
  • 21 Honor exactly what happened.
  • The government is looking 10 for an order to pay, which I understand to mean that the Court
  • Are you sure none of this came 10 from Mr. Pinez?
  • 13 this money, was some of the money that was there.
  • 0 in the account according to his books -- "none of the 11 remaining 14,000 belongs to Pinez."
  • Looking for a judgment with those
  • 14 kind of -- it is not the way I would do a financial statement;
  • A The mortgage for the commercial property in Florida --9 Q The original mortgage or the
  • 22 Q How much is your mortgage payment on the commercial
  • Q Just l i k e you don't have many of the rents' expenses,
  • liabilities to take care of it.
  • 16 develop the technology,
  • proffered to this court, besides Mr. Peretz, there was only a one other employee who had been
  • 16 Exhibit 5 which is funds in and out the PG Tech account,
  • exact verbiage of the freeze order,

  • 7 . RESPNCE PERETZ TO PLFS MT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    RESPONDENT
    FREEZE
    ACCOUNT
    PLAINTIFFS MOTION
    PINEZ
    DEPOSIT
    BALANCE
    TECHNOLOGIES
    RESPONDENT DENIES
    PARAGRAPH
    AMOUNT
    PRIVILEGE
    AGREEMENT
    PAID
    PURPOSES
    EMANUEL PINEZ
    RESPONDENT ADMITS
    FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS
    GOVERNMENT
    INTERVENING
    ACCOUNT BALANCE PRIOR
    PLAINTIFF ALLEGES
    INSOFAR
    COURT
    EQUITY
    WHIPSAW
    ASSERTION
    FINANCIAL AFFAIRS
    GRAND JURY
    
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
    
                                                                                                       
    
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                       
    
                                                                                                       
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    SNIPPETS:
  • Respondent admits the allegations contained in paragraph numbered 1 of plaintiffs
  • The account was therefore not subject to the Court's freeze
  • The $30,000.00 odd balance in the account on February 14, 1997, the date of the freeze
  • order, belonged entirely to P.G. Technologies, Inc., and could be spent only for its business
  • purposes.
  • Mr. Pinez had no right whatsoever to demand that it be used for any other purpose.
  • The $100,000.00 previously paid to P.G. Tech in January, 1997, had been paid pursuant to an
  • still owed slightly more than one million dollars under that agreement.
  • notice from an Assistant United States Attorney that respondent was the subject of a grand
  • investigation into the financial affairs of Centennial Technologies, Inc., and Emanuel Pinez.
  • Plaintiffs attempt to exploit respondent's assertion of the privilege is merely part of a
  • strategy that should not in equity be countenanced by the Court.
  • except insofar as admitted by the following: The plaintiff alleges that "PG
  • Tech's account balance prior to the deposit of $100,000 provided by M r.
  • the amount of $8,266.88, can be attributed to the intervening $100,000.00 deposit;
  • amount, at best, could possibly be claimed by the government to have been reached by the
  • Respondent denies the remaining factual allegations in plaintiffs motion except as

  • 8 . DEFS MEM SUP OF MTN

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    FREEZE ORDER
    PERETZ
    ASSET FREEZE
    BAYBANK
    CONTEMPT
    ACCOUNT
    COURT
    PINEZ
    FUNDS
    MOTION
    TESTIMONY
    COMMISSION
    REGISTER
    MODIFY
    CIVIL CONTEMPT
    CIR
    RESPONDENTS
    OBSTRUCT
    INVESTMENT
    DISSOLVE
    CENTENNIAI
    BAYBANK FROZE
    VIOLATION
    TECHNOLOGIES
    TRANSFERS
    BAYBANK PURSUANT
    REQUESTS
    AUTHORITY
    SUPPORT
    
    r
    
    
    
    
                                                           UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                                                            DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
    
    
    
                        SECURITIES AND  EXCHANGE COMMISSION,
    
                                        -                        Plaintiff,
    
                                                  V .                                                  
                                                                                                       
    
                        E m E L  P I N U ,
          -
                                                            D e f  endarit,                      . -
                                                                                    -
    
          -             FELIX INC., and.  -                                                      ..
                       ' . L E V "
                                  BROTHERS INC . ,                                              - .
                                                                  -                       -
    
                                                            Relief Defendants.
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                                                                              -
    
    -
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission (the I
  • Order finding these respondents in contempt.
  • PG Tech and Mr.
  • Emanuel Pinez,
  • Peretz in civil contempt of the Asset Freeze Order;
  • $ 3 0, 2 1 5, that they spent in violation of the Asset Freeze Order;
  • Peretz fail to repay the funds; and compensating the Commission for its expenses and
  • 1997 BayBank Froze PG Tech's Account
  • - Skuart P. Feldman In Support Of SEC's Motion For An Order T-e Show ~
  • Held In Contempt, G;3-'For An Order Finding These Respondents In Contempt:
  • (S e e Motion of P.G. Technologies,
  • On 'February 24, l997, PG Tech requested the Court to dissolve the Asset Freeze Order as it
  • Based Upon Mr. Peretz's Sworn Testimony That None
  • gave.swoYn testimony to the Court in support of PG
  • Peretz stated t h z Mr': Pinez or Centenniai had invested
  • investment llwas long gone."
  • (S e e PG Tech Motion- to Modify,
  • The funds.that were frozen by BayBank pursuant to the Asset Freeze Order, therefore, were
  • ac.countsand-its transfers of funds to and from Mr. Pinez.
  • PG TeSh "BayBank Register th-rough 12/31/96'' LBayBank Register")
  • finding of civil contempt and assessment of .sanctions are appropriate against M r.
  • F.2d 1096, 1101 (1st Cir.
  • contempt anyone who misbehaves in its presence so as to obstruct
  • Peretz's false testimony constitutes a contempt of t h e Court's authority.
  • As a remedy for his contempt, the Commission, by the undersigned counsel, respectfully

  • 9 . DECLARATION OF FELDMAN

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    CENTENNIAL-INTEROFFICE
    EXHIBIT
    HERETO
    COMMISSION STAFF
    SUBPOENA
    PURSUANT
    INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
    COUNSEL
    AMOUNT
    TECH
    TESTIMONY
    BAYBANK
    ACCOUNT
    TESTIFICANDUM
    REGISTER
    PERJURY
    PENALTYAF
    DECLARE
    EMANUEL
    INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM APPENDS
    AUDLTORS
    LYBRAND LLP
    COOPERS
    K-LRUE-AND CORRECT
    DATED JANUA-T
    TEC3NOLOGIES
    ACCOUNT STATEZNT
    COFRECT
    IRUE
    
    --
    
    
                                                    UNITED STATES DISTRICT  COURT
                                                     DISTRICT  OF  mSSACHTJSETTS
    
    
                                              -
                  SECURITIES AND  EXCHANGE COMMISSION,
    
                                                     Plaintiff,
    
                                             v.                                         CIVIL  ACTION
                                                                                        'NO.
    
                  EMANCTEL  P I N E Z ,
    
                                                     Defendant,
    
                  FELIX INC-. , and  -
            I
           -  '  LE-         BROTHERS INC.,                      -     -
    
                                                     ,Relief
                                                                 -Defendant.&  . '
            -                                  -           -
    
    
    
    
    
                                               DECLARATIQN  OF  STUART  P. F E L D W
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • §174Z, I declare under penaltyaf
  • Designating Officers To Take Testimony And Compel Production ofDocuments, attached hereto as
  • As p a r t of the Commission's investigation, and pursuant
  • to the Formal Order, on November 26, 1997 Commission staff issued an investigative subpoena
  • I have reviewed documents produced by PG Tech in response to -that subpoena.
  • A register of financial transactions,
  • to Centennial Technologies, Inc.
  • Technologies, Inc. to Centennial, Inc. in the amount of
  • See the t r u e and correct copy of a subpoena testificandum,
  • account statements and other documents- regarding, inter a l i a, an:
  • A irue and coFrect copy of the BayBank
  • account stateznt f o r P.
  • Tec3nologies, Ihc.
  • dated Janua-T 31,.
  • k-Lrue-and correct copy
  • 1997 Commission staff requested documents from counsel f o r
  • Coopers & Lybrand LLP, Centennial's audLtors.
  • That Interoffice Memorandum appends a P.G.
  • a t r u e .and correct copy of the Centennial-Interoffice
  • -1997, counsel f o r Centennial produced, among ocher documents, a check dated -January 8,
  • I declare under- the penalties of perjury t h a t the foregoing' is t r u e.

  • 10 . MEMO AND ORDER

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    SECURITIES
    STOCK
    VIOLATION
    ASSETS
    TRADING
    LEHMAN
    ACT
    DEFENDANT
    ACCOUNT
    EXCHANGE ACT
    COURT
    INSIDER TRADING
    RELIEF
    MARGIN ACCOUNT
    COMMISSION
    THEREUNDER
    NONPUBLIC INFORMATION
    PRACTICES
    FEDERAL SECURITIES LAW
    RESTRAINING ORDER
    BONA FIDE PURCHASER
    TRANSACTIONS
    PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
    AGREEMENT
    CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST
    COMMON STOCK
    COMPLAINT
    LIKELIHOOD
    POSSESSION
    
                                                 )
          SECURITIES AND  EXCHANGE               )
    I
              COMMISSION,                        )
                             Plaintiff,  1 1
                   v .                           )     CIVIL ACTION NO. 97-10353-PBS
                                                 )
          EMANUEL PINEZ, Defendant ,  )
                   AND                           )
          LEHMAN BROTHERS,  INC.,                )
                       Relief Defendant. ) 1
    
                                       MEMORANDUM  AND  ORDER
    
                                          December 1 6 ,   1997
          Saris, U.S.D.J.
                                           I. INTRODUCTION
    
                 This action arises out of the alleged illegal insider
          trading practices of the former Chairman and  Chief Executive
          Officer of Centennial Technologies, Inc .  ( llCentennialll)
                                                                                ,  Emanuel
    
          Pinez (I1Pinezl1).
                                  On February 14, 1997, the Securities and
          Exchange Commission ( l l S E C 1 l )  filed a complaint against Pinez
    
          alleging that he traded in options on the common stock of
          Centennial while in possession of material, nonpublic information
    
          regarding Centennial's true financial condition in violation of
          section l O ( b )   of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934  (IlExchange
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • EMANUEL PINEZ, Defendant,)
  • This action arises out of the alleged illegal insider trading practices of the former
  • Exchange Commission filed a complaint against Pinez
  • alleging that he traded in options on the common stock of Centennial while in possession of
  • regarding Centennial's true financial condition in violation of section l O of the Securities
  • Act"), 15 U.
  • promulgated thereunder, and section 17of the Securities Act of 1933 (llSecurities
  • assets that are "in the name of, in the custody of, held for the
  • the brokerage firm of Lehman
  • At the time of the restraining order,
  • After hearings on February 18 and 19, the Court clarified
  • preliminary injunction freezing Pinez's assets,
  • $4.69 million held in the Lehman escrow account.
  • owned approximately 25% of Centennial's common stock.
  • "Client Agreement," granting Lehman a security interest in the
  • "Margin Account Agreement" portion of the Client Agreement which
  • t h a t he had arranged elaborate fictitious sales transactions for unrequested and
  • Pinez was indicted on federal securities law charges on March 12, 1 9 9 7,
  • likelihood that the wrong will be repeated."' Mcrmt.
  • Courts have found that the SEC is entitled to permanent injunctive relief if it demonstrates
  • it argues that Pinez possesses material nonpublic information about publicly-traded companies
  • Lehman's entitlement to the proceeds of Pinez's allegedly illegal options trades thus appears
  • the SEC fails to apply the equally wellestablished doctrine of the bona fide purchaser for

  • 11 . SEC SUPP MEMO RE INJUNCTI

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    ACCOUNTS
    COURT
    SECURITIES
    COMMISSION
    PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
    TAB
    HERETO
    CONTROL
    NONPUBLIC INFORMATION
    ASSETS
    BROKERAGE ACCOUNTS
    FELIX
    TRADING
    RESTRAINING ORDER
    TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
    FINANCES
    VIOLATING
    EXCHANGE
    WEBSECURE
    OFFSHORE
    POSSESSION
    TRADE
    SECURITIES LAWS
    LEHMAN
    REQUESTS
    NOMINEE
    MATERIAL NONPUBLIC INFORMATION
    EXCHANGE ACT
    EXTENSION
    
                                 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                                  DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS                         .    "
    
    
    
    
    
    SECURITIES AND  EXCHANGE COMMISSION,
                                                                0
                                                                .
                                  Plaintiff,
                                                                0
    
                          V.                                    :
                                                                .  CIVIL ACTION
                                                                      NO.  97-10353-PBS
    
    -EL        PINEZ,                                           :
                                                                .
                                  Defendant,
    FELIX INC.,  and                                            :
    LE-       BROTHERS INCm,                                    0
    
    
                                  Relief Defendants.  :
    
    
    
    
    
            On September 23,  1997, the Court invited the  Securities and
    
    Exchange Commission (the llCommission*l)
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION,
  • On February 24, 1997, and with defendant Pinez's conaent, the Court indefinitely extended ita
  • See Order Extending Temporary Restraining order And Order For The Freezing Of ASSet8,
  • continuation of a preliminary injunction.
  • substantial risk that defendant Pinez may continue to trade the
  • of material, nonpublic information.
  • Pinez's maintenance of a network of offshore and nominee
  • required to identify all accounts in his name, under his control,
  • control of defendant Pinez, or which exist for h i s benefit.
  • Because of the continuing uncertainty about the number and scope of defendant Pinez's trading
  • claims against the limited possibility that defendant Pinez may sustain any harm as a result
  • Defendant Pinez Possesses Material Nonpublic Information About Publiclv-Traded Companies
  • Centennial's finances and the finances of other public companies.
  • defendant Pinez has in his possession nonpublic information about companies other than
  • For example, Centennial was a major investor in a company known as Websecure, Inc., whose
  • On September 23, 1997, the Court froze the assets of Felix Inc., Stanbridge Ltd., and Trixy
  • foreign entities that maintain brokerage accounts in the United States.* Neither the
  • Notwithstanding the asset freeze herein, at least one of those entities, Felix Inc.,
  • On February 25, 1997, Lehman transferred nearly $1 million to Felix's account at Hill Samuel
  • A Preliminary Injunction Serves The public Interest And Works No Harm To Defendant Pinez More
  • For example, unlike private litigants, the Cornmission is not required to show irreparable
  • an extension of the preliminary injunction

  • 12 . HEARING 2

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PINEZ
    SECURITIES
    TRANSCRIPT
    LEHMAN BROTHERS
    COURT
    JUDGE
    PIERCE
    UNITED STATES
    HONOR
    FELIX
    ATTORNEY
    GAD
    INSIDER TRADING
    VIOLATION
    TRANSACTION
    UNITED STATES DISTRICT
    STANDARD
    EVIDENCE
    PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
    EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    SECURITIES ACT
    ACCOUNT
    OPTIONS CONTRACT
    UCC
    DISTRICT TRIAL COUNSEL
    GOODMAN
    FELDMAN
    EMANUEL PINEZ
    NONPUBLIC INFORMATION
    
                      UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                         DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
    
    ---_---_---_---_----____I_______
    SECURITIES AND  EXCHANGE                .
    COMMISSION                                          Civil Action
                      V.                                NO.  97-10353-PBS
    EMANUEL PINEZ
    _--__---_---_----_--______I_____
    
    
                                     Hearing
    Before :          THE HONORABLE PATTI B.  SARIS
                   UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
    
    APPEARANCES :
    Securities and Exchange Commission (by Linda B.  Bridgman,
      Esq.  and Stuart P. Feldman, Esq.),
      73 Tremont Street,  Boston, MA 02108,
      on behalf of the Plaintiff.
    Ropes &  Gray (by Robert K.  Gad, 111, Esq.,  Mark Szpak, Esq.
      and Ana Francisco, E s q . ) ,
      One  International Place, Boston, MA  02110;
      on behalf of Lehman Brothers.
    3ernkopf,  Goodman &  Baseman, (by Valerie S =  Carter, E s q = ) ,
      125 Summer Street, Boston, MA  02110,
      on behalf of  PaineWebber.
    Ylarilyn  Stempler, Esquire,
      on behalf of Felix, Inc.              Courtrdom No.  6
                                            1O:OO  a.m.,  Tuesday
                                            September 23,  1997
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • EMANUEL PINEZ _--__---_---_----_--______I_____
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
  • Securities and Exchange Commission (by Linda B. Bridgman,
  • ), One International Place, Boston, MA 02110; on behalf of Lehman Brothers.
  • 3ernkopf, Goodman & Baseman,,
  • Mechanical Steno - Transcript by Computer
  • the district trial counsel for the Boston office of the SEC. 8 And with me is Stuart Feldman,
  • 20 Robert Gad.
  • with Felix, Stanbridge and Trixie.
  • 16 that, your Honor.
  • to do is move on to the issue of the new allegations 11 involving the preliminary injunction.
  • Pinez engaged in an options contract through his
  • 19 Lehman account and Lehman broker.
  • 11 money and that that -- at the incident of the transaction.
  • evidence against the equities for Lehman.
  • York UCC Article 8.
  • 29 of the Securities Exchange Act applies, which they argue 10 has an actual knowledge
  • 23 Felix account and whether or not they were put on notice of 2 4 insider trading with Mr.
  • Mr. Pierce called legal counsel.
  • But he had to have 10 approval by a Lehman Brothers attorney.
  • doing that transaction while in possession of material a nonpublic information.
  • The theory is that he did it by what we all call fraud and 10 technically a violation of the
  • Securities Act violation because his resume was fraudulent.

  • 13 . PINEZ MOT TO STRIKE

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    MOTION
    COURT
    REQUEST
    RECONSIDERATION
    OPPOSE
    BOSTON
    SANCTIONS
    OPPOSITION
    IMPOSE
    LITIGATION
    CIVIL PROCEDURE
    FLAGRANT VIOLATION
    ESQ
    FELIX
    COUNSEL
    REASON
    AGENDA
    PUZZLING
    EXCHANGE
    STRIKE
    NUMEROUS INACCURACIES
    INFLAMMATORY WORDS
    DEROGATOV
    BIASED AGENDA
    DOEST PROTEST
    FAMOUS WORDS
    RECONSIDERATION EVINCES
    LAW DISPUTING
    CIVILITY
    
                                                                                  I:  d'  -  ..,
                                  , .-..'     SECURITIES  AND EXCHAl'JGq,@mISSION,
                                                                                    '4  "              
                                                                              Plaintiff,             . .
         . -                                                                                           
                                                                                                      
    I    .                                                          V.                                 
                                                                                                       
         .         .  . ...-!                                                                          
                          5
                                              EMANUELPINEZ7                   Defendant,               
                                                                                                       
                                              FELIX, INC., and                                         
                                              LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.,                                    
                                                                              Relief Defendants.       
    
                                                                           PINEZ'S  MOTION TO STRIKE 
                                                                      FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST THE SEC
    
                                                     The defendant, Emanuel Pinez ("Pinez"), hereby
    
                                              to Pinez's Opposition to Motion For Reconsideration of
         6 `Reply Brief,) filed with this Court at 7:24 p.m. on Friday September 12, 1997 and
         r\                                   served by mail on the undersigned counsel.  Pinez hrther
    *  SEC for its knowing, repeated and flagrant violation of this Court's rules.
                                                     In support of this Motion, Pinez states as follows:
    
                                                     1.  On or about  June 26,  1997, the SEC filed a
    
                                              Asset  Freeze to include the accounts of Felix, Inc.,
    
                                              Financial Corporation (the `Motion for Modificationy').
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • repeated and flagrant violation of this Court's rules.
  • SEC ignored the Rules of Civil Procedure and substantively re-argued its Motion for
  • 1997 Pinez opposed the SEC's Motion for Reconsideration
  • must only respond to a Motion for Reconsideration if it is granted by this Court.
  • The SEC does not have special dispensation to impose its own interpretation of the rules
  • arguments made by Pinez in his Opposition and meanly characterizes the Opposition as
  • The SEC's misplaced tenacity in this litigation must be curbed.
  • in labeling Pinez's opposition as "nonsensical and puzzling" the SEC
  • has simply abandoned all notions of civility and reason.
  • uncategorically violated the rules and not set forth any law disputing Pinez's position on
  • the Motion for Reconsideration evinces Shakespeare's famous words `Thou doest protest
  • The SEC has clearly exposed its biased agenda by its use of such derogatov
  • and inflammatory words and actions.
  • Sanctions under the circumstances are warranted.
  • Further, there are numerous inaccuracies in the SEC's Reply Brief, to which, if
  • the SEC represents in the Reply Brief that counsel for Felix represented that it "does
  • not intend to oppose the SEC's request" for an asset freeze of Felix's account.
  • I hereby certify that on September 17, 1997, I served copies of Pinez's Motion To Strike and
  • District Trial Counsel Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Mark Spz& Esq.
  • Ropes & Gray One International PI Boston,

  • 14 . PLF REPLY TO DEFS OPP

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    FELIX
    ACCOUNTS
    MOTION
    DEFENDANT PINEZ
    FREEZE
    COURT
    EVIDENCE
    COUNSEL
    ASSET FREEZE
    CONTROL
    COMMISSION
    SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT
    DISCOVERY
    REQUEST
    MERITS
    STANBRIDGE
    TRIXY ACCOUNTS
    RECONSIDERATION
    OFF-SHORE
    VIOLATING
    INSIDER TRADING
    INDIRECT CONTROL
    OPPOSE
    LEHMAN
    PENDING
    EXTENSION
    EXCHANGE
    SECURITIES
    JURISDICTION
    
    BECURITIES "D EXCHANGE COMMIf38ION,           :
                                                  .
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                             Defendant,           0
    
    FELIX INC.,  and
    LE-      BROTHERS INC.,
                             Relief Defendants.  0 .
    
                 BEC  REPLY TO PINE2'S  OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR
                RECONSIDERATION OF MODIFICATION OF ASSET FREEZE
            Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission  (tlCommission'l
    or rlSEC1l),  through counsel, respectfully requests leave to file
    this reply  to defendant Pinez's  opposition to the SEC's  motion to
    
    
    
    
    
    
            Defendant Pinez's  entire pleading is nonsensical and
    
    puzzling as he consented on February 20, 1997 to an indefinite
    extension of the Court's  asset freeze order against all of his
    assets.  See  Consent of Emanuel Pinez to Continuation of the
    Temporary Restraining Order and Order For the Freezing of Assets
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • BEC REPLY TO PINE2'S OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF MODIFICATION OF ASSET FREEZE
  • Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission, through counsel, respectfully requests leave to
  • Thus, if defendant Pinez has an interest in the three accounts at issue, they are subject to
  • discovery stay provides no excuse for defendant Pinez's failures, as knowledge of his
  • Most significantly, however, Felix, was served with t h e SEC's motion to freeze its Lehman
  • The SEC, through counsel, vigorously opposes defendant Pinez's request for further
  • Answer To Second Amended Complaint BY
  • Commission counsel also have attempted to reach Rachel Pinez, Trixy's authorized signatory,
  • motion on behalf of Stanbridge.
  • THE SEC'S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF MODIFICATION OF THE FREEZE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ON
  • Defendant Pinez's additional argument that the Court should not entertain the motion to
  • evidence was not submitted with the SEC's initial motion, disregards the fact that the motion
  • already has considered the evidence and issues before it and rendered a substantive decision,
  • The Court possibly overlooked Commission counsel's representation of consultation with relief
  • It evidences defendant Pinez's direct or indirect control, or beneficial interest, in the
  • The SEC is authorized by statute to "make such investigations as it deems necessary to
  • Attorney's criminal allegations against him for financial fraud and insider trading.
  • ACCOUNT8 OF OFF-SHORE CORPORATIONS WITHIN ITS ASSET FREEZE
  • Court has authority to freeze the off-shore accounts of off-shore entities who come within
  • filing an Answer, Felix has acquiesced to this Court's jurisdiction, and the Commission does
  • With respect to defendant Pinezls specific arguments regarding the Felix account, all are

  • 15 . OPP TO DEFS MOT TO STRIKE

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEFENDANT
    EVIDENCE
    COURT
    COMMISSION
    ASSET FREEZE
    TRADING
    MOTION
    COUNSEL
    SUPPORT
    SECURITIES
    SUBMISSIONS
    MEMORANDUM
    REQUEST
    EXCHANGE
    RELIEF DEFENDANT
    INSIDER TRADING
    DEFENDANT PINEZ
    DISCOVERY
    CONSTRUCTIVE TRUSTEE
    CONTINUATION
    FELIX ACCOUNT
    TRANSCRIPTS
    RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS
    CARLOS COSTA-RODRIGUES
    DECLARATION
    LEHMAN BROTHERS
    BFP
    BONA FIDE PURCHASER
    PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
    
                           UNITED BTATES DISTRICT COURT
                            DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
    
    
    
    
    
                    v.
    
    
                                                .
    FELIX INC.,  and                            :
    LEHMAN BROTHERS INCm,                       0
                                                :
                            Relief Defendants.  :
    
    
    
          OPPOSITION TO RELIEF DEFENDANT LEffMAN'B  MOTION TO STRIKE
              AND  REPLY TO LEHMAN'S  OTHER 8/22/97 SUBMISSIONS
            OPPOSING PLAINTIFF'S  SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM
                             AND APPENDIX OF EVIDENCE
    
          The Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission
    (ttCommissiontt
                   or "SEC") , by the undersigned counsel, hereby
    opposes relief defendant Lehman Brothers Inc.'s  ("Lehmantt)
                                                                      motion
    
    to strike the Declaration of Carlos Costa-Rodrigues submitted on
    July  22,  1997 in support of the  SEC's  motion to modify the asset
    freeze.  The SEC, by counsel, also respectfully requests leave to
    file this Reply  to Lehman's  other submissions filed on August 22,
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • OPPOSITION TO RELIEF DEFENDANT LEffMAN'B MOTION TO STRIKE
  • AND REPLY TO LEHMAN'S OTHER 8/22/97 SUBMISSIONS OPPOSING PLAINTIFF'S SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL
  • The Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission
  • The SEC, by counsel, also respectfully requests leave to file this Reply to Lehman's other
  • Insider Trading Profits Held By Lehman Brothers Inc.
  • As Constructive Trustee and Appendix of Evidence (IlSecond
  • On August 2 2, 1997, Lehman, without opposing the SEC's moti to modify the Court's asset
  • August 22, 1997 submissions in an effort to preclude review of evidence by the Court, and to
  • the Federal Rules of Evidence, a rule of completeness, with civil procedure rules governing
  • moved to strike a supporting Declaration of Carlos Costa-Rodrigues and attached evidence,
  • SEC urges at the preliminary injunction stage that the Court make
  • funds flowing from defendant Emanuel Pinez's ("defendant Pinez")
  • The Second Amended Complaint alleged, inter alia, that defendant Pinez engaged in additional
  • Machan and Pierce transcripts were redacted,
  • well as the SEC will have the opportunity to depose and crossexamine anyone regarding
  • the evidentiary burden has shifted to Lehman to prove that it is a bona fide purchaser which
  • For example, Lehman's contention that the record does not support a conclusion that it had
  • the.Court and may be assessed by the court to determine whether it supports enforcement of
  • the Commission respectfully requests the Court to grant the SEC's

  • 16 . DEFS OPP TO PLFS RECONSID

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    COURT
    PINEZ
    RECONSIDERATION
    LAW
    REQUEST
    DISCOVERY
    CONTROL
    LITIGATION
    EVIDENCE
    SUPPORT
    ACCOUNTS
    FELIX
    ASSET FREEZE
    LEHMAN
    STANBRIDGE
    TRIXY
    TESTIMONY
    SUBSTANCE
    JURISDICTION
    EXCHANGE
    SECURITIES
    PRIVATE INVESTIGATION
    DEPOSITION TRANSCRIPTS
    ACTS
    EXHIBITS
    DENY
    SHOWING
    MATTER
    ARGUES
    
                                  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
                                   DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
    
    
    
    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
            COMMISSION
                   Plaintiff,
    
    V.                                                    CIVIL ACTION NO. 97-10353-PBS
    
    EMANUEL PINEZ,
                   Defendant
    
    and
    
    LEHMAN BROTHERS, INC.,
                   Relief Defendant
    
    
            PINEZ'S OPPOSITION TO SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION'S
             MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION AND MOTION AGAINST LEHMAN
    
                                           I.  INTRODUCTION
    
            On July 9, 1997 this Court denied the Securities and Exchange Commission's Motion to
    
    Modify Asset Freeze (the "Motion''). Through its Motion, the Securities and Exchange Commission
    
    (the "SECII) sought to modify this Court's February 14, 1997 Asset Freeze to prohibit the defendant
    
    Emanuel  Pinez ("Pinez") fiom withdrawing any  funds  in accounts in the name  of Felix, Inc.
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • PINEZ'S OPPOSITION TO SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION'S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION AND
  • 1997 this Court denied the Securities and Exchange Commission's Motion to
  • Modify Asset Freeze.
  • Emanuel Pinez fiom withdrawing any funds in accounts in the name of Felix,
  • in its Motion failed to prove that Pinez has any authority with respect to Felix, Stanbridge
  • Pinez will continue to insist that the SEC cease treating this litigation as if it can
  • The only difference is that the SEC withdrew its request for this Court to order any accounts
  • this Court should deny it on the grounds that it is a back door attempt
  • by the SEC to achieve substantially the same objective it seeks in its Motion for
  • To Introduce Evidence That Could Have Been Adduced In The Initial
  • the absence of a showing that the movant had exercised due diligence in attempting to produce
  • evidence offered in support of its motion where all of that evidence was in existence when the
  • Pinez submits that the reason for the SEC's failure to discuss the relevant standard is
  • Reconsideration" clearly demonstrate that the SEC had those exhibits before it filed its
  • Motion (see e.g. deposition transcript of Frederick Peirce dated May 22, 1997, deposition
  • Evidence Produced In Discovery Notwithstanding This Court's Stay
  • This Court should not consider the substance of the SEC'S Motion for Reconsideration
  • because the SEC relies on documents and testimony it requested and received after this Court
  • Its "private investigation" is a bold back-door
  • any other source for that matter - - and it only provided Pinez with "redactedtt copies of the
  • The SEC Has Failed To Establish That Pinez Has De Facto Control
  • of its request the SEC argues that Pinez has de facto control over those accounts.
  • cites no law whatsoever showing what acts constitute de facto or de jure control over those

  • 17 . ANSR TO 2ND AMEN COMPLAIN

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    ALLEGATIONS SET
    PARAGRAPH
    TRUTH
    INFORMATION SUFFICIENT
    PINEZ
    LEHMAN BROTHERS
    FELIX ADMITS
    EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    SECURITIES
    SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT
    DEFENDANT
    HEREBY
    RELIEF DEFENDANT
    EMANUEL PINEZ
    SEKA TRUST
    CENTENNIAL COMMON STOCK
    WERTO
    REALLEGES
    FELIX REPEATS
    RESPONSE
    SUBSEQUENT TRADE
    ARTICLES SPEAK
    CEASED TRADING
    INFOMATION SUFFICIENT
    LEHMAN WIRED FUNDS
    CHANNEL ISLANDS
    JERSEY DISCRETIONARY TRUST
    INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMPANY
    INFORMATION SUFFCIENT
    
                                       UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                                        DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
    
    
    
    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION7
    
                                         Plaintiff,
    
                                V.                                       CIVIL ACTION
                                                                         NO. 97-10353 (PBS)
    EMANUEL PINEZ,
    
                                         Defendant,
    
    and
    
    FELIX INC. and
    
    LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.,
    
                                          Related Defendants.
    
    
                   4
                   ;
                          WERTO  E
    
            Felix Inc. (''Felix7'),  added to this action as a so-called Relief Defendant, hereby
    
    the Second Amended Complaint of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")  as
    
    follows:
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • EMANUEL PINEZ,
  • WERTO E
  • Felix Inc., added to this action as a so-called Relief Defendant, hereby answers
  • the Second Amended Complaint of the Securities and Exchange Commission as
  • and therefore, Felix denies those allegations.
  • Felix is without knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the
  • truth of the allegations set forth in paragraph 4, and therefore, Felix denies those
  • The allegations in paragraph 12 state conclusions of law to which no response is
  • Felix admits it is an international business company located in St. Helier, Jersey,
  • Channel Islands, United Kingdom, which was incorporated in Niue, an island dependency of
  • by the Seka Trust, a Jersey discretionary trust established on November 6, 1995.
  • Felix admits the allegations in paragraph 19.
  • Felix admits that Lehman wired funds to the Hill Samuel Bank Limited,
  • Felix is without knowledge or infomation sufficient to form a belief as to the
  • in the Boston Globe on February 4, 1997 which articles speak for themselves.
  • directed Lehman to sell 40,000 shares of Centennial common stock.
  • had ceased trading in Centennial stock pursuant to its letter of September 25,
  • Felix is without knowledge or information suffcient to form a belief as to the
  • Felix repeats and realleges its answers to paragraphs 1 through 99 above.
  • The claims stated in the Second Amended Complaint against Felix should be dismissed
  • subsequent trade in an arms-length transaction and for value.
  • I hereby certify that I have caused copies of the foregoing Answer To Second Amended
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • MA 02 109 (Counsel for Defendant Emanuel Pinez)
  • (Counsel for Defendant Lehman Brothers Inc.)

  • 18 . DEFS MEM IN RESP PLF MEMO

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PINEZ
    STANDARD
    COURT
    TAB
    STATUTE
    EXCHANGE ACT
    SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM
    SECURITIES
    APP
    ACCOUNT
    FRAUD
    EMPHASIS
    TRADE
    SECURITY
    CONTRACT
    PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
    TESTIMONY
    TRANSACTION
    ALLEGED FRAUD
    LEHMAN BROTHERS
    SUSPICIOUSNESS
    VIOLATION
    PROVISION
    CONTENDED-AND
    CONTENTIONS
    ACCORDING
    REASONABLENESS
    SPECULATION
    COMMERCIAL CODE
    
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                                  District  of  Massachusetts
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    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMIVIISSION,
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                                                                      Civil Action No. 97-10353-PBS
                         V.
    
    
    
    
    
    
                     MEMORANDUM OF LEHMAN BROTHERS, INC.
                                      IN RESPONSE  TO SEC'S
                       "SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM"
    
        More than four months after this Court closed the record on the SEC's  pending
    motion  for  a  preliminary  injunction,  the  SEC  has  filed  a  "Second  Supplemental
    Memorandum'' that:  (i) still fails to allege that Lehman Brothers, Inc. ("Lehman") had
    actual knowledge of  the alleged fraud by which Emanuel Pinez ('Tinez") acquired the
    options contracts to which Lehman's security interest attached; (ii) attempts to avoid the
    controlling ''actual knowledge" standard of Exchange Act $29 by arguments that bear no
    fidelity to the words of the statute or decisions by the Courts of Appeals; and (iii) attempts
    to demonstrate that Lehman had  some lesser form of  "notice" of  "po~~ibly
                                                                                              illegal
    by Pinez on the basis of  distorted excerpts from a one-sided and partially secret record.'
    Lehman responds herein.
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • United States District Court:
  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMIVIISSION,
  • MEMORANDUM OF LEHMAN BROTHERS, INC.
  • by Pinez on the basis of distorted excerpts from a one-sided and partially secret record.'
  • Two points bear emphasis.
  • the SEC has never contended-and does not now contend-that Lehman had the "actual knowledge"
  • if $ 29 declares the governing standard for
  • The Court should proceed directly to rule in