SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Litigation Release No. 16073 / March 2, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Internet
Telecommunications Albany System
SMR, et al., (D.D.C. Civil Action No. 99CV00539)
SEC FILES SUIT IN $1.2 MILLION
SPECIALIZED MOBILE RADIO FRAUD
The Commission today filed a complaint in the U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia alleging fraud
in the nationwide sale of unregistered securities by
unregistered brokers in three general partnerships
organized to develop specialized mobile radio systems, i.e.,
paging systems, in Albany, New York, Reno, Nevada and
Anchorage, Alaska. The Commission seeks disgorgement of the
$1.2 million raised from investors from defendants John C.
Trimpin, Michael E. Murray, Charles D. King, Ronald L.
Tobin, Frederic A. Gladle, John Larson, Richard B. Parnell
and several entities owned and controlled by these parties.
The defendant partnerships are: Internet Telecommunications
Albany System SMR, Internet Telecommunications Reno System
SMR and Internet Telecommunications Anchorage System SMR
(the SMR partnerships). The complaint seeks permanent
injunctions and disgorgement, together with prejudgment
interest, from all the defendants, and civil money penalties
from all the defendants except the SMR partnerships.
According to the complaint, Trimpin, acting through
defendant Marjet Corp., a company he controlled, acquired
specialized mobile radio licenses that he subsequently
transferred to the Albany and Reno partnerships at grossly
inflated prices. Another company, defendant California
Financial Services (CFS), originally owned and controlled by
Trimpin and thereafter by King, Murray and Tobin, managed
the fund raising and operations of the SMR partnerships.
CFS disseminated sales materials, prepared under Trimpin’s
direction, that contained material misrepresentations and
omissions regarding, among other things, the technology to
be employed by the SMR partnerships, the use of the proceeds
from the sale of the partnership units, control of the
licenses and projected returns to investors.
According to the complaint, during the period of the
offering, from August l994 to August 1996, Larson, Gladle
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Securities and Exchange Commission v. Internet
Telecommunications Albany System
SPECIALIZED MOBILE RADIO FRAUD
The Commission today filed a complaint in the U.S.
$1.2 million raised from investors from defendants John C.
Tobin, Frederic A. Gladle, John Larson, Richard B. Parnell
The defendant partnerships are: Internet Telecommunications
Albany System SMR, Internet Telecommunications Reno System
from all the defendants except the SMR partnerships.
According to the complaint, Trimpin, acting through
Trimpin and thereafter by King, Murray and Tobin, managed
CFS disseminated sales materials, prepared under Trimpin’s
from the sale of the partnership units, control of the
licenses and projected returns to investors.
According to the complaint,
Commonwealth Communications Group, (CCG) TrendsGroup
International, Inc. and One Touch Marketing,
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