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SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
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EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
POWER SECURITIES COMMISSION POWER PHONE EXCHANGE ACT HAGER ASSETS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS CAUSED VIOLATIONS OFFICER FINANCIAL STATEMENTS MATTER EXCH MICHAEL ADEST ENFORCEMENT ISAAC HAGER LAWS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER ALLEGES FRAUDULENT SCHEME FILINGS ARTWORK ANNUAL REPORT REGISTRATION STATEMENT EXISTENCE ASSURE BALANCE SHEET FACTS |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Release No. 7903 / September 27, 2000
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Release No. 43366 / September 27, 2000
ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING ENFORCEMENT
Release No. 1319 / September 27, 2000
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
File No. 3-10317
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED AGAINST ISAAC HAGER TO DETERMINE
WHETHER HE CAUSED VIOLATIONS OF THE ANTIFRAUD PROVISIONS OF THE
FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS
On September 27, 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission
instituted public administrative proceedings pursuant to Section 8A of
the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") and Section 21C of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") against Isaac Hager
("Hager"), a former officer and director of Power Phone, Inc. ("Power
Phone"), to determine whether Hager caused violations of Section 17(a)
of the Securities Act and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule
10b-5 promulgated thereunder. The Division of Enforcement alleges that
the senior management of Power Phone orchestrated a fraudulent scheme
to falsify and inflate the company's financial condition in filings
with the Commission. Power Phone accomplished the fraudulent scheme by
claiming in filings with the Commission to own two assets, consisting
of software and artwork, even though Power Phone did not own either
asset. These two assets, which comprised ninety-five percent of Power
Phone's total assets, were falsely valued at $4 million in Power
Phone's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1995. Power Phone included those false financial statements in an
Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed with the Commission in 1995,
and a Form 10 registration statement that was filed with the
Commission in 1996. The Division alleges that as an officer and
director of Power Phone, Hager signed and reviewed Power Phone's
annual report and registration statement with knowledge that these
documents would be filed with the Commission. Although Hager, one of
only three officers of Power Phone, had never seen the ASAP software
or the artwork, he failed to take any steps either to verify the
existence of the assets or assure himself of the value of the assets
which comprised ninety-five percent of Power Phone's balance sheet.
Based on these facts, the Commission instituted public administrative
proceedings to determine whether Hager caused violations of Section
17(a) of the Securities Act and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and
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