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SEC v ANDREW BRESSMAN, ROMAN OKIN, RICHARD ACOSTA, et al Click to find out why . . .



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CaseNo: 34-43269, Defendant: Andrew Bressman, Roman Okin, Richard Acosta, Richard Simone, Burton Blank, Mark Goldman and Jack Wolynez, Plaintiff: SEC, State: NY New York, UniqueCaseRef: SEC>34-43269, Baron, Exchange Act, Brokers, Commission, Respondent, Customer Accounts, Securities, Proceeding, Stock, Supervisory, Violations, Findings, Registered Representatives, Principals, Thereunder, Hpi, Regulation, Officer, Common Stock, Chief, Cypros, Price, Manipulation, Sales, Andrew Bressman, Burton, York, Chief Operating Officer, Complaints, Trading , ContentID: 120244258

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1 2000-09-11 SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
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1 . SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
EXCHANGE ACT
BROKERS
COMMISSION
RESPONDENT
CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS
SECURITIES
PROCEEDING
STOCK
SUPERVISORY
VIOLATIONS
FINDINGS
REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVES
PRINCIPALS
THEREUNDER
HPI
REGULATION
OFFICER
COMMON STOCK
CHIEF
CYPROS
PRICE
MANIPULATION
SALES
ANDREW BRESSMAN
BURTON
YORK
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
COMPLAINTS
TRADING
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before the
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   Release No. 43269 / September 11, 2000

   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS
   File Nos. 3-9168

   In the Matter of

   ANDREW BRESSMAN,
   ROMAN OKIN,
   RICHARD ACOSTA,
   RICHARD SIMONE,
   BURTON BLANK,
   MARK GOLDMAN and
   JACK WOLYNEZ
   Respondents.

   ORDER MAKING FINDINGS
   AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL
   SANCTIONS AS TO
   BURTON BLANK

   I.

   On December 6, 1996 the Securities and Exchange Commission
   ("Commission") issued an order postponing these proceedings at the
   request of the District Attorney of the County of New York to permit
   the grand jury impaneled by the District Attorney to complete its
   investigation into the conduct of the respondents in this action and
   to file any resulting indictments. Since that time, respondents Andrew
   Bressman, Roman Okin, Richard Acosta, Richard Simone, Mark Goldman and
   Jack Wolynez have been indicted by the grand jury and criminally
   convicted in connection with their activities while employed at A.R.
   Baron & Co., Inc.

   On November 4, 1999, the Commission accepted offers of settlement from
   respondents Bressman, Okin and Simone and issued orders making
   findings and imposing sanctions and other relief as to these
   respondents.

   In anticipation of the reopening of this proceeding by the Commission,
   Respondent Burton Blank ("Blank" or "Respondent") has submitted an
   offer of settlement which the Commission has determined to accept
   ("Offer"). Accordingly, the Commission deems it appropriate to reopen
SNIPPETS:
  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  • ORDER MAKING FINDINGS AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS AS TO BURTON BLANK
  • 1996 the Securities and Exchange Commission
  • issued an order postponing these proceedings at the request of the District Attorney of the
  • Since that time, respondents Andrew Bressman, Roman Okin, Richard Acosta, Richard Simone,
  • On November 4, 1999, the Commission accepted offers of settlement from respondents Bressman,
  • In anticipation of the reopening of this proceeding by the Commission, Respondent Burton
  • While Respondent Blank served in a supervisory capacity at the New York brokerage firm A.R.
  • Blank, who served as chief compliance officer from May 1992 through September 1993, and as
  • By ignoring red flags which should have put him on notice of the brokers' misconduct, Blank, e Board.
  • Prior to November 1991, HPI was a wholly-owned, shell corporation subsidiary of Professional
  • Cypros has common stock and warrants registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 12of
  • BLANK HAD NOTICE OF CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS OF SALES ABUSES BY BROKERS AT BARON
  • Blank's position and expertise accorded him considerable supervisory authority over Baron's
  • BROKERS AT BARON MANIPULATED THE SHARE PRICE OF HPI AND CYPROS
  • As a registered principal and while serving as chief compliance officer and as chief
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