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SEC v AXEL E. FRIEDBERG and RUDOLF J. WEISSENBERGER Click to find out why . . .



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CaseNo: 34-43129, Defendant: Axel E. Friedberg and Rudolf J. Weissenberger, Plaintiff: SEC, State: OR Oregon, UniqueCaseRef: SEC>34-43129, Cronos, Palatin, Weissenberger, Exchange Act, Friedberg, Commission, Filings, Disclose, Barton, Violations, Obligation, Facts, Pledge, Materials, Reporting, Authorizing, Shares, Pursuant, Agreement, Transactions, Control, Funds, Exchange Act Rules, Securities Exchange Act, Findings, Directors, Ipo, Instituting, Party, Misleading , ContentID: 120244284

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1 2000-08-08 SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
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1 . SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

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PALATIN
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EXCHANGE ACT
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COMMISSION
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MATERIALS
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   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
   Before the
   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   Release No. 43129 / August 8, 2000

   ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING ENFORCEMENT
   Release No. 1291 / August 8, 2000

   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
   File No. 3-10263
     _________________________________________________________________

   In the Matter of

   AXEL E. FRIEDBERG and
   RUDOLF J. WEISSENBERGER,

     Respondents.
     _________________________________________________________________


   ORDER INSTITUTING PUBLIC
   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS
   PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE
   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
   MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING A
   CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER

   I.

   The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it
   appropriate that public administrative proceedings be instituted
   against Respondents Axel E. Friedberg ("Friedberg") and Rudolf J.
   Weissenberger ("Weissenberger") pursuant to Section 21C of the
   Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act").

   II.

   In anticipation of the institution of these administrative
   proceedings, Friedberg and Weissenberger have each submitted an Offer
   of Settlement ("Offers") that the Commission has determined to accept.
   Solely for the purpose of these proceedings, and any other proceedings
   brought by or on behalf of the Commission, or in which the Commission
   is a party, without admitting or denying the findings set forth
   herein, except as to jurisdiction of the Commission over them and over
   the subject matter of these proceedings, which Friedberg and
SNIPPETS:
  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  • ORDER INSTITUTING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission deems it appropriate that public administrative
  • Axel E. Friedberg, 55, served as a director of The Cronos Group from January 1997 through
  • Weissenberger served as the acting, and then official, Chairman and CEO of Cronos from May
  • He was associated with Palatin in several business ventures between 1980 and 1991.
  • he authorized filings with the Commission that he knew or was reckless in not knowing were
  • Friedberg, by authorizing the filings, was a cause of Cronos' antifraud and reporting
  • Cronos first sold shares publicly in December, 1995 ("the IPO") after the Commission declared
  • Throughout this period Palatin, among other things, caused and attempted to cause the company
  • Palatin and the company made material misstatements and failed to disclose material facts
  • Cronos, at Palatin's direction, represented in its offering materials and subsequent annual
  • To secure this obligation he pledged as collateral slightly more than one million shares of
  • They were owned by a Panamanian bearer share company whose shares were held in trust to
  • Cronos' filings with the Commission, including the 1996 Form 20-F, filed after Friedberg and
  • The company's filings failed to disclose that the collateral was encumbered by reason of the
  • Among other things, the filing failed to disclose Palatin's control of Barton and receipt of
  • By authorizing the filings, he was a cause of Cronos' violations of Section 10of the Exchange
  • By authorizing filings that Weissenberger knew or should have known were inaccurate, he was a
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