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SEC v L.T. LAWRENCE & CO., INC., TODD E. ROBERTI, et al Click to find out why . . .



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CaseNo: 33-7876, Defendant: L.T. Lawrence & Co., Inc., Todd E. Roberti, and Lawrence Principato, Plaintiff: SEC, UniqueCaseRef: SEC>33-7876, Lawr, Securities, Act, Price, Exchange, Bigmar, Ecotyre, Bigmar Shares, Roberti, Principato, Customers, Ipo, Commission, Retail, Violation, Proceeding, Sold, Purchasing, Controlling, Sales, Manipulating, Thereunder, Pay, Entry, Inventory, Hereby, Broker-dealer, Trading, Aftermarket, Money Order , ContentID: 120244291

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1 2000-07-24 SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
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1 . SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

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SECURITIES
ACT
PRICE
EXCHANGE
BIGMAR
ECOTYRE
BIGMAR SHARES
ROBERTI
PRINCIPATO
CUSTOMERS
IPO
COMMISSION
RETAIL
VIOLATION
PROCEEDING
SOLD
PURCHASING
CONTROLLING
SALES
MANIPULATING
THEREUNDER
PAY
ENTRY
INVENTORY
HEREBY
BROKER-DEALER
TRADING
AFTERMARKET
MONEY ORDER
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before the
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

   SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
   RELEASE NO. 7876 / July 24, 2000

   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   RELEASE NO. 43067 / July 24, 2000

   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
   FILE NO. 3-9923

   In the Matter of

   L.T. LAWRENCE & CO., INC.,
   TODD E. ROBERTI, and
   LAWRENCE PRINCIPATO,
   Respondents.
   ORDER MAKING FINDINGS
   AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL
   SANCTIONS

   I.

   In this public administrative proceeding ordered pursuant to Section
   8A of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") and Sections
   15(b), 19(h) and 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange
   Act"), L.T. Lawrence & Co., Inc. ("LAWR"), Todd E. Roberti ("Roberti")
   and Lawrence Principato ("Principato") have submitted Offers of
   Settlement ("Offers"), which 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, and without admitting or denying the findings contained in
   this Order, except for the Commission's jurisdiction with respect to
   the matters set forth in this Order and those facts which are set
   forth in paragraph II.A.1. below, which LAWR, Roberti and Principato
   admit, LAWR, Roberti and Principato consent to the entry of this
   Order.

   II.

   On the basis of this Order, the Order Instituting Public
   Administrative Proceedings in this matter and the Offers of Settlement
   submitted by LAWR, Roberti and Principato, the Commission finds that

   A. Respondents

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  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  • SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  • ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING FILE NO. 3-9923
  • LAWRENCE PRINCIPATO,
  • In this public administrative proceeding ordered pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act
  • below, which LAWR, Roberti and Principato admit, LAWR, Roberti and Principato consent to the
  • LAWR is a registered broker-dealer that has been registered with the Commission since March
  • LAWR was the managing underwriter of two initial public offerings ("IPOs") the Ecotyre
  • LAWR sold approximately 83% of the IPO to its own retail customers.
  • In addition, before trading began, LAWR obtained orders from retail customers for units in
  • LAWR acquired approximately 52,000 units from other broker-dealers into inventory between 1
  • The price of the Ecotyre units rose from the IPO price of $4.00 to approximately $6.50 by 1
  • LAWR's purchases from and sales to its customers of Ecotyre units constituted approximately
  • As a result of purchasing the Ecotyre units at ever increasing prices while dominating and
  • LAWR sold approximately 746,375 Bigmar shares to its customers at prices ranging from
  • after accumulating the vast majority of the Ecotyre units and manipulating the price of the
  • Based on the foregoing, Roberti and Principato willfully violated Section 17of the Securities
  • Principato is hereby barred from association with any broker or dealer;
  • Pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act and Section 21C of the Exchange Act, Principato
  • Principato shall pay disgorgement and prejudgment interest in the amount of $274,276.27, and
  • Each such payment shall be made by United States postal money order, certified check, bank hich cover letter and money order or check shall be sent to Mary Keefe, Regional Director, Midwest
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