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CaseNo: 34-42935, Defendant: Steven Speaks, C.P.A., Plaintiff: SEC, State: OR Oregon, UniqueCaseRef: SEC>34-42935, Speaks, Commission, Exchange Act, Practice, Respondent, Cuc, Securities Exchange Act, Pursuant, Administrative Proceedings, Accounting, Certified Public Accountant, Entries, Reserve, Comp-u-card, Accounts, Operating Income, Making Findings, Membership, Management, Cancellation Reserve, Merger Reserves, Cuc Controller, Handwritten Instructions, Fiscal Year-end, Steven Speaks, Imposing Sanctions, Comp-u-card Division, Balance Sheet, Operating Expense, Thereunder , ContentID: 120244598

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1 2000-06-14 SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
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1 . SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
COMMISSION
EXCHANGE ACT
PRACTICE
RESPONDENT
CUC
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
PURSUANT
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS
ACCOUNTING
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
ENTRIES
RESERVE
COMP-U-CARD
ACCOUNTS
OPERATING INCOME
MAKING FINDINGS
MEMBERSHIP
MANAGEMENT
CANCELLATION RESERVE
MERGER RESERVES
CUC CONTROLLER
HANDWRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS
FISCAL YEAR-END
STEVEN SPEAKS
IMPOSING SANCTIONS
COMP-U-CARD DIVISION
BALANCE SHEET
OPERATING EXPENSE
THEREUNDER
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before the
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   Release No. 42935 / June 14, 2000

   ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING ENFORCEMENT
   Release No. 1274 / June 14, 2000

   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
   File No. 3-10227
     _________________________________________________________________

   In the Matter of

   STEVEN SPEAKS, C.P.A.,

     Respondent.
     _________________________________________________________________


   ORDER INSTITUTING PUBLIC
   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS
   PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE
   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
   AND RULE 102(e) OF THE COMMISSION'S
   RULES OF PRACTICE, MAKING FINDINGS,
   AND IMPOSING SANCTIONS AND
   CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER

   I.

   The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it
   appropriate to institute public administrative proceedings pursuant to
   Section 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act")
   and Rule 102(e) of the Commission's Rules of Practice^ against Steven
   Speaks ("Speaks" or "Respondent"), a certified public accountant.

   II.

   In anticipation of the institution of these administrative
   proceedings, Speaks has submitted an Offer of Settlement ("Offer")
   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,
   without admitting or denying the findings set forth below, except as
   to jurisdiction of the Commission over him and over the subject matter
SNIPPETS:
  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  • ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING ENFORCEMENT
  • STEVEN SPEAKS, C.P.A.,
  • ORDER INSTITUTING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES
  • RULES OF PRACTICE, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING SANCTIONS AND CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission deems it appropriate to institute public
  • Solely for the purpose of these proceedings, and any other proceedings brought by or on 34 and Rule 102of the Commission's Rules of Practice, Making Findings, and Imposing Sanctions and
  • In early 1997, Speaks moved to Trumbull, Connecticut, to work in the accounting operations at
  • CUC became Cendant Corporation.
  • Speaks is licensed as a certified public accountant in North Dakota and resides in Trumbull,
  • certain members of CUC's senior management implemented a scheme designed to ensure that CUC
  • Management also improperly utilized two liability accounts related to membership sales,
  • management improperly wrote off assets --including assets that were unimpaired -- and
  • Speaks joined CUC in August of 1996 and did not became controller of the Comp-U-Card division
  • On Friday, January 16, 1998, shortly after Speaks had sent Comp-U-Card's year-end reporting
  • Speaks was directed to reverse approximately $19.6 million out of the Ideon reserve and
  • Speaks was directed to increase Comp-U-Card revenue accounts by $33.3 million and to decrease
  • The CUC controller had directed Speaks to back-date the entries, and Speaks gave the entries
  • Speaks also created a four-page balance sheet analysis, to record the general ledger balances
  • As controller of Comp-U-Card division after June of 1997, Speaks inherited, but then himself
  • Because the rejects and cancellations for the final three months were not recorded against
  • Section 10of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder prohibit a person, in connection with
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