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CaseNo: 34-43410, Defendant: J. Stephen Stout, Plaintiff: SEC, State: WA Washington, UniqueCaseRef: SEC>34-43410, Stout, Securities, Account, Trading, Exchange Act, Sales, Blevins, Investment, Commission, Violations, Fund, Limited Partnerships, Civil Money Penalty, Plan Accounts, Pension, Margin, Hergenreders, Proceeding, Unauthorized Trading, Valuations, Prudential-bache, Bruce Blevins, Recommendations, Salesperson, Painewebber, Turnover Rate, Profit-sharing Plan, Future Violation, Patty Blevins, Blevins Products , ContentID: 120247158

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1 2000-10-04 SEC COMMISSION OPINION
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1 . SEC COMMISSION OPINION

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SECURITIES
ACCOUNT
TRADING
EXCHANGE ACT
SALES
BLEVINS
INVESTMENT
COMMISSION
VIOLATIONS
FUND
LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS
CIVIL MONEY PENALTY
PLAN ACCOUNTS
PENSION
MARGIN
HERGENREDERS
PROCEEDING
UNAUTHORIZED TRADING
VALUATIONS
PRUDENTIAL-BACHE
BRUCE BLEVINS
RECOMMENDATIONS
SALESPERSON
PAINEWEBBER
TURNOVER RATE
PROFIT-SHARING PLAN
FUTURE VIOLATION
PATTY BLEVINS
BLEVINS PRODUCTS
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C.

   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   Rel. No. 43410 / October 4, 2000

   Admin. Proc. File No. 3-9034

                              In the Matter of

                              J. STEPHEN STOUT
                              6125 Deland Road
                          Flushing, Michigan 48433

Opinion of the Commission

   BROKER-DEALER PROCEEDINGS

   Grounds for Remedial Action

   Fraud in Offer and Sale of Securities

   Former salesperson of registered broker-dealer engaged in unsuitable
   and unauthorized trading and made fraudulent statements and omitted
   material facts in connection with the offer and sale of securities.
   Held, it is in the public interest to bar salesperson from association
   with any broker or dealer; to order salesperson permanently to cease
   and desist from committing or causing any violation and committing or
   causing any future violation of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of
   1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule
   10b-5 thereunder; and to order him to pay a civil money penalty of
   $300,000.

   APPEARANCES
   J. Stephen Stout, pro se.
       Gregory P. von Schaumburg and Adriane W. Burkland, for the
       Division of Enforcement.

   Appeal filed January 25, 1999
   Last brief received May 28, 1999



                                     I.

   J. Stephen Stout, formerly a salesperson in the Flint, Michigan office
   of PaineWebber, Inc. ("PaineWebber"), appeals from the decision of an
   administrative law judge. The law judge found that Stout had provided
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  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  • Former salesperson of registered broker-dealer engaged in unsuitable and unauthorized trading
  • it is in the public interest to bar salesperson from association with any broker or dealer;
  • J. Stephen Stout, pro se.
  • The law judge found that Stout had provided false valuations to customers, engaged in
  • The law judge further found that Stout's sales practices, including short-term holding
  • The law judge barred Stout from association with any broker or dealer, ordered him to cease
  • This proceeding concerns Stout's conduct with respect to ten customer accounts while employed
  • Stout joined PaineWebber in February 1989 after six years as a registered representative at
  • Eight of the ten accounts at issue in this proceeding involved members of the Blevins family.
  • Stout began his business relationship with the Blevins family in 1978, when he opened an
  • Stout also was the registered representative for the accounts of Mark Blevins' parents, Wayne
  • Bruce Blevins asked Stout whether an investment account could generate sufficient income to
  • Stout purchased securities on margin for Balasko's account without obtaining Balasko's
  • Despite Balasko's advanced age, uncertain health, conservative investment objectives, and
  • Wayne Blevins started Blevins Products in 1957, sold the company to Bruce Blevins in 1985,
  • Bruce Blevins became the sole trustee for the Blevins Products pension plan and the Blevins
  • Bruce Blevins relied on Stout's knowledge, expertise, and training as a broker when making
  • Bruce Blevins did not reject any of Stout's recommendations except on one occasion when the
  • For the period from June 1991 through August 1992, the annual average turnover rate in the
  • At that time, the Hergenreders earned a combined income of approximately $74,000.
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