Securities and Exchange Commission

Litigation Release No. 17427 / March 21, 2002

SEC v. Mark Sendo and Internet Money.com, Inc., U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Michigan, Civ. Action No. 01-73698 (E.D. Mich. September
28, 2001)

   The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that on March
   15, 2002, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
   Michigan entered a permanent injunction against Internet Money.com,
   Inc. (iMC), permanently enjoining it from future violations of Section
   17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 10(b) of the Securities
   Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. iMC is an
   Ann Arbor based start-up company that purportedly is developing a
   secure Internet payment device. iMC consented to entry of the
   permanent injunction without admitting or denying the Commission's
   allegations. The claims against co-defendant Mark Sendo are pending.

   The Commission's Complaint alleged that from at least December 1999
   until March 2001, iMC and its largest shareholder and former CEO, Mark
   Sendo, raised at least $440,500 through the sale of common stock to at
   least 23 investors. The Complaint alleges that iMC and Sendo made
   false and misleading statements in business plans provided to
   potential investors about the individuals associated with iMC. First,
   iMC falsely represented that various high profile figures in the
   Internet and "payment systems" industries had invested in iMC, served
   on iMC's Board of Directors or were a part of iMC's management team.
   These misrepresentations were designed to provide potential investors
   with the impression that highly successful business executives were
   guiding the development of iMC when, in fact, Sendo directed iMC's
   operations. Second, iMC's offering materials present a misleading
   portrayal of Sendo. Sendo is described in offering materials as a
   successful professional who worked for highly reputable brokerage
   firms. The offering materials, however, do not disclose that Sendo
   pled guilty to federal criminal wire fraud charges and was enjoined in
   a Commission enforcement action for his role in a securities fraud.

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Modified 03/22/2002