U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Litigation Release No. 17620 / July 17, 2002
U.S. V. ERNEST FRANK COSSEY, Case No. 02-CR-0795J (S.D. Cal.)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. TLC INVESTMENTS & TRADE CO., TLC
AMERICA, INC. dba BREA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, TLC BROKERAGE, INC., dba
TLC MARKETING, TLC DEVELOPMENT, INC., TLC REAL PROPERTIES RLLP-1,
CLOUD & ASSOCIATES CONSULTING, INC., ERNEST F. COSSEY, GARY W.
WILLIAMS, AND THOMAS G. CLOUD, Civil Action No. SACV 00-960 DOC(EEx)
(C.D. Cal.)
TLC ENTITIES' PRESIDENT SENTENCED TO 57 MONTHS
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of California
announced that Ernest Frank Cossey, the President of TLC Investments &
Trade Co. and related entities, was sentenced to 57 months in prison,
and ordered to pay $60.5 million in restitution, for conspiring to
commit mail fraud and filing a false tax return in connection with a
multimillion-dollar nationwide Ponzi scheme that defrauded 1,850
mostly elderly investors. United States District Judge Napoleon A.
Jones, Jr. imposed the sentence on July 15, 2002.
In October 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed an
emergency action against Cossey and several other defendants, alleging
that they committed securities fraud and sold securities that were not
registered with the Commission. The Commission's complaint accused
Cossey and several other defendants of perpetrating a real estate
Ponzi scheme between 1998 and October 2000 that raised over $150
million by falsely promising investors a safe, liquid investment that
would pay guaranteed returns of 8 to 15%. The complaint also alleges
that Cossey misused at least $28.3 million of investor funds to pay
other investors, invest in a prime bank scheme, buy racehorses, make
charitable contributions and wire funds overseas for his personal use.
Cossey settled the Commission's action in 2001 by consenting to the
entry of a permanent injunction prohibiting future violations of the
registration and antifraud provisions, and requiring him to pay to pay
$10,690,697 in disgorgement, $271,921.53 in prejudgment interest and
$110,000 in civil penalties.
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Modified 07/17/2002
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
U.S. V. ERNEST FRANK COSSEY,
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. TLC INVESTMENTS & TRADE CO., TLC AMERICA, INC. dba BREA
TLC MARKETING, TLC DEVELOPMENT, INC., TLC REAL PROPERTIES RLLP-1, CLOUD & ASSOCIATES
TLC ENTITIES' PRESIDENT SENTENCED TO 57 MONTHS
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of California announced that Ernest
United States District Judge Napoleon A. Jones,
In October 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed an emergency action against
The Commission's complaint accused Cossey and several other defendants of perpetrating a real
The complaint also alleges that Cossey misused at least $28.3 million of investor funds to
Cossey settled the Commission's action in 2001 by consenting to the entry of a permanent
Prior Litigation Releases dealing with this case,,,,, and.
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