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CaseNo: 33-8120, Defendant: Arthur Lee Kunes, Plaintiff: SEC, State: OR Oregon, UniqueCaseRef: SEC>33-8120, Securities, Kunes, Commission, Securities Act, Internet, Internet Materials, Investors, Plants, Pursuant, Founder, Violation, Instituting, Fund, Findings, Manufacturing Plants, Offering, Lender, Committing, Firms, Long-term Lender, Registration Statement, Exemption, Misrepresentations, Federal Securities Laws, Exchange Commission, Administrative Proceedings, Settlement, Paragraphs, According, Web Site , ContentID: 120253698

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1 2002-08-09 SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
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1 . SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before The
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Release No. 8120 / August 9, 2002

   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
   File No. 3-10860
     _________________________________________________________________

   In the Matter of

   Arthur Lee Kunes,

                                                              Respondent.
     _________________________________________________________________

   ORDER INSTITUTING PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 8A OF THE
   SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, MAKING FINDINGS AND IMPOSING CEASE-AND-DESIST
   ORDER

                                     I.

   The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it
   appropriate that public administrative proceedings be instituted
   pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities
   Act") against Arthur Lee Kunes ("Kunes").

   In anticipation of the institution of these proceedings, Kunes has
   submitted an Offer of Settlement, which Offer the Commission has
   determined to accept. Solely for the purpose of these proceedings and
   any other proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Commission, or in
   which the Commission is a party, prior to a hearing pursuant to the
   Commission's Rules of Practice, 17 C.F.R. § 201.100 et seq., Kunes
   admits the jurisdiction of the Commission over him and the subject
   matter of these administrative proceedings and consents to the entry
   of this Order Instituting Public Proceedings Pursuant to Section 8A of
   the Securities Act of 1933, Making Findings and Imposing
   Cease-and-Desist Order ("Order"), without admitting or denying the
   Commission's findings, except as for those contained in paragraph
   III.A below, which are admitted.

                                    II.

   Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT proceedings pursuant to Section
   8A of the Securities Act be, and hereby are, instituted.

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  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  • ORDER INSTITUTING PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 8A OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission deems it appropriate that public administrative
  • In anticipation of the institution of these proceedings, Kunes has submitted an Offer of
  • Solely for the purpose of these proceedings and any other proceeding brought by or on behalf g Findings and Imposing Cease-and-Desist Order, without admitting or denying the Commission's
  • These plants were to manufacture sheets of particle board using agricultural fibers.
  • the Company's founder agreed to engage Kunes to help the Company obtain investors willing to
  • he created a web site describing the Company and its investment opportunities and posted
  • The first web site identified Kunes and Earthworks International as supporting the Company's
  • The Internet materials initially sought a $150,000 investment per plant, but Kunes
  • The Internet materials represented that the Company would use investors' money to access a
  • E. According to Kunes's Internet materials, a separate corporation would own each
  • There was no registration statement in effect or filed with the Commission for this stock.
  • No exemption from registration was applicable.
  • The offering materials also said that the Company would eventually merge these entities into
  • THE MISREPRESENTATIONS
  • the Internet materials repeatedly stated that the Company had a long-term lender that had
  • Third, Kunes's Internet materials stated that the Company had retained various nationally
  • J. Fourth, although the Internet materials favorably presented the industry experience of the
  • By the acts and omissions alleged in paragraphs III.B through III.J, Kunes violated Section
  • ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act, that Kunes
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