U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Release No. 47641 / April 7, 2003
Accounting and Auditing Enforcement
Release No. 1754 / April 7, 2003
Administrative Proceeding
File No. 3-11084
ADMINISTRATIVE AND CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDING INSTITUTED AGAINST HARRISON
SECURITIES, INC., FREDERICK C. BLUMER AND NEBRISSA SONG ALLEGING
BROKER-DEALER NET CAPITAL, RECORD-KEEPING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING VIOLATIONS
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it instituted
public administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against a
broker-dealer, the principal of the broker-dealer, and a FINOP for
repeated violations of the net capital, books-and-records, and
financial reporting provisions of the Securities Exchange Act. Named
as respondents in the proceeding are
* Harrison Securities, Inc., a Port Washington, New York based
broker-dealer;
* Frederick C. Blumer, Harrison's CEO, compliance officer and sole
shareholder;
* Nebrissa Song, Harrison's FINOP (Financial and Operations
Principal) from December 3, 2001 through April 30, 2002; and
A hearing will be held before an administrative law judge to determine
whether the allegations against Harrison, Blumer and Song are true,
and, if so, what remedial action, if any, is appropriate.
The Proceeding Against Harrison, Blumer, and Song
The Division of Enforcement alleges in the Order Instituting
Proceedings that on at least 22 occasions from April 2001 through
April 2002, Harrison conducted a securities business while not
maintaining sufficient net capital, and that on at least three
occasions Harrison filed false FOCUS reports. The Division alleges
that Blumer, a CPA, willfully aided and abetted and caused the firm's
violations, and that Song, for the period in which she served as
Harrison's FINOP, caused certain of the firm's violations.
More specifically, the Division alleges that Blumer aided and abetted
and caused Harrison's violations by
* Transferring funds into Harrison from HSI, Inc. -- an unregulated
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Accounting and Auditing Enforcement
ADMINISTRATIVE AND CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDING INSTITUTED AGAINST HARRISON SECURITIES, INC.,
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it instituted public administrative and
Named as respondents in the proceeding are * Harrison Securities, Inc., a Port Washington,
Proceedings that on at least 22 occasions from April 2001 through April 2002, Harrison
The Division alleges that Blumer, a CPA, willfully aided and abetted and caused the firm's
More specifically, the Division alleges that Blumer aided and abetted and caused Harrison's
* Improperly recording deposits in Harrison's cash receipts blotter prior to the actual
* Improperly accruing Harrison's expenses either by not accruing an expense when it was
Blumer improperly removed liabilities by purporting to transfer them to HSI.
Blumer transferred approximately the same amount from the firm to HSI and removed the tax
* Failing to deduct haircut and, when appropriate, undue concentration charges in calculating
According to the Order Instituting Proceedings, Blumer aided and abetted and caused
With respect to Song, the Order alleges that, as Harrison's registered FINOP from December 3,
By operating without sufficient net capital, Harrison allegedly violated Section 15of the
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