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Penny Stock Fraud and Misrepresentation Federal and State Court Litigation Attorney, Russell L. Forkey, Esq.
November, 2011:
FEDERAL COURT ENTERS JUDGMENTS OF PERMANENT INJUNCTION AND OTHER RELIEF AGAINST DEFENDANTS CHRISTOPHER M. DUBEAU AND ATLANTIS TECHNOLOGY GROUP
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Atlantis Technology Group and Christopher M. Dubeau, Civil Action No. 10-61824-CIV-ZLOCH (S.D. Fla.)
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida has entered final judgments against defendants Christopher M. Dubeau and Atlantis Technology Group, enjoining them from violating the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws. The Court’s final judgments, issued on October 31, 2011, enjoin Dubeau and Atlantis from violations of Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and also enjoin Dubeau from violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933. In addition to granting injunctive relief, the Court permanently barred Dubeau from participating in an offering of a penny stock and from acting as an officer or director of any public company. The Court also ordered Dubeau to disgorge his ill-gotten gains of $312,000.00, plus prejudgment interest in the amount of $12,947.93, and pay a civil penalty of $100,000.00. Dubeau and Atlantis consented to entry of the final judgments.
The Commission’s Complaint against Dubeau and Atlantis, filed September 30, 2010, alleges that from at least August 7, 2009 through April 5, 2010, they issued numerous false press releases claiming, among other things, that Atlantis’ subsidiary, Global Online Television Corporation (GOTV), offered internet protocol television and video phone services to consumers, and claiming that GOTV had relationships with television networks to offer their content to Atlantis subscribers. The Complaint further alleges these claims were not true because, at the time Atlantis issued its press releases, GOTV was not able to offer internet protocol television services to consumers or video phone service, and it did not have relationships with television networks to offer content to its subscribers.
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