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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Civil Action No.: 1:12-cv-02131-JLK-BNB SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. BRIDGE PREMIUM FINANCE, LLC (f/k/a BERJAC OF COLORADO, LLC), MICHAEL J. TURNOCK, and WILLIAM P. SULLIVAN, II, Defendants, and JANE K. TURNOCK, Relief Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ PLAINTIFF SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONS UNOPPOSED MOTION TO ENTER FINAL JUDGMENTS AS TO DEFENDANTS BRIDGE PREMIUM FINANCE, LLC AND MICHAEL J. TURNOCK ______________________________________________________________________________

Plaintiff, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), respectfully files this unopposed motion to enter final judgments as to Defendants Bridge Premium Finance, LLC (BPF) and Michael J. Turnock. In support of its motion, Plaintiff states as follows: 1. On January 10, 2013, the Commission accepted settlement offers from

Defendants BPF and Michael Turnock. 2. As part of the settlements, Defendants BPF and Michael Turnock consented to the

entry of separate final judgments. Copies of Defendant BPFs signed consent and proposed final

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judgment are attached as Exhibits 1 and 2, respectively. Copies of Defendant Michael Turnocks signed consent and proposed final judgment are attached as Exhibits 3 and 4, respectively. 3. In sum, the proposed final judgments: enjoin Defendants BPF and Michael

Turnock from all violations alleged against them in the Amended Complaint; order them liable, jointly and severally, for disgorgement of $6,289,306 plus interest; and order them liable for a civil penalty in the amount of $6,289,306 each. The proposed final judgments also provide that the amounts currently frozen pursuant to the temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction under the control of Defendants BPF and Michael Turnock shall be paid against the proposed final judgments, except for two accounts specifically designated in the judgments relating to Mr. Turnocks children. 4. Defendants BPF and Michael Turnock each agreed that the proposed final

judgments could be presented to the Court for signature and entry without further notice to them. WHEREFORE, based on the foregoing, Plaintiff respectfully requests that the Court enter the proposed final judgments as to Defendants BPF and Michael Turnock.

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LOCAL RULE 7.1A CERTIFICATION Plaintiffs counsel communicated with counsel for Defendants BPF and Michael Turnock via electronic mail on January 15, 2013. Counsel for defendants indicated that the defendants do not oppose the instant motion. DATED: January 15, 2013 Respectfully submitted,

s/Thomas J. Krysa Thomas J. Krysa Gregory A. Kasper Attorneys for Plaintiff U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 1801 California Street, Suite 1500 Denver, CO 80202 (303) 844-1000 krysat@sec.gov kasperg@sec.gov

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on January 15, 2013, a copy of the foregoing document was filed via the CM/ECF system which will send notice to the following:

Martin M. Berliner, Esq. Berliner McDonald P.C. 5670 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Suite 418 Greenwood Village, CO 80111-2408 mberliner@berlinermcdonald.com Attorney for Defendants BPF and Turnock Robert A. Lees, Esq. 5290 DTC Parkway, Suite 150 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 ral@robertalees.com Attorney for Relief Defendant Jane K. Turnock

And notice was sent via electronic mail to the following: William P. Sullivan, II, pro se 9221 Sori Lane Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 wpsullivan@comcast.net

s/ Thomas J. Krysa Thomas J. Krysa

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Civil Action No.: 1:12-cv-02131-JLK-BNB SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. BRIDGE PREMIUM FINANCE, LLC (f/k/a BERJAC OF COLORADO, LLC), MICHAEL J. TURNOCK, and WILLIAM P. SULLIVAN, II, Defendants, and JANE K. TURNOCK, Relief Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO BRIDGE PREMIUM FINANCE, LLC ______________________________________________________________________________ The Securities and Exchange Commission having filed a Complaint and Defendant Bridge Premium Finance, LLC (Defendant) having entered a general appearance; consented to the Courts jurisdiction over Defendant and the subject matter of this action; consented to entry of this Final Judgment without admitting or denying the allegations of the Complaint (except as to jurisdiction); waived findings of fact and conclusions of law; and waived any right to appeal from this Final Judgment: I. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendants agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or

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participation with them who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or indirectly, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) [15 U.S.C. 78j(b)] and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder [17 C.F.R. 240.10b-5], by using any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails, or of any facility of any national securities exchange, in connection with the purchase or sale of any security: (a) (b) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; to make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (c) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person. II. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant

and Defendants agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act) [15 U.S.C. 77q(a)] in the offer or sale of any security by the use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or by use of the mails, directly or indirectly: (a) (b) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; to obtain money or property by means of any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements

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made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (c) to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser. III. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant

and Defendants agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Section 5 of the Securities Act [15 U.S.C. 77e] by, directly or indirectly, in the absence of any applicable exemption: (a) Unless a registration statement is in effect as to a security, making use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or of the mails to sell such security through the use or medium of any prospectus or otherwise; (b) Unless a registration statement is in effect as to a security, carrying or causing to be carried through the mails or in interstate commerce, by any means or instruments of transportation, any such security for the purpose of sale or for delivery after sale; or (c) Making use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or of the mails to offer to sell or offer to buy through the use or medium of any prospectus or otherwise any security, unless a registration statement has been filed with the Commission as to such security, or while the registration statement is the subject of a refusal order or stop order or (prior to the

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effective date of the registration statement) any public proceeding or examination under Section 8 of the Securities Act [15 U.S.C. 77h]. IV. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant is liable for disgorgement of $6,289,306, representing profits gained as a result of the conduct alleged in the Complaint, together with prejudgment interest thereon in the amount of $15,723, jointly and severally with Defendant Michael J. Turnock. Defendant is also liable for a civil penalty in the amount of $6,289,306 pursuant to pursuant to Section 20(d) of the Securities Act [15 U.S.C. 77t(d)] and Section 21(d)(3) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. 78u(d)(3)]. Defendant shall satisfy these obligations by paying $12,594,335 to the Securities and Exchange Commission within 14 days after entry of this Final Judgment. Defendant may transmit payment electronically to the Commission, which will provide detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions upon request. Payment may also be made directly from a bank account via Pay.gov through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm. Defendant may also pay by certified check, bank cashiers check, or United States postal money order payable to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which shall be delivered or mailed to Enterprise Services Center Accounts Receivable Branch 6500 South MacArthur Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73169 and shall be accompanied by a letter identifying the case title, civil action number, and name of this Court; Bridge Premium Finance, LLC as a defendant in this action; and specifying that payment is made pursuant to this Final Judgment. Defendant shall simultaneously transmit

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photocopies of evidence of payment and case identifying information to the Commissions counsel in this action. Monies frozen in this matter pursuant to the Temporary Restraining Order [Dkt. # 7] and the Preliminary Injunction [Dkt. # 14] in accounts under the control of Defendant shall be forfeited and paid against the amounts due pursuant to this Final Judgment. By making payments pursuant to this Final Judgment, Defendant relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title, and interest in such funds and no part of the funds shall be returned to Defendant. The Commission may enforce the Courts judgment for disgorgement and prejudgment interest by moving for civil contempt (and/or through other collection procedures authorized by law) at any time after 14 days following entry of this Final Judgment. Defendant shall pay post judgment interest on any delinquent amounts pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1961. The Commission shall hold the funds, together with any interest and income earned thereon (collectively, the Fund), pending further order of the Court. The Commission may propose a plan to distribute the Fund subject to the Courts approval. Such a plan may provide that the Fund shall be distributed pursuant to the Fair Fund provisions of Section 308(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Court shall retain jurisdiction over the administration of any distribution of the Fund. If the Commission staff determines that the Fund will not be distributed, the Commission shall send the funds paid pursuant to this Final Judgment to the United States Treasury. Regardless of whether any such Fair Fund distribution is made, amounts ordered to be paid as civil penalties pursuant to this Judgment shall be treated as penalties paid to the government for all purposes, including all tax purposes. To preserve the deterrent effect of the

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civil penalty, Defendant shall not, after offset or reduction of any award of compensatory damages in any Related Investor Action based on Defendants payment of disgorgement in this action, argue that it is entitled to, nor shall it further benefit by, offset or reduction of such compensatory damages award by the amount of any part of Defendants payment of a civil penalty in this action (Penalty Offset). If the court in any Related Investor Action grants such a Penalty Offset, Defendant shall, within 30 days after entry of a final order granting the Penalty Offset, notify the Commissions counsel in this action and pay the amount of the Penalty Offset to the United States Treasury or to a Fair Fund, as the Commission directs. Such a payment shall not be deemed an additional civil penalty and shall not be deemed to change the amount of the civil penalty imposed in this Judgment. For purposes of this paragraph, a Related Investor Action means a private damages action brought against Defendant by or on behalf of one or more investors based on substantially the same facts as alleged in the Complaint in this action. V. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that this Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter for the purposes of enforcing the terms of this Final Judgment. VI. There being no just reason for delay, pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Clerk is ordered to enter this Final Judgment forthwith and without further notice. Dated: ______________, _____ ____________________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Civil Action No.: 1:12-cv-02131-JLK-BNB SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. BRIDGE PREMIUM FINANCE, LLC (f/k/a BERJAC OF COLORADO, LLC), MICHAEL J. TURNOCK, and WILLIAM P. SULLIVAN, II, Defendants, and JANE K. TURNOCK, Relief Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO MICHAEL J. TURNOCK ______________________________________________________________________________ The Securities and Exchange Commission having filed a Complaint and Defendant Michael J. Turnock (Defendant) having entered a general appearance; consented to the Courts jurisdiction over Defendant and the subject matter of this action; consented to entry of this Final Judgment without admitting or denying the allegations of the Complaint (except as to jurisdiction); waived findings of fact and conclusions of law; and waived any right to appeal from this Final Judgment: I. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant and Defendants agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or

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participation with them who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or indirectly, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) [15 U.S.C. 78j(b)] and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder [17 C.F.R. 240.10b-5], by using any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails, or of any facility of any national securities exchange, in connection with the purchase or sale of any security: (a) (b) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; to make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (c) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person. II. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant

and Defendants agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act) [15 U.S.C. 77q(a)] in the offer or sale of any security by the use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or by use of the mails, directly or indirectly: (a) (b) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; to obtain money or property by means of any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements

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made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (c) to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser. III. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant

and Defendants agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise are permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Section 5 of the Securities Act [15 U.S.C. 77e] by, directly or indirectly, in the absence of any applicable exemption: (a) Unless a registration statement is in effect as to a security, making use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or of the mails to sell such security through the use or medium of any prospectus or otherwise; (b) Unless a registration statement is in effect as to a security, carrying or causing to be carried through the mails or in interstate commerce, by any means or instruments of transportation, any such security for the purpose of sale or for delivery after sale; or (c) Making use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or of the mails to offer to sell or offer to buy through the use or medium of any prospectus or otherwise any security, unless a registration statement has been filed with the Commission as to such security, or while the registration statement is the subject of a refusal order or stop order or (prior to the

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effective date of the registration statement) any public proceeding or examination under Section 8 of the Securities Act [15 U.S.C. 77h]. IV. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant is liable for disgorgement of $6,289,306, representing profits gained as a result of the conduct alleged in the Complaint, together with prejudgment interest thereon in the amount of $15,723, jointly and severally with Defendant Bridge Premium Finance, LLC. Defendant is also liable for a civil penalty in the amount of $6,289,306 pursuant to pursuant to Section 20(d) of the Securities Act [15 U.S.C. 77t(d)] and Section 21(d)(3) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. 78u(d)(3)]. Defendant shall satisfy these obligations by paying $12,594,335 to the Securities and Exchange Commission within 14 days after entry of this Final Judgment. Defendant may transmit payment electronically to the Commission, which will provide detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions upon request. Payment may also be made directly from a bank account via Pay.gov through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm. Defendant may also pay by certified check, bank cashiers check, or United States postal money order payable to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which shall be delivered or mailed to Enterprise Services Center Accounts Receivable Branch 6500 South MacArthur Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73169 and shall be accompanied by a letter identifying the case title, civil action number, and name of this Court; Michael J. Turnock as a defendant in this action; and specifying that payment is made pursuant to this Final Judgment. Defendant shall simultaneously transmit photocopies of

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evidence of payment and case identifying information to the Commissions counsel in this action. Monies frozen in this matter pursuant to the Temporary Restraining Order [Dkt. # 7] and the Preliminary Injunction [Dkt. # 14] in accounts under the control of Defendant shall be forfeited and paid against the amounts due pursuant to this Final Judgment, except for accounts numbered xxxxx0356 and xxxxx0374 located at ING Bank. Defendants share of the sale proceeds from sale of the residence at 3737 Gill Drive, Denver, CO 80209-3510 shall be forfeited and paid against the amounts due pursuant to this Final Judgment. By making payments pursuant to this Final Judgment, Defendant relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title, and interest in such funds and no part of the funds shall be returned to Defendant. The Commission may enforce the Courts judgment for disgorgement and prejudgment interest by moving for civil contempt (and/or through other collection procedures authorized by law) at any time after 14 days following entry of this Final Judgment. Defendant shall pay post judgment interest on any delinquent amounts pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1961. The Commission shall hold the funds, together with any interest and income earned thereon (collectively, the Fund), pending further order of the Court. The Commission may propose a plan to distribute the Fund subject to the Courts approval. Such a plan may provide that the Fund shall be distributed pursuant to the Fair Fund provisions of Section 308(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Court shall retain jurisdiction over the administration of any distribution of the Fund. If the Commission staff

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determines that the Fund will not be distributed, the Commission shall send the funds paid pursuant to this Final Judgment to the United States Treasury. Regardless of whether any such Fair Fund distribution is made, amounts ordered to be paid as civil penalties pursuant to this Judgment shall be treated as penalties paid to the government for all purposes, including all tax purposes. To preserve the deterrent effect of the civil penalty, Defendant shall not, after offset or reduction of any award of compensatory damages in any Related Investor Action based on Defendants payment of disgorgement in this action, argue that he is entitled to, nor shall he further benefit by, offset or reduction of such compensatory damages award by the amount of any part of Defendants payment of a civil penalty in this action (Penalty Offset). If the court in any Related Investor Action grants such a Penalty Offset, Defendant shall, within 30 days after entry of a final order granting the Penalty Offset, notify the Commissions counsel in this action and pay the amount of the Penalty Offset to the United States Treasury or to a Fair Fund, as the Commission directs. Such a payment shall not be deemed an additional civil penalty and shall not be deemed to change the amount of the civil penalty imposed in this Judgment. For purposes of this paragraph, a Related Investor Action means a private damages action brought against Defendant by or on behalf of one or more investors based on substantially the same facts as alleged in the Complaint in this action. V. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that this Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter for the purposes of enforcing the terms of this Final Judgment.

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VI. There being no just reason for delay, pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Clerk is ordered to enter this Final Judgment forthwith and without further notice. Dated: ______________, _____ ____________________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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