UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Litigation Release No. 15859 / August 24, 1998 SEC V. DAVID BEDNARSH, M.D. Fla., 98-1586-CIV-T-26E, filed August 3, 1998 The Commission announced the entry of an Order and Final Judgment of Permanent Injunction and other Equitable Relief (Order) against David Bednarsh (Bednarsh). The Order, which was entered on August 10, 1998, by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, enjoins Bednarsh from future violations of the antifraud provisions the federal securities laws. The Order imposes no civil penalties against Bednarsh based on his demonstrated inability to pay. Bednarsh consented to the entry of the Order without admitting or denying the allegations of the Complaint. In its Complaint, filed on August 3, 1998, the Commission alleged that Bednarsh, as president of Wireless Advantage, Inc. (Wireless), was responsible for disseminating to the public three false and misleading press releases between November 1993 and June 1994. Specifically, in a November 1993 press release, Wireless reported six-month earnings of over $15 million and assets of more than $18 million, when Wireless' actual earnings and assets were no more than a fraction of the reported amounts. Another press release, issued in June 1994, trumpeted Wireless' purchase of a company that owned Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) license rights for $12 million. In the actual transaction, however, Wireless paid no cash, only restricted shares of its thinly traded preferred stock, to acquire SMR license rights, and the rights were worth nowhere near $12 million. Third, in June 1994, Wireless issued a press release announcing that it had developed exclusive hand-held technology for gambling and that a Las Vegas casino would soon begin using this technology. In fact, neither the technology nor the casino itself existed at the time of the press release. According to the Commission's complaint, during the time that Wireless issued these press releases, its stock traded on the NASD Bulletin Board System for between $5 and $10.50 per share, and these press releases had the effect of supporting this inflated stock price. All further inquiries should be directed to John J. Sikora, Jr. of the Midwest Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission at (312)353-1678.