==========================================START OF PAGE 1====== UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Litigation Release No. 14810 / February 2, 1996 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. DAVID M. CARMICHAEL, ET AL., (United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Civil Action No. 196 CV 214, filed February 1, 1996) The Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) today announced the filing of a Complaint on February 1, 1996, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, seeking an order of permanent injunction, disgorgement and civil penalties against David M. Carmichael (Carmichael), Anthony Kohl (Kohl), Chris Adams (Adams) and Robert Putnam (Putnam). The Complaint alleges that Carmichael and Kohl participated in a scheme to sell unregistered securities inviolation of Sections 5(a), 5(c) and 17(a) of the Securities Actof 1933 (Securities Act) and Section 10(b) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. According to the Complaint, Adams and Putnam mademisrepresentations and omitted to state material facts toinvestors while selling securities, in violation of Section 17(a)of the Securities Act and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act andRule 10b-5 thereunder. The Complaint alleges that from 1989 through 1992,Carmichael and Kohl, the treasurer and controller of Dublin Securities Inc. (DSI), respectively, participated in a scheme to sell the stock of McCoy Avionics, Inc. (McCoy) which was not registered with the Commission. It alleges that Carmichael and Kohl also participated in a scheme to manipulate the price of thestock of McCoy and Dewey's Candy Company (Dewey's). The Complaint alleges that during their employment at DSI, Carmichaeland Kohl arranged the sale of McCoy and Dewey's securities to DSI employees and their friends and relatives, commonly known as "insiders," and then arranged the resale of these securities to DSI for sale to public investors at artificially inflated prices. The Complaint also alleges that Adams and Putnam, who were brokers for DSI, purchased Dewey's securities and resold them to DSI for sale to public investors at artificially inflated prices. Additionally, the Complaint alleges that Adams and Putnam sold Dewey's securities to investors and made misrepresentations and omitted to tell investors material facts in the sale of Dewey's stock. In fact, the Complaint alleges that the price of the securities was arbitrarily and artificially set by DSI and that DSI dominated and controlled the market for Dewey's securities. The Complaint further alleges that Adams purchased McCoy securities and resold McCoy stock to investors without disclosing similar material facts.