Enforcement Actions Criminal Civil

On March 10, 2000, William Edward Stewart was sentenced to 20 years confinement in the federal penitentiary. Stewart had previously been indicted by a federal grand jury in the U.S.District Court in the Eastern District of Texas for conspiracy, wire fraud, aiding and abetting an offense and money...

On March 6, 2000 Leonard Wayne was sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution. Wayne was previously indicted for his alleged role in defrauding investors in connection with a securities offering by Pro-Tex Corporation. Wayne pled guilty to interstate transportation of...

On January 21, 2000, Burrell Murchison and Richard Alan Murchison were sentenced to 16 years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. The Murchisons had previously been indicted by a Harris County Grand Jury for securities fraud, and they were subsequently...