SEC Seeks Enforcement Against CEO of DecisionPoint
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Nicholas Toms seeking enforcement of the SEC Order requiring him to pay disgorgement of $85,918, representing profits gained by Toms’ conduct described in the SEC Order, prejudgment interest to the date of the SEC Order of $16,853.40, and a civil money penalty of $175,000.
On February 11, 2015 Toms, a resident of Boca Raton, Florida and an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of New York and formerly the CEO and president of DecisionPoint Systems, Inc., from 1981 through 1989 beneficially owned and sold more than 2.3 million shares of the firm’s stock. He did this by using his secretary as a nominee for the shares and then making materially false filings with the SEC and certifying to the accuracy of those filings. The Order alleged violations of Exchange Act Section 10(b).
Toms offered to settle cease-and-desist proceedings brought against him by the SEC alleging that Toms had violated and had caused DecisionPoint to violate, the antifraud provisions of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) and Rule 10b-5 thereunder.
Toms did not make payment, although he had promised to do so both before the entry of the SEC Order and afterwards. The SEC seeks in this action brought under Section 21(e)(1) of the Exchange Act to compel Toms to make payment.
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