Hybrid Coating Technologies Inc (fka HCTI)

[r clarke]

Absolutely not true.

Look at stalking statutes. They usually refer to behaviors which if done
once or twice would not be illegal, but due to the continuing repetitious behavior or pattern of behavior it is a crime.

Pattern of behavior tutorial for judges:

http://jec.unm.edu/education/online-training/stalking-tutorial/pattern-of-conduct-examples

I'll research further examples if you'd like, but I think you get the point.

Under some statutes a pattern of behavior does facilitate charges where a single incident would not be criminal. The SEC has also referred to this as a "pattern of misconduct"

One example may be a broker churning an account. Any one trade is not actionable, but when viewed in total, the multiple trades may be actionable.

The cumulative actions by HCTI principals and management may be enough to bring action if it demonstrates a pattern of behavior/misconduct.




"A pattern? Doesn't make sense.... if it's legal to do it once, it's legal to do it 1000 times...."