The Commission finds that:
1. Hand is an attorney, whom the State of California admitted to practice law in
1986.
2. On June 11, 2019, an amended judgment of conviction was entered against Hand in United States v. Hand, No. 1:15-cr-10386-WGY, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, finding him guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371; two counts of securities fraud, in violation of Title 15, United States Code, Sections 78j(b) and 78ff, and Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.10b-5, and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2; and two counts of wire fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343, 1349, and 2. Hand’s conviction arises out of, inter alia, his role in a scheme to pump and dump the 1 Rule 102(e)(2) provides in pertinent part: “Any attorney who has been suspended or disbarred by a court of the United States or of any State; . . . or any person who has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude shall be forthwith suspended from appearing or practicing before the Commission.” See 17 C.F.R. 201.102(e)(2).
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publicly traded stock of Greenway Technology.
3. As a result of this conviction, Hand was sentenced to 66 months of imprisonment in a federal penitentiary and three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution of $486,953.44 and a fine of $1,000,000.
