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THE SEC MATTER IS LA-4717
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NON-PUBLIC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before the
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
October 12, 2016
_______________________________
In the Matter of
ORDER DIRECTING PRIVATE
Punch TV Studios, Inc., INVESTIGATION AND DESIGNATING
OFFICERS TO TAKE TESTIMONY
(LA-4717)
_________________________________________________________________
I.
The Commission has information that tends to show that from at least April 2016:
A. Punch TV Studios, Inc. ("Punch TV") is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Inglewood CA. Punch TV and/or its securities are not registered with the
Commission in any capacity.
B. In possible violation of Sections 5(a) and 5(c) of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), Punch TV, its officers, directors, employees, partners, subsidiaries, and/or affiliates, and other persons or entities, directly or indirectly, may have been or may be offering
to sell, selling, and delivering after sale to the public, or may have been or may be offering to sell or to buy through the use or medium of any prospectus or otherwise, certain securities, including, but not limited to, Punch TV common stock, as to which no registration statement was or is in
effect or on file with the Commission, and for which no exemption was or is available.
C. In possible violation of Section 17(a) ofthe Securities Act and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, Punch TV, its officers, directors, employees, partners, subsidiaries, and/or affiliates, and/or other persons or entities, directly or indirectly, in the offer or sale or in connection with the purchase or sale of certain securities, may have been or may be employing devices, schemes, or artifices to defraud, obtaining money or property by means of untrue statements of material fact or omitting to state material facts necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were or are made, not misleading, or engaging in transactions, acts, practices or courses of business which operated, operate, or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any
person. As part of or in connection with these activities, such persons or entities, directly or
indirectly, may have been or may be, among other things, making false statements of material
fact or failing to disclose material facts concerning, among other things, that the financial
statements of Punch TV were audited by a certified public accountant.
Exhibit 1 Page 7
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D. While engaged in the above-described activities, such persons or entities, directly or indirectly, may have been or may be making use of any means or instruments of transportation
or communication in interstate commerce or of the mails, or of any facility of any national
securities exchange.
II.
The Commission, deeming such acts and practices, if true, to be possible violations of
Sections 5(a) and (c), and 17(a) of the Securities Act, and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act,
and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, finds it necessary and appropriate and hereby:
ORDERS, pursuant to the provisions of Section 20(a) of the Securities Act and Section
21(a) of the Exchange Act that a private investigation be made to determine whether any persons
or entities have engaged in, or are about to engage in, any of the reported acts or practices or any
acts or practices of similar purport or object; and
FURTHER ORDERS, pursuant to the provisions of Section 19(c) of the Securities Act
and Section 21(b) of the Exchange Act that for purposes of such investigation, Michele Layne,
C. Dabney O'Riordan, Alka Patel, Finola Manvelian, Spencer Bendell, Victoria Levin, Diana
Tani, Marc Blau, Robert Conrrad, Rhoda Chang, Lorraine Pearson, Roger Boudreau, Nina
Yamamoto, Dora Zaldivar, Carol Shau, Maria Rodriguez, Christopher Conte, Lucee Kirka, Kelly
Bowers, Matthew Montgomery, Manuel Vazquez, Colleen Keating, and each of them, are hereby
designated as officers of the Commission and are empowered to administer oaths and
affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence, and require the
production of any books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, contracts, agreements, or other
Exhibit 1 Page 8
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records deemed relevant or material to the inquiry, and to perform all other duties in connection
therewith as prescribed by law.
For the Commission, by the Division of Enforcement, pursuant to delegated authority.1
Brent J. Fields
Secretary
. By: Jill M. Peterson
Action as set forth or recommended herein Assistant Secretary
APPROVED pursuant to authority delegated by the
Commission under Public Law 87-592.
For: Division of Enforcement
By: C. Dabney O'Riordan
Associate Regional Director
17CFR200.3(M(aX13)
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