The Commission announced the filing on September 7 of a final
judgment on consent against Mario J. Iacoviello of Vista, California
in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York. According to the Commission's complaint, filed on May 14,
1998, Iacoviello violated the antifraud provisions of the federal
securities laws while employed as a registered representative with
the San Diego branch office of La Jolla Securities Corp. by
accepting undisclosed compensation for recommending and selling
stock in RMS Titanic, Inc. to his clients. Without admitting or denying the allegations in the Commission's
complaint, Iacoviello consented to a permanent injunction against
future violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and
Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5
thereunder. Iacoviello also consented to pay disgorgement of
$30,325 plus prejudgment interest thereon of $16,155.30, subject to
a waiver of all but $10,000 based upon Iacoviello's demonstrated
inability to pay. [SEC v. Paul V. Montle, LS Capital Corporation,
Paul V. Culotta, Carol C. Martino, CMA Noel, Ltd., Mario J.
Iacoviello, Ilan Arbel and Europe American Capital Corporation,
USDC, SDNY, 98 Civ. 3446, MP] (LR-16277)
Dont know Mario, its pretty hard to believe that an innocent person would actually agree to pay over $46,000 for something they didnt do?, even though you were able to claim poverty and get the court to knock it down to $10,000, its still a heck of a lot of money to pay for something you didnt do? if it were me, I would have spent the $10K trying to prove my innocence and keep my name clean, but then maybe thats just me