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Former AEHI CEO Don Gillispie

Former AEHI CEO Don Gillispie
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Thursday, December 16, 2010

SEC BRINGS FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST AEHI, DON GILLISPIE, JENNIFER RANSOM

Let's look at that AEHI Facebook statement one more time:

Dec. 15th:  "First, it is important to note that there is no accusation of wrongdoing by the SEC."

From the (today's) Front Page of The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Webpage:


SEC BRINGS FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST SELF-DESCRIBED IDAHO NUCLEAR POWER COMPANY

Washington D.C., Dec. 16, 2010 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a self-described power company in Idaho with fraudulently raising funds for a $10 billion nuclear power project. The SEC is seeking an emergency court order to freeze the assets of the company and two executives. The SEC alleges that Alternate Energy Holdings Inc. (AEHI) has raised millions of dollars from investors in Idaho and throughout the U.S. and Asia while fraudulently manipulating its stock price through misleading public statements that conceal the secret profits reaped by its CEO Donald L. Gillispie and Senior Vice President Jennifer Ransom. Gillispie has touted the company as a tremendous investment opportunity that could rival Exxon Mobil in profitability, despite the fact that AEHI has essentially no revenue and minimal operations. The SEC suspended trading in AEHI stock earlier this week. “In light of AEHI’s ongoing efforts to raise funding while promoting itself through a daily deluge of press releases, we needed to take immediate action to get to the bottom of the company’s misleading statements,” said Marc Fagel, Director of the SEC’s San Francisco Regional Office. “Documents we have obtained to date indicate a scheme to personally enrich the CEO at the expense of investors.” According to the SEC’s complaint filed today in federal district court in Boise, AEHI’s fundraising was facilitated by a scheme to drive up the company’s stock price, both through frequent press releases (at least 87 in 2010 alone) and efforts of paid stock promoters to manipulate the stock price. The SEC alleges that the company has made multiple misrepresentations, including claims that its executives had such confidence in AEHI that they had not sold a single share of company stock. Records obtained by the SEC show that Gillispie and Ransom have instead secretly unloaded extensive stock holdings and funneled the money back to Gillispie. The SEC’s complaint also alleges that AEHI reported to the SEC and investors that Gillispie’s compensation was $133,000. However, Gillispie has actually reaped approximately six times that amount in 2010. The SEC’s complaint charges AEHI, Gillispie, and Ransom with violations of the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws, and names as relief defendants two companies controlled by Gillispie and Ransom (Executive Energy Consulting LLC and Bosco Financial LLC). In a motion filed simultaneously with the enforcement action, the SEC seeks emergency relief for investors including an asset freeze and a temporary restraining order enjoining the defendants from further violations of the securities laws. The SEC’s case was investigated by Kristin Waldron, David Berman, Heather Marlow, and Tracy Davis of the San Francisco Regional Office. The SEC acknowledges the assistance of the Idaho Department of Finance and FINRA in this matter. The SEC’s investigation is continuing.


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2 comments:

  1. What happened to the 22 questions? I didn't see them on the SEC statement.

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  2. Chairman; Don Gillispie Fan ClubDecember 22, 2010 at 5:13 PM

    I think the 22 questions Don was talking about revolve around the 22 items he wishes to keep with him when they send him away to be fitted in his new apparel. Not sure of the color these days, Orange, Blue, black & white stripes maybe.

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