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U.S.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC
United States of America vs. Roy Matlock and
Alan Root, (Criminal Case #98 CR 172, N.D. Ill.)
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the
Acting United States Attorney for the Northern
District of Illinois announced that on March 18,
1998, Roy Matlock (Matlock) was indicted on seven
counts of mail, wire and securities fraud and
conspiring to commit those crimes. Matlock, a
former registered representative living in Kingsport,
Tennessee, is accused of defrauding various investors
out of over $3.6 million by, among other things,
guaranteeing them high rates of return in connection
with the offer and sale of so-called Prime Bank
instruments. In addition, certain investors received
payment of "returns" out of the money
invested by later investors.
On April 8, 1998, a superseding indictment was
returned naming Alan Root (Root), Matlock’s business
partner, for his role in the fraud. Root, formerly
of Orland Park, Illinois, is expected to plead
guilty on May 6th.
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr15722.htm
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