Enforcement Actions: Criminal & Civil

William Leon Fenoglio and Jamalyn Jones Fenoglio , of Bowie, Texas, were both indicted on one charge of theft against an elderly individual on April 29, 2008, in the 142nd District Court of Midland County, Texas, Cause Nos. CR34548 and CR34549 respectively. William Fenoglio, a licensed...

Kenneth William Elgin, of Tyler, Texas, doing business as West Coast Resources, Inc. and Trinidad Exploration, Inc., was sentenced on April 10, 2008, in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Cause No. 6:07cr43, after pleading guilty to wire fraud. Elgin raised $805,000 from...

George Neil Elliott , of Belton, Texas, was charged with money laundering in an amount exceeding $200,000, sale of securities by an unregistered dealer or agent, and the sale of unregistered securities in Cause Nos. 62785, 62786, and 62787 in three separate indictments handed down by a Bell...

James O. Bowling , of Dallas, Texas, was charged with selling unregistered securities in Cause No. F-0800353-GJR in an indictment handed down by a Dallas County Grand Jury on March 24, 2008. The indictment alleges that Bowling offered for sale and sold a POS Terminal Equipment Investment...

James O. Bowling , of Dallas, Texas, was indicted on February 14, 2008, in the 282nd District Court of Dallas County, Texas, Cause Nos. F-0800155-GJR, F-0800156-GJR, and F-0800175-GJR, on charges of securities fraud. Bowling allegedly engaged in fraud in connection with the offer for sale and...

Richard A. Taff , of Mission, Texas, was indicted on February 5, 2008, in the 93rd District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, Cause Nos. CR-254-08-J and CR-255-08-J, on charges of selling unregistered securities, selling securities without a license, and securities fraud. Taff allegedly sold...

Frederick Otto Delin , of Denison, Texas, was sentenced on November 16, 2007, in the 15th District Court of Grayson County, Texas, Cause No. 55950-15, after being found guilty by a jury of theft of property of the value of $200,000 or more, a first degree felony, and misapplication of fiduciary...

Leland Anthony Patin of Dallas, Texas, was indicted on November 11, 2007, in the 5th Judicial District Court of Cass County, Texas, Cause Nos. 2007F00263, 2007F00264, and 2007F00265, on charges of securities fraud with the amount involved $100,000 or more, a first degree felony; sale of...

Vincent John Bazemore, Jr. , of Denton, Texas, pled guilty on October 19, 2007, in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, Cause No. 3-07CR-312-M to securities fraud stemming from his role in fraudulent securities offerings based out of Dallas and Florida that...

Michael David George of Austin, Texas, was sentenced on October 5, 2007, in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division, Cause No. SA-06-CR-600(1), after having pleaded guilty to securities fraud. Through his company CKG Energy, Inc., George sold working interests...

William Everett Durkee of Dallas, Texas, was indicted on October 2, 2007, in the 380th Judicial District Court of Collin County, Texas, Cause No. 366-82428-07 for securities fraud, with the amount involved over $100,000. As the controlling principal of Aransas Oil Company, Inc., Mineral Leases...

Brittain Wayne Bowers of Bishop, Texas, was indicted on October 2, 2007, in the 199th Judicial District Court of Collin County, Texas, Cause Nos. 199-82423-07, 199-82424-07, 199-82425-07, on charges of theft of property of the value of $200,000 or more, misapplication of fiduciary property of...