SEC v. AUSTIN DANGER ELLISON-MEADE, No. 2:23-cv-00521-CAS, Central District of California (Sept. 5, 2025) — Judgment
raw: This matter came before the Court on plaintiff Securities and Exchange
This matter came before the Court on plaintiff Securities and Exchange, No. 2:23-cv-00521-CAS (Sept. 5, 2025)
summary
The SEC obtained a final judgment against Austin Danger Ellison-Meade for securities fraud, resulting in permanent injunctions and a satisfied $3,738,419.15 monetary obligation.
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The court entered a final judgment against Austin Danger Ellison-Meade for violations of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The defendant was ordered to pay $2,917,751.02 in disgorgement plus $820,668.13 in prejudgment interest, totaling $3,738,419.15. This total monetary obligation was deemed satisfied via a parallel criminal restitution order.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission successfully obtained a final judgment against Austin Danger Ellison-Meade in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The judgment follows a default motion regarding violations of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Ellison-Meade was permanently enjoined from participating in unregistered securities offerings and from engaging in fraudulent practices or making untrue statements of material fact. The court ordered the defendant to pay $2,917,751.02 in disgorgement and $820,668.13 in prejudgment interest, amounting to a total of $3,738,419.15. This financial obligation was satisfied through a parallel restitution order in a related federal criminal case. The injunctions also extend to the defendant's agents and employees upon receipt of notice.
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Securities and Exchange CommissionAUSTIN DANGER ELLISON-MEADE
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Dollar amounts 3
- $3.74M $3,738,419 $1M–$10M
- $2.92M $2,917,751 $1M–$10M
- $821K $820,668 $100K–$1M
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- agency Securities and Exchange Commission
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- Securities And Exchange Commission filed Motion For Monetary Remedies And Entry Of Final Judgment
- Defendant Austin Danger Ellison-Meade is permanently restrained from participating in the issuance, purchase, offer, or sale of any security in an unregistered offering
- Defendant Austin Danger Ellison-Meade is permanently restrained from violating Section 10(b) Of The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934
- Defendant Austin Danger Ellison-Meade is permanently restrained from violating Section 17(a) Of The Securities Act Of 1933
- Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, and attorneys are bound by the Final Judgment
- Other persons in active concert or participation with Defendant are bound by the Final Judgment
- Case No. 2:23-cv-00521-CAS-MAR was filed on 09/03/25
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Western Division
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,
vs.
AUSTIN DANGER ELLISON-
MEADE,
Defendant.
Case No. 2:23-cv-00521-CAS-MARx
FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO
DEFENDANT AUSTIN DANGER
ELLISON-MEADE
This matter came before the Court on plaintiff Securities and Exchange
Commission’s (“SEC”) Motion for Monetary Remedies and Entry of Final Judgment
(“Motion”) against Defendant Austin Danger Ellison-Meade (“Ellison-Meade”). The
Court having considered the Complaint, the Motion, the supporting Memorandum of
Points and Authorities, and the supporting declarations and exhibits, and pursuant to
the Court’s Order Granting Motion for Default Judgment as to Defendant Austin
Danger Ellison-Meade (Dkt. No. 19), enters judgment as follows:
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I.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant is
permanently restrained and enjoined from, directly or indirectly, including, but not
limited to, through any entity owned or controlled by him, participating in the
issuance, purchase, offer, or sale of any security in an unregistered offering by an
issuer, provided, however, that such injunction shall not prevent him from purchasing
or selling securities for his own personal account.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, as
provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also
binds the following who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal
service or otherwise: (a) Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and
(b) other persons in active concert or participation with Defendant or with anyone
described in (a).
II.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that
Defendant is permanently restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or
indirectly, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [15 U.S.C. § 78j(b)]
and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder [17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5], by using any means
or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails, or of any facility of any
national securities exchange, in connection with the purchase or sale of any security:
(a) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud;
(b) to make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or
(c) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or
would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, as
provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also
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binds the following who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal
service or otherwise: (a) Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and
(b) other persons in active concert or participation with Defendant or with anyone
described in (a).
III.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that
Defendant is permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Section 17(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 [15 U.S.C. § 77q(a)] in the offer or sale of any security by the
use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate
commerce or by use of the mails, directly or indirectly:
(a) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud;
(b) to obtain money or property by means of any untrue statement of a
material fact or any omission of a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; or
(c) to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which
operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, as
provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also
binds the following who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal
service or otherwise: (a) Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and
(b) other persons in active concert or participation with Defendant or with anyone
described in (a).
IV.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that
Defendant is permanently restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or
indirectly, while acting as an investment adviser, Sections 206(1) and (2) of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”) [15 U.S.C. §§ 80b-6(1) and (2)]
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by using the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce:
(a) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud any client or
prospective client; or
(b) to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which
operates as a fraud or deceit upon any client or prospective client.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, as
provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also
binds the following who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal
service or otherwise: (a) Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and
(b) other persons in active concert or participation with Defendant or with anyone
described in (a).
V.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that
Defendant is permanently restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or
indirectly, Section 206(4) of the Advisers Act and Rule 206(4)-8(a) promulgated
thereunder [15 U.S.C. § 80b-6(4) and 17 C.F.R. § 275.206(4)-8(a)], by using the
mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce:
(a) to make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, to any
investor or prospective investor in a pooled investment vehicle; or
(b) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business which is fraudulent,
deceptive or manipulative, with respect to any investor or prospective
investor in a pooled investment vehicle.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, as
provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also
binds the following who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal
service or otherwise: (a) Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and
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(b) other persons in active concert or participation with Defendant or with anyone
described in (a).
VI.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that
Defendant is liable for disgorgement of $2,917,751.02, representing net profits gained
as a result of the conduct alleged in the Complaint, together with prejudgment interest
thereon in the amount of $820,668.13, for a total of $3,738,419.15. Defendant’s
$3,738,419.15 payment obligation shall be deemed satisfied by the order of
restitution entered against him in the parallel federal criminal action titled United
States v. Austin Danger Ellison-Meade, No. 8-22-cr-00094-JWH (C.D. Cal.).
VII.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that
this Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter for the purposes of enforcing the
terms of this Final Judgment.
VIII.
There being no just reason for delay, pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure, the Clerk is ordered to enter this Final Judgment forthwith
and without further notice.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: September 3, 2025
HON. CHRISTINA A. SNYDER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Western Division SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, vs. AUSTIN DANGER ELLISON- MEADE, Defendant. Case No. 2:23-cv-00521-CAS-MARx FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO DEFENDANT AUSTIN DANGER ELLISON-MEADE This matter came before the Court on plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Motion for Monetary Remedies and Entry of Final Judgment (“Motion”) against Defendant Austin Danger Ellison-Meade (“Ellison-Meade”). The Court having considered the Complaint, the Motion, the supporting Memorandum of Points and Authorities, and the supporting declarations and exhibits, and pursuant to the Court’s Order Granting Motion for Default Judgment as to Defendant Austin Danger Ellison-Meade (Dkt. No. 19), enters judgment as follows: /// /// Case 2:23-cv-00521-CAS-MAR Document 30 Filed 09/03/25 Page 1 of 5 Page ID #:258 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant is permanently restrained and enjoined from, directly or indirectly, including, but not limited to, through any entity owned or controlled by him, participating in the issuance, purchase, offer, or sale of any security in an unregistered offering by an issuer, provided, however, that such injunction shall not prevent him from purchasing or selling securities for his own personal account. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, as provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also binds the following who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise: (a) Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and (b) other persons in active concert or participation with Defendant or with anyone described in (a). II. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant is permanently restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or indirectly, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [15 U.S.C. § 78j(b)] and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder [17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5], by using any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails, or of any facility of any national securities exchange, in connection with the purchase or sale of any security: (a) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; (b) to make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (c) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, as provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also Case 2:23-cv-00521-CAS-MAR Document 30 Filed 09/03/25 Page 2 of 5 Page ID #:259 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 binds the following who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise: (a) Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and (b) other persons in active concert or participation with Defendant or with anyone described in (a). III. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant is permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 [15 U.S.C. § 77q(a)] in the offer or sale of any security by the use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or by use of the mails, directly or indirectly: (a) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; (b) to obtain money or property by means of any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (c) to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, as provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also binds the following who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise: (a) Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and (b) other persons in active concert or participation with Defendant or with anyone described in (a). IV. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant is permanently restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or indirectly, while acting as an investment adviser, Sections 206(1) and (2) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”) [15 U.S.C. §§ 80b-6(1) and (2)] Case 2:23-cv-00521-CAS-MAR Document 30 Filed 09/03/25 Page 3 of 5 Page ID #:260 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 by using the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce: (a) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud any client or prospective client; or (b) to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which operates as a fraud or deceit upon any client or prospective client. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, as provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also binds the following who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise: (a) Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and (b) other persons in active concert or participation with Defendant or with anyone described in (a). V. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant is permanently restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or indirectly, Section 206(4) of the Advisers Act and Rule 206(4)-8(a) promulgated thereunder [15 U.S.C. § 80b-6(4) and 17 C.F.R. § 275.206(4)-8(a)], by using the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce: (a) to make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, to any investor or prospective investor in a pooled investment vehicle; or (b) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business which is fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative, with respect to any investor or prospective investor in a pooled investment vehicle. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, as provided in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also binds the following who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise: (a) Defendant’s agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and Case 2:23-cv-00521-CAS-MAR Document 30 Filed 09/03/25 Page 4 of 5 Page ID #:261 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (b) other persons in active concert or participation with Defendant or with anyone described in (a). VI. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant is liable for disgorgement of $2,917,751.02, representing net profits gained as a result of the conduct alleged in the Complaint, together with prejudgment interest thereon in the amount of $820,668.13, for a total of $3,738,419.15. Defendant’s $3,738,419.15 payment obligation shall be deemed satisfied by the order of restitution entered against him in the parallel federal criminal action titled United States v. Austin Danger Ellison-Meade, No. 8-22-cr-00094-JWH (C.D. Cal.). VII. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that this Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter for the purposes of enforcing the terms of this Final Judgment. VIII. There being no just reason for delay, pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Clerk is ordered to enter this Final Judgment forthwith and without further notice. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: September 3, 2025 HON. CHRISTINA A. SNYDER UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Case 2:23-cv-00521-CAS-MAR Document 30 Filed 09/03/25 Page 5 of 5 Page ID #:262