SEC v. Olayinka Temitope Oyebola; and Olayinka Oyebola & Co. (Chartered Accountants), No. 1:24-cv-07363, Southern District of New York (Aug. 11, 2025) — Judgment
raw: FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO DEFENDANT OLAYINKA TEMITOPE OYEBOLA
FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO DEFENDANT OLAYINKA TEMITOPE OYEBOLA, No. 1:24-cv-07363 (Aug. 11, 2025)
Olayinka Temitope Oyebola consented to a final judgment in an SEC action for securities fraud and misleading auditors, agreeing to a permanent injunction and a $100,000 civil penalty.
The SEC obtained a final judgment against Olayinka Temitope Oyebola for violating the Securities Act of 1933 and the Exchange Act of 1934. The charges included engaging in fraudulent schemes to deceive investors about security prices and making misleading statements to accountants during audits. As part of the settlement, Oyebola was ordered to pay a $100,000 civil penalty to the SEC.
The Securities and Exchange Commission successfully obtained a final judgment against Olayinka Temitope Oyebola in the Southern District of New York. The action addressed allegations of securities fraud, specifically involving the creation of false appearances regarding security prices and the dissemination of misleading information to investors. Additionally, the defendant was charged with making false statements to accountants and attempting to mislead auditors during financial examinations. Without admitting or denying the allegations, Oyebola consented to permanent injunctions against violating Sections 17(a) and 10(b) of the Securities Act and Exchange Act. The court also ordered Oyebola to pay a $100,000 civil penalty to the SEC. The judgment further specifies that the debt is non-dischargeable in bankruptcy and that the court retains jurisdiction to enforce the terms for one year.
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- Securities And Exchange Commission filed Complaint
- Olayinka Temitope Oyebola entered general appearance
- Olayinka Temitope Oyebola consented to Court's jurisdiction
- Olayinka Temitope Oyebola consented to entry of Final Judgment
- Olayinka Temitope Oyebola waived findings of fact
- Olayinka Temitope Oyebola waived conclusions of law
- Olayinka Temitope Oyebola waived right to appeal
- Defendant is restrained and enjoined from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933
- Defendant is restrained and enjoined from violating Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
- Defendant is restrained and enjoined from violating Rule 10b-5
- Final Judgment binds Defendant's officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys
- Final Judgment binds persons in active concert or participation with Defendant
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, -v- OLAYINKA TEMITOPE OYEBOLA AND OLAYINKA OYEBOLA & CO. (CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS), Defendants. No. 1:24-cv-07363-AT-GWG FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO DEFENDANT OLAYINKA TEMITOPE OYEBOLA The Securities and Exchange Commission having filed a Complaint and Defendant Olayinka Temitop e Oyebola having entered a general appearance; consented to the Court’s jurisdiction over Defendant and the subject matter of this action; consented to entry of this Final Judgment without admitting or denying the allegations of the Complaint (except as to jurisdiction and except as otherwise provided herein in paragraph VI); waived findings of fact and conclusions of law; and waived any right to appeal from this Final Judgment: I. 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 (the “Securities Act”) [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; 8/11/2025 2 (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. by, directly or indirectly, (i) creating a false appearance or otherwise deceiving any person about the price or trading market for any security, or (ii) making any false or misleading statement, or disseminating any false or misleading documents, materials, or information, concerning matters relating to a decision by an investor or prospective investor to buy or sell securities of any company. 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 officers, 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 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 (the “Exchange Act”) [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: 3 (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. by, directly or indirectly, (i) creating a false appearance or otherwise deceiving any person about the price or trading market for any security, or (ii) making any false or misleading statement, or disseminating any false or misleading documents, materials, or information, concerning matters relating to a decision by an investor or prospective investor to buy or sell securities of any company. 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 officers, 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 Exchange Act Rules 13b2-2(a) and 13b2- 2(b) [17 C.F.R. § 240.13b2-2] by directly or indirectly: (a) making or causing to be made materially false or misleading statements; and/or omitting to state or causing another person to omit to state, material facts necessary in order to make statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such 4 statements were made, not misleading, to an accountant in connection with audits, reviews or examinations of financial statements any “issuer” (as defined by Exchange Act Section 3(a)(8) [15 U.S.C. § 78c(3)(a)(8)] or in the preparation or filing of any document or report required to be filed with the Commission; or (b) taking action, or directing another to take an action, to coerce, manipulate, mislead, or fraudulently influence an independent public or certified public accountant engaged in the performance of an audit or review of an issuer’s financial statements that are required to be filed with the Commission while he knows or should know that such action(s), if successful, could result in rendering that issuer’s financial statements materially misleading. 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 Mmobuosi’s officers, 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 FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant shall pay a civil penalty in the amount of $100,000 to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Securities Act Seection 20(d) [15 U.S.C. § 77t(d)] and Exchange Act Section 21(d)(3) [15 U.S.C. §78u(d)(3)]. Defendant shall make this payment within 30 days after entry of this Final Judgment. Defendant may transmit payment electronically to the Commission, which will provide detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions upon request. Payment may also be made directly 5 from a bank account via Pay.gov through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm. Defendant may also pay by certified check, bank cashier’s check, or United States postal money order payable to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which shall be delivered or mailed to Enterprise Services Center Accounts Receivable Branch 6500 South MacArthur Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73169 and shall be accompanied by a letter identifying the case title, civil action number, and name of this Court; Olayinka Temitope Oeyebola as a defendant in this action; and specifying that payment is made pursuant to this Final Judgment. Defendant shall simultaneously transmit photocopies of evidence of payment and case identifying information to the Commission’s counsel in this action. By making this payment, Defendant relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title, and interest in such funds and no part of the funds shall be returned to Defendant. The Commission shall send the funds paid pursuant to this Final Judgment to the United States Treasury. The Commission may enforce the Court’s judgment for penalties by the use of all collection procedures authorized by law, including the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act, 28 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq., and moving for civil contempt for the violation of any Court orders issued in this action. Defendant shall pay post-judgment interest on any amounts due after 30 days of the entry of this Final Judgment pursuant to 28 USC § 1961. V. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the Consent is incorporated herein with the same force and effect as if fully set forth herein, and that Defendant shall comply with all of the undertakings and agreements set forth therein. 6 VI. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, solely for purposes of exceptions to discharge set for th in Section 523 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §523, the allegations in the complaint are true and admitted by Defendant, and further, any debt for disgorgement, prejudgment interest, civil penalty or other amounts due by Defendant under this Final Judgment or any other judgment, order, consent order, decree or settlement agreement entered in connection with this proceeding, is a debt for the violation by Defendant of the federal securities laws or any regulation or order issued under such laws, as set forth in Section 523(a)(19) of the Bankruptcy Co de, 11 U.S.C. §523(a)(19). VII. IT IS 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. The Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the Final Judgment for one year from the date of this order. SO ORDERED. Dated: August 11, 2025 New York, New York
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, -v- OLAYINKA TEMITOPE OYEBOLA AND OLAYINKA OYEBOLA & CO. (CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS), Defendants. No. 1:24-cv-07363-AT-GWG FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO DEFENDANT OLAYINKA TEMITOPE OYEBOLA The Securities and Exchange Commission having filed a Complaint and Defendant Olayinka Temitope Oyebola having entered a general appearance; consented to the Court’s jurisdiction over Defendant and the subject matter of this action; consented to entry of this Final Judgment without admitting or denying the allegations of the Complaint (except as to jurisdiction and except as otherwise provided herein in paragraph VI); waived findings of fact and conclusions of law; and waived any right to appeal from this Final Judgment: I. 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 (the “Securities Act”) [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; 8/11/2025 Case 1:24-cv-07363-AT-GWG Document 87 Filed 08/11/25 Page 1 of 6 2 (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. by, directly or indirectly, (i) creating a false appearance or otherwise deceiving any person about the price or trading market for any security, or (ii) making any false or misleading statement, or disseminating any false or misleading documents, materials, or information, concerning matters relating to a decision by an investor or prospective investor to buy or sell securities of any company. 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 officers, 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 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 (the “Exchange Act”) [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: Case 1:24-cv-07363-AT-GWG Document 87 Filed 08/11/25 Page 2 of 6 3 (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. by, directly or indirectly, (i) creating a false appearance or otherwise deceiving any person about the price or trading market for any security, or (ii) making any false or misleading statement, or disseminating any false or misleading documents, materials, or information, concerning matters relating to a decision by an investor or prospective investor to buy or sell securities of any company. 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 officers, 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 Exchange Act Rules 13b2-2(a) and 13b2- 2(b) [17 C.F.R. § 240.13b2-2] by directly or indirectly: (a) making or causing to be made materially false or misleading statements; and/or omitting to state or causing another person to omit to state, material facts necessary in order to make statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such Case 1:24-cv-07363-AT-GWG Document 87 Filed 08/11/25 Page 3 of 6 4 statements were made, not misleading, to an accountant in connection with audits, reviews or examinations of financial statements any “issuer” (as defined by Exchange Act Section 3(a)(8) [15 U.S.C. § 78c(3)(a)(8)] or in the preparation or filing of any document or report required to be filed with the Commission; or (b) taking action, or directing another to take an action, to coerce, manipulate, mislead, or fraudulently influence an independent public or certified public accountant engaged in the performance of an audit or review of an issuer’s financial statements that are required to be filed with the Commission while he knows or should know that such action(s), if successful, could result in rendering that issuer’s financial statements materially misleading. 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 Mmobuosi’s officers, 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 FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant shall pay a civil penalty in the amount of $100,000 to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Securities Act Seection 20(d) [15 U.S.C. § 77t(d)] and Exchange Act Section 21(d)(3) [15 U.S.C. §78u(d)(3)]. Defendant shall make this payment within 30 days after entry of this Final Judgment. Defendant may transmit payment electronically to the Commission, which will provide detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions upon request. Payment may also be made directly Case 1:24-cv-07363-AT-GWG Document 87 Filed 08/11/25 Page 4 of 6 5 from a bank account via Pay.gov through the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm. Defendant may also pay by certified check, bank cashier’s check, or United States postal money order payable to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which shall be delivered or mailed to Enterprise Services Center Accounts Receivable Branch 6500 South MacArthur Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73169 and shall be accompanied by a letter identifying the case title, civil action number, and name of this Court; Olayinka Temitope Oeyebola as a defendant in this action; and specifying that payment is made pursuant to this Final Judgment. Defendant shall simultaneously transmit photocopies of evidence of payment and case identifying information to the Commission’s counsel in this action. By making this payment, Defendant relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title, and interest in such funds and no part of the funds shall be returned to Defendant. The Commission shall send the funds paid pursuant to this Final Judgment to the United States Treasury. The Commission may enforce the Court’s judgment for penalties by the use of all collection procedures authorized by law, including the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act, 28 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq., and moving for civil contempt for the violation of any Court orders issued in this action. Defendant shall pay post-judgment interest on any amounts due after 30 days of the entry of this Final Judgment pursuant to 28 USC § 1961. V. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the Consent is incorporated herein with the same force and effect as if fully set forth herein, and that Defendant shall comply with all of the undertakings and agreements set forth therein. Case 1:24-cv-07363-AT-GWG Document 87 Filed 08/11/25 Page 5 of 6 6 VI. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, solely for purposes of exceptions to discharge set forth in Section 523 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §523, the allegations in the complaint are true and admitted by Defendant, and further, any debt for disgorgement, prejudgment interest, civil penalty or other amounts due by Defendant under this Final Judgment or any other judgment, order, consent order, decree or settlement agreement entered in connection with this proceeding, is a debt for the violation by Defendant of the federal securities laws or any regulation or order issued under such laws, as set forth in Section 523(a)(19) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §523(a)(19). VII. IT IS 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. The Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the Final Judgment for one year from the date of this order. SO ORDERED. Dated: August 11, 2025 New York, New York Case 1:24-cv-07363-AT-GWG Document 87 Filed 08/11/25 Page 6 of 6