SEC v. Andrew McAlpine, No. 3:20-cv-01864, Southern District of California (June 20, 2025) — Judgment
raw: SEC v. ONGKARUCK SRIPETCH; AMANDA
SEC v. ONGKARUCK SRIPETCH; AMANDA, No. 3:20-cv-01864 (June 20, 2025)
Andrew McAlpine entered a final consent judgment with the SEC to resolve charges of securities fraud and market manipulation, resulting in permanent injunctions and financial penalties.
The SEC obtained a final judgment against Andrew McAlpine for violating the Exchange Act and the Securities Act through fraudulent schemes and market manipulation. McAlpine was ordered to pay a total of $15,726.76, which consists of $12,317.69 in disgorgement and $3,409.07 in prejudgment interest. The court also imposed permanent injunctions against future violations of federal securities laws and a bar from participating in penny stock offerings.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California entered a final judgment against Andrew McAlpine following an SEC enforcement action involving multiple defendants and entities. McAlpine was charged with violating Sections 10(b) and 9(a) of the Exchange Act and Section 17(a) of the Securities Act by employing schemes to defraud and creating a false appearance of active trading. To resolve these allegations, McAlpine consented to the court's jurisdiction and waived his right to appeal. The settlement requires him to pay $15,726.76, comprising $12,317.69 in disgorgement of net profits and $3,409.07 in prejudgment interest. Additionally, the judgment permanently enjoins McAlpine from future violations of the Exchange and Securities Acts and bars him from participating in any penny stock offerings.
Extracted insights
- $16K $15,726 $10K–$100K
- $12K $12,317 $10K–$100K
- $3K $3,409 <$10K
- person Andrew McAlpine
- organization Court
- person final judgment
- agency Securities and Exchange Commission
- organization Securities and Exchange Commission
- Securities And Exchange Commission filed Complaint
- Andrew Mcalpine consented Court's jurisdiction
- Andrew Mcalpine waived right to appeal
- Court orders Defendant Mcalpine
- Securities And Exchange Commission granted motion for final consent judgment
- Andrew Mcalpine permanently restrained violating Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act
- Andrew Mcalpine permanently restrained violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act
- Defendant Mcalpine's officers bound Final Judgment
- Securities And Exchange Commission entered Final Judgment
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,
v.
ONGKARUCK SRIPETCH; AMANDA
FLORES; BREHNEN KNIGHT;
ANDREW MCALPINE, ASHMIT
PATEL; MICHAEL WEXLER;
DOMINIC WILLIAMS; ADTRON INC.
a/k/a STOCKPALOOZA.COM; ATG
INC.; DOIT, LTD.; DOJI CAPITAL,
INC.; KING MUTUAL SOLUTIONS
INC.; OPTIMUS PRIME FINANCIAL
INC.; ORCA BRIDGE; REDLINE
INTERNATIONAL; and UAIM
CORPORATION,
Defendants.
Case No.: 20-cv-01864-H-DTF
FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO
DEFENDANT ANDREW MCALPINE
Pursuant to the Court’s April 29, 2024 order granting Plaintiff Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”)’s motion for the entry of a final consent judgment as to
Defendant Andrew McAlpine, (Doc. No. 175), the Court enters the following final
judgment against Defendant Andrew McAlpine:
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The Securities and Exchange Commission having filed a Complaint and Defendant
Andrew McAlpine, 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; waived findings of fact and conclusions of law; and waived any right to
appeal from this Final Judgment:
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant
McAlpine 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:
(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 binds the following
who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise: (a)
Defendant McAlpine’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 FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that
Defendant McAlpine 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
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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 McAlpine’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 McAlpine is permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Sections
9(a)(1) and (2) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78i(a)(1) and (2), by:
(a) for the purpose of creating a false or misleading appearance of active trading
in any security other than a government security, or a false or misleading
appearance with respect to the market for any such security, (i) to effect any
transaction in such security which involves no change in the beneficial
ownership thereof, or (ii) to enter an order or orders for the purchase of such
security with the knowledge that an order or orders of substantially the same
size, at substantially the same time, and at substantially the same price, for the
sale of any such security, has been or will be entered by or for the same or
different parties, or (iii) to enter any order or orders for the sale of any such
security with the knowledge that an order or orders of substantially the same
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size, at substantially the same time, and at substantially the same price, for the
purchase of such security has been or will be entered by or for the same or
different parties; or
(b) directly or indirectly, by the use of the mails or any means or instrumentality
of interstate commerce, or of any facility of any national securities exchange,
effecting, alone or with one or more other persons, a series of transactions in
a security creating actual or apparent active trading in such security, or raising
or depressing the price of such security, for the purpose of inducing the
purchase or sale of such security by others.
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 McAlpine’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 HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that
Defendant McAlpine is permanently barred from participating in an offering of penny
stock, including engaging in activities with a broker, dealer, or issuer for purposes of
issuing, trading, or inducing or attempting to induce the purchase or sale of any penny
stock. A penny stock is any equity security that has a price of less than five dollars, except
as provided in Rule 3a51-1 under the Exchange Act, 17 C.F.R. 240.3a51-1 .
V.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that
Defendant McAlpine is liable for disgorgement of $12,317.69, representing net profits
gained as a result of the conduct alleged in the Complaint, together with prejudgment
interest thereon in the amount of $3,409.07, for a total of $15,726.76. Defendant McAlpine
must satisfy this obligation by paying $15,726.76 to the Securities and Exchange
Commission within 30 days after entry of this Final Judgment.
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Defendant McAlpine may transmit payment electronically to the Commission,
which will provide detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions upon request. Payment
may also be made directly from a bank account via Pay.gov through the SEC website at
http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm. Defendant McAlpine may also pay by
certified check, bank cashier’s check, or United States postal money order payable to the
Securities and Exchange Commission, which must be delivered or mailed to:
Enterprise Services Center
Accounts Receivable Branch
6500 South MacArthur Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73169
and must be accompanied by a letter identifying the case title, civil action number, and
name of this Court; Andrew McAlpine as a defendant in this action; and specifying that
payment is made pursuant to this Final Judgment.
Defendant McAlpine must simultaneously transmit photocopies of evidence of
payment and case identifying information to the Commission’s counsel in this action. By
making this payment, Defendant McAlpine relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title,
and interest in such funds and no part of the funds will be returned to Defendant McAlpine.
The Commission will hold the funds (collectively, the “Fund”) until further order of
this Court. The SEC may propose a plan to distribute the Fund subject to the Court’s
approval, and the Court will retain jurisdiction over the administration of any distribution
of the Fund.
The Commission may enforce the Court’s judgment for disgorgement and
prejudgment interest by using all collection procedures authorized by law, including, but
not limited to, moving for civil contempt at any time after 30 days following entry of this
Final Judgment. Defendant McAlpine must pay post judgment interest on any amounts
due after 30 days of entry of this Final Judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961.
VI.
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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 McAlpine must comply with all of the undertakings and agreements set forth
therein.
VII.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, 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 McAlpine, and further,
any debt for disgorgement, prejudgment interest, civil penalty or other amounts due by
Defendant McAlpine under this 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 McAlpine 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 will
retain jurisdiction of this matter for the purposes of enforcing the terms of this Final
Judgment.
IX.
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: May 1, 2024
MARILYN L. HUFF, District Judge
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT1
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,
v.
ONGKARUCK SRIPETCH; AMANDA
FLORES; BREHNEN KNIGHT;
ANDREW MCALPINE, ASHMIT
PATEL; MICHAEL WEXLER;
DOMINIC WILLIAMS; ADTRON INC.
a/k/a STOCKPALOOZA.COM; ATG
INC.; DOIT, LTD.; DOJI CAPITAL,
INC.; KING MUTUAL SOLUTIONS
INC.; OPTIMUS PRIME FINANCIAL
INC.; ORCA BRIDGE; REDLINE
INTERNATIONAL; and UAIM
CORPORATION,
Defendants.
Case No.: 20-cv-01864-H-DTF
FINAL JUDGMENT AS TO
DEFENDANT ANDREW MCALPINE
Pursuant to the Court’s April 29, 2024 order granting Plaintiff Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”)’s motion for the entry of a final consent judgment as to
Defendant Andrew McAlpine, (Doc. No. 175), the Court enters the following final
judgment against Defendant Andrew McAlpine:
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The Securities and Exchange Commission having filed a Complaint and Defendant
Andrew McAlpine, 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; waived findings of fact and conclusions of law; and waived any right to
appeal from this Final Judgment:
I.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendant
McAlpine 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:
(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 binds the following
who receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise: (a)
Defendant McAlpine’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 FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that
Defendant McAlpine 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
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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 McAlpine’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 McAlpine is permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Sections
9(a)(1) and (2) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78i(a)(1) and (2), by:
(a) for the purpose of creating a false or misleading appearance of active trading
in any security other than a government security, or a false or misleading
appearance with respect to the market for any such security, (i) to effect any
transaction in such security which involves no change in the beneficial
ownership thereof, or (ii) to enter an order or orders for the purchase of such
security with the knowledge that an order or orders of substantially the same
size, at substantially the same time, and at substantially the same price, for the
sale of any such security, has been or will be entered by or for the same or
different parties, or (iii) to enter any order or orders for the sale of any such
security with the knowledge that an order or orders of substantially the same
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size, at substantially the same time, and at substantially the same price, for the
purchase of such security has been or will be entered by or for the same or
different parties; or
(b) directly or indirectly, by the use of the mails or any means or instrumentality
of interstate commerce, or of any facility of any national securities exchange,
effecting, alone or with one or more other persons, a series of transactions in
a security creating actual or apparent active trading in such security, or raising
or depressing the price of such security, for the purpose of inducing the
purchase or sale of such security by others.
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 McAlpine’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 HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that
Defendant McAlpine is permanently barred from participating in an offering of penny
stock, including engaging in activities with a broker, dealer, or issuer for purposes of
issuing, trading, or inducing or attempting to induce the purchase or sale of any penny
stock. A penny stock is any equity security that has a price of less than five dollars, except
as provided in Rule 3a51-1 under the Exchange Act, 17 C.F.R. 240.3a51-1.
V.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that
Defendant McAlpine is liable for disgorgement of $12,317.69, representing net profits
gained as a result of the conduct alleged in the Complaint, together with prejudgment
interest thereon in the amount of $3,409.07, for a total of $15,726.76. Defendant McAlpine
must satisfy this obligation by paying $15,726.76 to the Securities and Exchange
Commission within 30 days after entry of this Final Judgment.
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Defendant McAlpine may transmit payment electronically to the Commission,
which will provide detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions upon request. Payment
may also be made directly from a bank account via Pay.gov through the SEC website at
http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm. Defendant McAlpine may also pay by
certified check, bank cashier’s check, or United States postal money order payable to the
Securities and Exchange Commission, which must be delivered or mailed to:
Enterprise Services Center
Accounts Receivable Branch
6500 South MacArthur Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73169
and must be accompanied by a letter identifying the case title, civil action number, and
name of this Court; Andrew McAlpine as a defendant in this action; and specifying that
payment is made pursuant to this Final Judgment.
Defendant McAlpine must simultaneously transmit photocopies of evidence of
payment and case identifying information to the Commission’s counsel in this action. By
making this payment, Defendant McAlpine relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title,
and interest in such funds and no part of the funds will be returned to Defendant McAlpine.
The Commission will hold the funds (collectively, the “Fund”) until further order of
this Court. The SEC may propose a plan to distribute the Fund subject to the Court’s
approval, and the Court will retain jurisdiction over the administration of any distribution
of the Fund.
The Commission may enforce the Court’s judgment for disgorgement and
prejudgment interest by using all collection procedures authorized by law, including, but
not limited to, moving for civil contempt at any time after 30 days following entry of this
Final Judgment. Defendant McAlpine must pay post judgment interest on any amounts
due after 30 days of entry of this Final Judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961.
VI.
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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 McAlpine must comply with all of the undertakings and agreements set forth
therein.
VII.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, 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 McAlpine, and further,
any debt for disgorgement, prejudgment interest, civil penalty or other amounts due by
Defendant McAlpine under this 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 McAlpine 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 will
retain jurisdiction of this matter for the purposes of enforcing the terms of this Final
Judgment.
IX.
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: May 1, 2024
MARILYN L. HUFF, District Judge
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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