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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (CS) broker Eric Butler is permanently barred from future violations of securities laws. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the Securities and Exchange Commission’s motion for the permanent injunction late last month.<\/p>\n

Butler was convicted of criminal charges related to the unauthorized sale of more than $1 billion in subprime-related auction-rate securities to clients. A jury found him guilty of three counts of securities fraud and he was sentenced to five years in prison. Butler is appealing is sentence and conviction.<\/p>\n

The SEC\u2019s securities fraud<\/a>‘s complaint in 2008 against Butler and co-defendant Credit Suisse broker Julian Tzolov accused the two men of engaging in a bait-and-switch approach that left unsuspecting foreign corporate customers with high-risk ARS, rather than the more conservative financial products they had given the defendants permission to buy. The collapse of the ARS market left clients with $800 million in illiquid products.<\/p>\n

According to the court, the SEC made a motion for summary judgment against Butler on the grounds of collateral estoppel related to the criminal case against him. The commission also sought to permanently bar him from future violations. Meantime, Butler opposed the injunctive relief and summary judgment on the grounds that the criminal case did not \u201cnecessarily\u201d decide the issues in this case, he was not given the fair and complete opportunity to litigate the criminal charges against him, and the SEC was not entitled to injunctive relief. The district court, however, determined that the criminal case did \u201cactually\u201d decide the issues the SEC wanted to establish by collateral estoppel and that given the circumstances \u201ctotality,\u201d it was appropriate to permanently bar Butler from future SEC violations.<\/p>\n

Related Web Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Butler Gets Five-Year Prison Sentence<\/a>, Bloomberg, January 23, 2011<\/p>\n

Related Web Posts: <\/strong>
\nJudge Gives Lower Sentence to Former Credit Suisse Broker Convicted of Auction-Rate Securities Fraud<\/a>, Stockbroker Fraud Blog, January 30, 2010<\/p>\n

Will Two Former Credit Suisse Group AG Brokers Convicted of Securities Fraud Get More Lenient Sentences Because of Industry\u2019s \u201cCulture of Corruption?\u201d<\/a>, Stockbroker Fraud Blog, August 21, 2009<\/p>\n

Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Who Pleaded Guilty to Securities Fraud for Role in Auction-Rate Securities Scam Knew in Late 2007 that Clients\u2019 Funds Were in Trouble<\/a>, Stockbroker Fraud Blog, July 29, 2009<\/p>\n

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