# SEC Litigation Release LR-15705

> Civil enforcement action · 1998-04-14

## Defendants

George Wallace Stewart, Patrick J. Madden, Allen B. Gottlieb, Kenneth R. Lagonia, Salim El Hage, H.D. Inc., St. Barth Limited, Eastland American Bank Limited, Mecis Insurance and Reinsurance Company, Cornel Plebani, Law offices of Allen B. Gottlieb and Associates, P.C., Americredit Commercial Corporation. Finanzurich Ltd



## Key facts

- **Release number:** LR-15705
- **Release date:** 1998-04-14
- **Defendants:** George Wallace Stewart, Patrick J. Madden, Allen B. Gottlieb, Kenneth R. Lagonia, Salim El Hage, H.D. Inc., St. Barth Limited, Eastland American Bank Limited, Mecis Insurance and Reinsurance Company, Cornel Plebani, Law offices of Allen B. Gottlieb and Associates, P.C., Americredit Commercial Corporation. Finanzurich Ltd

## Primary sources

- SEC HTML release: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/1998/lr15705.htm
- Litigation releases index: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases

## What this is

SEC Litigation Releases are the canonical "civil enforcement" docket. The SEC files civil actions in federal court against individuals and entities for securities-law violations — fraud, insider trading, Ponzi schemes, registration violations, misleading disclosures, market manipulation. Each release announces a filing, a settlement, or a final judgment. Activist funds, plaintiff lawyers, and investigative journalists use this archive as the most-comprehensive index of US securities enforcement.

## Citation

> US Securities and Exchange Commission, Litigation Release LR-15705 (1998-04-14), George Wallace Stewart, Patrick J. Madden, Allen B. Gottlieb, Kenneth R. Lagonia, Salim El Hage, H.D. Inc., St. Barth Limited, Eastland American Bank Limited, Mecis Insurance and Reinsurance Company, Cornel Plebani, Law offices of Allen B. Gottlieb and Associates, P.C., Americredit Commercial Corporation. Finanzurich Ltd. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/sec-litigation/15705.

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