# SEC Litigation Release LR-16588

> Civil enforcement action · 2000-06-14

## Defendants

Bruce Follick, Donald Brooks, Karl Donovan, Aaron Sandstrom, Derek Shapiro, a/k/a David Shapiro, Salvatore Tavolacci, Frederick Wall, First Fidelity Financial Corp., Exchange Online, Inc., First Fidelity Equities, Inc., Amerivest Online, Inc., First Commerce Corp., and First Fidelity Investment Management, Inc.



## Key facts

- **Release number:** LR-16588
- **Release date:** 2000-06-14
- **Defendants:** Bruce Follick, Donald Brooks, Karl Donovan, Aaron Sandstrom, Derek Shapiro, a/k/a David Shapiro, Salvatore Tavolacci, Frederick Wall, First Fidelity Financial Corp., Exchange Online, Inc., First Fidelity Equities, Inc., Amerivest Online, Inc., First Commerce Corp., and First Fidelity Investment Management, Inc.

## Primary sources

- SEC HTML release: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2000/lr16588.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-16588 (2000-06-14), Bruce Follick, Donald Brooks, Karl Donovan, Aaron Sandstrom, Derek Shapiro, a/k/a David Shapiro, Salvatore Tavolacci, Frederick Wall, First Fidelity Financial Corp., Exchange Online, Inc., First Fidelity Equities, Inc., Amerivest Online, Inc., First Commerce Corp., and First Fidelity Investment Management, Inc.. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/sec-litigation/16588.

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