# SEC Litigation Release LR-20091

> Civil enforcement action · 2007-04-25

## Defendants

Merle D. Lewis, Richard R. Hylland, Kipp D. Orme, and Kurt D. Whitesel



## Key facts

- **Release number:** LR-20091
- **Release date:** 2007-04-25
- **Defendants:** Merle D. Lewis, Richard R. Hylland, Kipp D. Orme, and Kurt D. Whitesel

## Primary sources

- SEC HTML release: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2007/lr20091.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-20091 (2007-04-25), Merle D. Lewis, Richard R. Hylland, Kipp D. Orme, and Kurt D. Whitesel. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-17 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/sec-litigation/20091.

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