Allegations
KARL'S FURNITURE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROMOTIONAL IDEA.
FRIEDMAN DISCUSSED, WITH [CUSTOMER] OF KARL'S FURNITURE, THE
USE OF CAT BONDS IN [CUSTOMER'S] BUSINESS. FRIEDMAN STATES THAT
[CUSTOMER] WAS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE CONCEPT. FRIEDMAN GAVE
[CUSTOMER] HIS CARD, AND [CUSTOMER] COPIED THE AD FROM THE UPSTATE
STORE. [CUSTOMER] ASKED FOR A BOND SO THAT HE COULD SEE WHAT IT
LOOKED LIKE. [CUSTOMER] THEN PURCHASED $5,000 FACE BONDS ON OCTOBER
18, 1984, FOR HIS SON. THERE WAS NO FURTHER CONTACT BETWEEN
FRIEDMAN AND [CUSTOMER] FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS, AFTER [CUSTOMER] STATED
THAT HE WAS WORKING THE IDEA AROUND WITH HIS ADVERTISING FIRM.
FRIEDMAN AND [CUSTOMER] THEN TALKED ON NOVEMBER 28, 1984, AT WHICH
TIME [CUSTOMER] SAID THAT HE WOULD PROBABLY USE THE IDEA THE NEXT
YEAR. ON DECEMBER 26, 1984, FRIEDMAN ATTEMPTED TO CALL [CUSTOMER]
AND TELL HIM THAT D.H. WALLACH WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPLY THE
BONDS AND THAT THE PRICE OF THE BONDS HAD RISEN. [CUSTOMER] WAS OUT
OF TOWN, AND FRIEDMAN LEFT A MESSAGE WITH [CUSTOMER'S] SECRETARY,
STATING THAT THE MATTER WAS IMPORTANT AND THAT [CUSTOMER] SHOULD
CALL HIM AT WORK OR AT HOME. ON DECEMBER 27, 1984, FRIEDMAN
TALKED TO [CUSTOMER'S] BROTHER, EXPLAINED THE SITUATION, ASKED THAT
[CUSTOMER] BE CONTACTED, AND WAS INFORMED THAT [CUSTOMER] WOULD BE
AVAILABLE ON JANUARY 2, 1985. FRIEDMAN CALLED [CUSTOMER] ON JANUARY
2, 1985, AND [CUSTOMER] SAID HE WAS UNABLE TO TALK. FRIEDMAN
CALLED HIM AGAIN ON JANUARY 3 AND WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE
SITUATION TO HIM. [CUSTOMER] STATED THAT HE HAD CHECKED OUT THE
IDEA WITH HIS BROKER AT E.F. HUTTON, AND THAT HE WOULD PURCHASE
THE BONDS THERE INSTEAD O*SEE FAQ #1*
Damage Amount Requested
$75,000.00
Broker Comment
WHILE EMPLOYED AT D.H. WALLACH, INC., FRIEDMAN CLEARED,
WITH [BROKER DEALER PRESIDENT], THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRM, AND [OTHER FIRM EMPLOYEE], THE TREASURER, THE IDEA OF USING ZERO COUPON BONDS FOR
GIVEAWAY PROMOTIONS IN FURNITURE STORES. [OTHER FIRM MEMBER], THE TREASURER,
AND [OTHER FIRM MEMBER], A PARTNER IN D.H. WALLACH, GAVE HIM THE NAME OF
KARL'S FURNITURE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROMOTIONAL IDEA.
FRIEDMAN DISCUSSED, WITH [CUSTOMER] OF KARL'S FURNITURE, THE
USE OF CAT BONDS IN [CUSTOMER'S] BUSINESS. FRIEDMAN STATES THAT
[CUSTOMER] WAS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE CONCEPT. FRIEDMAN GAVE
[CUSTOMER] HIS CARD, AND [CUSTOMER] COPIED THE AD FROM THE UPSTATE
STORE. [CUSTOMER] ASKED FOR A BOND SO THAT HE COULD SEE WHAT IT
LOOKED LIKE. [CUSTOMER] THEN PURCHASED $5,000 FACE BONDS ON OCTOBER
18, 1984, FOR HIS SON. THERE WAS NO FURTHER CONTACT BETWEEN
FRIEDMAN AND [CUSTOMER] FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS, AFTER [CUSTOMER] STATED
THAT HE WAS WORKING THE IDEA AROUND WITH HIS ADVERTISING FIRM.
FRIEDMAN AND [CUSTOMER] THEN TALKED ON NOVEMBER 28, 1984, AT WHICH
TIME [CUSTOMER] SAID THAT HE WOULD PROBABLY USE THE IDEA THE NEXT
YEAR. ON DECEMBER 26, 1984, FRIEDMAN ATTEMPTED TO CALL [CUSTOMER]
AND TELL HIM THAT D.H. WALLACH WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPLY THE
BONDS AND THAT THE PRICE OF THE BONDS HAD RISEN. [CUSTOMER] WAS OUT
OF TOWN, AND FRIEDMAN LEFT A MESSAGE WITH [CUSOMER'S] SECRETARY,
STATING THAT THE MATTER WAS IMPORTANT AND THAT [CUSTOMER] SHOULD
CALL HIM AT WORK OR AT HOME. ON DECEMBER 27, 1984, FRIEDMAN
TALKED TO [CUSTOMER'S] BROTHER, EXPLAINED THE SITUATION, ASKED THAT
[CUSTOMER] BE CONTACTED, AND WAS INFORMED THAT [CUSTOMER] WOULD BE
AVAILABLE ON JANUARY 2, 1985. FRIEDMAN CALLED [CUSTOMER] ON JANUARY
2, 1985, AND [CUSTOMER] SAID THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO TALK. FRIEDMAN
CALLED HIM AGAIN ON JANUARY 3 AND WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE
SITUATION TO HIM. [CUSTOMER] STATED THAT HE HAD CHECKED OUT THE
IDEA WITH HIS BROKER AT E.F. HUTTON, AND THAT HE WOULD PURCHASE
THE BONDS