UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SEC Admin Release 34-80231/IA Release 4666/March 13, 2017: The Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) deems it appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) and Section 203(f) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) against Jeremy S. Hixson. On May 10, 2016, Hixson pleaded guilty to one count of bankruptcy fraud in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 152(1) and 152(3) and two counts of making false statements in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 1001 before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, in United States v. Jeremy Hixson, No. 1:16-cr-128-001. On August 3, 2016, a judgment in the criminal case was entered against Hixson. He was sentenced to three years of probation, with the first eight months on home confinement, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $73,794.32.

Order

Bar (Permanent)

any broker, dealer, investment adviser, municipal securities dealer, municipal advisor, transfer agent or NRSRO

Indefinite

3/13/2017

Participating in any offering of a penny stock

Indefinite

3/13/2017

FINRA

RESPONDENT HIXSON FAILED TO RESPOND TO FINRA REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.

LETTER

Bar (Permanent)

All Capacities

Indefinite

3/27/2015

PURSUANT TO FINRA RULE 9552(H) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH FINRA'S NOTICE OF SUSPENSION AND SUSPENSION FROM ASSOCIATION LETTERS DATED DECEMBER 24, 2014 AND JANUARY 20, 2015, RESPECTIVELY, ON MARCH 27, 2015, HIXSON IS BARRED FROM ASSOCIATION WITH ANY FINRA MEMBER IN ANY CAPACITY. RESPONDENT FAILED TO REQUEST TERMINATION OF HIS SUSPENSION WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF THE DATE OF THE NOTICE OF SUSPENSION; THEREFORE, HE IS AUTOMATICALLY BARRED FROM ASSOCIATION WITH ANY FINRA MEMBER IN ANY CAPACITY.