UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Before the

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Release No. 92497 / July 26, 2021

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

File No. 3-16941

In the Matter of

Scott A. Doak,

Respondent.

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ORDER APPROVING PLAN

OF DISTRIBUTION AND

AUTHORIZING TRANSFER

OF FAIR FUND

On November 4, 2015, the Commission issued an Order Instituting Administrative and

Cease-and-Desist Proceedings Pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21C

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sections 203(f) and 203(k) of the Investment Advisers

Act of 1940, and Section 9(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, Making Findings, and

Imposing Remedial Sanctions and a Cease-and-Desist Order (the “Order”)1 against Respondent.

In the Order, the Commission found that, from at least 2010 through 2014, William M.

Apostelos (“Apostelos”) and companies he controlled violated the registration and anti-fraud

provisions of the federal securities laws by conducting fraudulent, unregistered offers of

securities and misappropriating investor funds to pay earlier investors and promoters, finance

other businesses he and his wife owned, and pay his personal expenses. Doak, an emergency

medicine physician, became a client of Apostelos no later than 2007. According to the Order, in

early 2013, Doak, Apostelos, and other individuals began operating OVO Wealth Management,

LLC (“OVO”), a state-registered investment adviser. After approximately a year of operations,

OVO was wound down, and Doak made oral and written misrepresentations and omissions to

OVO clients to induce them to transfer their advisory accounts to investments controlled by

Apostelos.

The Order found that Doak violated the registration provisions of the federal securities

laws by offering and selling securities issued by entities controlled by Apostelos. Doak and

OVO also violated the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws by making

misrepresentations and omissions while advising OVO clients to invest their advisory accounts

in investments controlled by Apostelos. Through the same conduct, Doak aided and abetted and

caused the violations of Apostelos and OVO.

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Securities Act Rel. No. 9976 (Nov. 4, 2015).

The Commission ordered Respondent to pay disgorgement of $86,833.34, prejudgment

interest of $2,874.44, and civil penalties of $160,000.00, for a total of $249,707.78, to the

Commission, pending a decision whether the Commission would seek to distribute funds or

transfer them to the U.S. Treasury.

On June 10, 2021, the Commission issued an order2 that established a Fair Fund, pursuant

to Section 308(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, so that the civil penalty paid, along with

the disgorgement and prejudgment interest paid, can be distributed to harmed investors (the “Fair

Fund”).

The Fair Fund includes the $249,707.78 paid by Respondent. The assets of the Fair Fund

are subject to the continuing jurisdiction and control of the Commission. The Fair Fund has been

deposited in an interest-bearing account at the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Bureau of the

Fiscal Service.

The Division of Enforcement (the “Division”) concluded that distributing the Fair Fund

through the criminal restitution process in the related criminal action, United States v. Apostelos,

No. 3:15-cr-00148-TMR (S.D. Ohio) (the “Criminal Action”) is fair and reasonable, because it

employs a more efficient use of resources to benefit investors harmed as a result of Doak’s

misconduct, than would two separate distribution processes.

On June 17, 2021, the Commission published a Notice of Proposed Plan of Distribution

and Opportunity for Comment (the “Notice”)3 pursuant to Rule 1103 of the Commission’s Rules

on Fair Fund and Disgorgement Plans (the “Commission’s Rules”).4 The Notice advised

interested persons that they could obtain a copy of the proposed plan of distribution (“Proposed

Plan”) from the Commission’s public website at http://www.sec.gov/litigation/fairfundlist.htm or

by submitting a written request to David H. London, Esq., United States Securities and Exchange

Commission, 33 Arch Street, 24th Floor, Boston, MA 02110.

The Notice also advised that all persons desiring to comment on the Proposed Plan could

submit their comments, in writing, no later than thirty (30) days from the date of the Notice (1) to

the Office of the Secretary, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street,

NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090; (2) by using the Commission’s Internet comment form

(http://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin.shtml); or (3) by sending an email to rulecomments@sec.gov. The Commission received no comments on the Proposed Plan during the

comment period.

The Proposed Plan provides for the transfer the Fair Fund, plus any accrued interest, less

any taxes and fees, to the Court Registry Investment System account (“CRIS Account”)

established in the Criminal Action for distribution to harmed investors in accordance with the

criminal restitution process in the Criminal Action.

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Order Establishing a Fair Fund, Exchange Act Rel. No. 92140 (June 10, 2021).

Exchange Act Rel. No. 92202 (June 17, 2021).

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17 C.F.R. § 201.1103.

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The Division of Enforcement therefore now requests that the Commission approve the

Proposed Plan as published and authorize the transfer of the Fair Fund, less any taxes and

expenses, to the CRIS Account established in the Criminal Action.

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that:

A.

Pursuant to Rule 1104 of the Commission’s Rules, 17 C.F.R. § 201.1104, the

Proposed Plan is approved, and the approved Plan of Distribution shall be posted

simultaneously with this order on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov; and

B.

In accordance with Rule 1102(a) of the Commission’s Rules, 17 C.F.R. §

201.1102(a), the Commission staff shall transfer the Fair Fund, plus any accrued

interest, less any taxes and fees, to the CRIS Account established in the Criminal

Action for distribution to harmed investors.

By the Commission.

Vanessa A. Countryman

Secretary

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