Endovasc Provides Status Report on Its $200 Million Case against Alleged Stock Manipulators.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers MONTGOMERY, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2004 Endovasc Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : EVSC EVSC Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation ), a drug development company that pioneers new cardiovascular and metabolic drug therapies, announced today an update on the Company's civil lawsuit against J.P. Turner & Co. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control et al Inc., Number 02-CV-7313, in the United States District Court United States District Court In the U.S., any of the 94 trial courts of general jurisdiction in the federal judicial system. Each state, as well as the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, has at least one federal district court. , Southern District of New York. The complaint is for damages as a result of an alleged fraud and stock manipulation. The Company is seeking monetary damages in excess of $200,000,000. According to Dwight Cantrell, CFO See Chief Financial Officer. of Endovasc, "Our attorneys report the present suit against J.P. Turner & Co., LLC; CCM CCM Contemporary Christian Music CCM Critical Care Medicine CCM County College of Morris (New Jersey) CCM Chama Cha Mapinduzi (political party, Tanzania) CCM CORBA Component Model Group, LLC; LH Financial Services Corp.; Laurus Master Fund, Ltd.; Laurus Capital Management, LLC; Keshet Fund, L.P.; Keshet, L.P., Keshet Management, Inc.; Talbiya B. Investment Ltd.; Nesher, Ltd.; Alon Enterprises Ltd.; Balmore Fund S.A.; Libra Finance S.A.; Celeste Celeste is a woman's first name. Celeste may also refer to: in Music
According to Endovasc's attorney, James W. "Wes" Christian, "The theory of our case has been adopted by other companies that have experienced similar losses from 'death spiral' conduct by lender/investors. This spread of other cases and criminal investigations by the attorneys general or U.S. Attorneys of several states has been fueled by the civil enforcement actions and criminal complaint against Thomas Badian, his brother Andreas, and various SEC actions. Mr. Thomas Badien is currently believed to be a fugitive. The conduct of those defendants is the same type of conduct we believe our defendants have engaged in." Attorney's John O'Quinn and James W. "Wes" Christian represent several other bulletin board companies in their claims for damages against alleged stock manipulators. The cases claim alleged SEC 10b-5 violations, stock manipulation and fraudulent misrepresentation misrepresentation In law, any false or misleading expression of fact, usually with the intent to deceive or defraud. It most commonly occurs in insurance and real-estate contracts. False advertising may also constitute misrepresentation. by alleged "investors" whose true intent allegedly was to drive down the company's stock prices through short-selling in order to receive much greater amounts of the company's shares when converting from preferred stock, debenture, or other convertible provision in financing deals with targeted bulletin board companies. About Endovasc Endovasc, Inc., established in 1996, is an innovative drug development company with two new cardiovascular and metabolic drug therapies. Endovasc's mission is to design the delivery, and release drugs to their intended targets in an efficient and controlled manner. Endovasc's lead drug candidates include Angiogenix(TM) and Liprostin(TM). Endovasc also has a stent coating technology, PROStent(TM), in pre-clinical trials. For more information about Endovasc, please visit www.endovasc.com. Safe Harbor Statement The foregoing statements are made under the "Safe Harbor" Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 and may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that may not be evident at the time of this release. |
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