Couri Consents to Lifetime Ban From Securities Violations

Criminal Proceedings - James C. Couri Pleads Guilty - The New York Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced on December 22, 1980, that James C. Couri of New York, New York, pleaded guilty on June 19, 1980 to an information charging him with violating the antimanipulative provision of the securities laws by entering a "matched" order in the common stock of Conrac Corporation, which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, on November 21, 1975. Previously, Couri had consented to the entry of a final judgment of permanent injunction in a related civil action [SEC v. Gilbert, et al., 76 Civil 366, MEL, S.D.N.Y.], (U.S. v. James C. Couri, 80 Cr. 361 S.D.N.Y.).