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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. RONALD E. WALBLAY, RYHOLLAND FIELDER, INC., and ENERGY SECURITIES, INC., Defendants. / COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE AND OTHER RELIEF PlaintiffSecurities and Exchange Commission alleges as follows: INTRODUCTION 1. The Commission brings this action against the Defendants for defrauding investors through the offer and sale of securities in violation of the registration and antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws. 2. From January 2009 until November 2012, Ronald Walblay, RyHolland Fielder, Inc., and Energy Securities, Inc., raised more than $12 million from more than 195 U.S. and foreign investors through unregistered offerings in five oil and gas limited partnerships. The purported purpose of the offerings was to fund oil and gas exploration and drilling projects in the U.S. 3. Walblay conducted the offerings using three entities he wholly owned and controlled including Energy Securities, a registered broker-dealer until January 2012, RyHolland Fielder, the managing general partner of four of the five limited partnerships, and Oilfieldfinder, Inc., the managing general partner of the remaining limited partnership. Case 9:13-cv-80978-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/26/2013 Page 1 of 24

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

CASE NO.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION,

Plaintiff,v.

RONALD E. WALBLAY,RYHOLLAND FIELDER, INC., andENERGY SECURITIES, INC.,

Defendants.

/

COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE AND OTHER RELIEF

Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission alleges as follows:

INTRODUCTION

1. The Commission brings this action against the Defendants for defrauding

investors through the offer and sale of securities in violation of the registration and antifraud

provisions of the federal securities laws.

2. From January 2009 until November 2012, Ronald Walblay, RyHolland Fielder,

Inc., and Energy Securities, Inc., raised more than $12 million from more than 195 U.S. and

foreign investors through unregistered offerings in five oil and gas limited partnerships. The

purported purpose of the offerings was to fund oil and gas exploration and drilling projects in the

U.S.

3. Walblay conducted the offerings using three entities he wholly owned and

controlled including Energy Securities, a registered broker-dealer until January 2012, RyHolland

Fielder, the managing general partner of four of the five limited partnerships, and Oilfieldfinder,

Inc., the managing general partner of the remaining limited partnership.

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