On October 13, 2022, the Oklahoma Department of Securities filed a civil action in Oklahoma County District Court in connection with an alleged Ponzi scheme operated primarily by Steve Jonathan Parish through Premier Global Corporation and its affiliates in Derby, Kansas.  The next day an Order Freezing Assets was issued against the Kansas defendants and Richard Dale Dean, a resident of Plano, Texas, and a control person of the issuers of the securities involved.  It is alleged that approximately $525,000,000 was invested in promissory notes and so-called “transferee agreements” between January 2018 and February 2022 by residents in 19 states, including Oklahoma.  Currently, the Department is aware of investors in the following states:   Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin.