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SEC v. CHARLES T. LAWRENCE, JR.; LANDES PRIVE, LLC; LANDES AND COMPAGNIE TRUST PRIVE a/k/a Landes and Compagnie Trst KB; HEKYEAH, LLC; JUSTIN D. SMITH; and BRENDA M. BISNER, No. 2:23-cv-00550-PP, Eastern District of Wisconsin (Sept. 12, 2025) — Judgment

raw: FINAL DEFAULT JUDGMENT AS TO RELIEF DEFENDANTS LANDES PRIVE,

FINAL DEFAULT JUDGMENT AS TO RELIEF DEFENDANTS LANDES PRIVE,, No. 2:23-cv-00550-PP (Sept. 12, 2025)

Caption: United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Charles T. Lawrence, Jr., Landes Prive, LLC, Landes and Compagnie Trust Prive a/k/a Landes and Compagnie Trst KB, HekYeah, LLC, Justin D. Smith, and Brenda M. Bisner

summary

The SEC obtained a final default judgment against relief defendants Landes Prive, LLC, Landes KB, and HekYeah, LLC, for disgorgement of profits related to fraud by Charles T. Lawrence, Jr.

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The court ordered the entity relief defendants to pay disgorgement of net profits plus prejudgment interest totaling approximately $3.9 million. Specifically, Landes Prive must pay $3,588,713 in disgorgement and $402,534 in interest, while Landes KB and HekYeah, LLC are liable for $297,700 and $9,900 in disgorgement respectively, plus their respective interest. The judgment requires all payments to be submitted to the SEC within 30 days of the October 31, 2024, order.

narrative

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) successfully obtained a final default judgment against relief defendants Landes Prive, LLC, Landes and Compagnie Trust Prive (a/k/a Landes KB), and HekYeah, LLC. The action stems from an enforcement case involving defendant Charles T. Lawrence, Jr. The court ordered the entities to disgorge net profits gained from the alleged conduct, including specific amounts of $3,588,713 for Landes Prive, $297,700 for Landes KB, and $9,900 for HekYeah, LLC. In addition to disgorgement, the defendants must pay prejudgment interest of $402,534, $38,371, and $1,392, respectively. All payments must be made to the SEC within 30 days of the October 31, 2024, judgment. The court retains jurisdiction to enforce these terms, including through civil contempt proceedings if the entities fail to comply.

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Scheme: unregistered-securities (80%)
Court: Eastern District of Wisconsin
Case No.: 2:23-cv-00550-PP
Disgorgement: $3,588,713

Classified unregistered-securities(confidence 80%). EDGAR detection: forms Form D/S-1· recall 41% / precision 30%. detection rule →

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Dollar amounts 6

$3.59M $3,588,713 $1M–$10M
$403K $402,534 $100K–$1M
$298K $297,700 $100K–$1M
$38K $38,371 $10K–$100K
$10K $9,900 <$10K
$1K $1,392 <$10K

Entities 6

person disgorgement representing net profits
person each entity relief defendant
person entity relief defendants
person landes kb
person landes prive
agency payments directly from a bank account via pay.gov through the sec website

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Relief Defendants Landes Prive, Landes KB, HekYeah are liable for disgorgement representing net profits
Landes Prive must pay disgorgement $3,588,713 and prejudgment interest $402,534 to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission within thirty days
Landes KB must pay disgorgement $297,700 and prejudgment interest $38,371 to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission within thirty days
HekYeah must pay disgorgement $9,900 and prejudgment interest $1,392 to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission within thirty days
Each Entity Relief Defendant must pay its disgorgement and prejudgment interest amounts to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission within thirty days
Entity Relief Defendants may transmit payment electronically to the Commission
Entity Relief Defendants may make payments directly from a bank account via Pay.gov through the SEC website
Entity Relief Defendants must deliver or mail payments made by certified check, bank cashier’s check, or United States postal money order to Enterprise Services Center
Entity Relief Defendants must transmit photocopies of evidence of payment and case identifying information to the Commission’s Counsel
An Entity Relief Defendant relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title and interest in such funds by making the relevant payment
The Commission may enforce the court’s judgment for disgorgement and prejudgment interest by using collection procedures authorized by law

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXHANGE COMMISSION,

   Plaintiff,
        Case No. 23-cv-550-pp
 v.

CHARLES T. LAWRENCE, JR.

   Defendant

and

LANDES PRIVE, LLC.,
LANDES AND COMPAGNIE TRUST PRIVE
a/k/a Landes and Compagnie Trst KB,
HEKYEAH, LLC, JUSTIN D. SMITH
and BRENDA M. BISNER,

   Relief Defendants

FINAL DEFAULT JUDGMENT AS TO RELIEF DEFENDANTS LANDES PRIVE,
LLC, LANDES AND COMPAGNIE TRUST PRIVE A/K/A LANDES AND
COMPAGNIE TRST PRIVE KB AND HEKYEAH, LLC

On October 30, 2024, the court orally granted the plaintiff’s motion for
default judgment against relief defendants Landes Prive, LLC (“Landes Prive”),
Landes and Compagnie Trust Prive a/k/a Landes and Compagnie Trst [sic]
Prive KB (“Landes KB”), and HekYeah, LLC (“HekYeah”) (collectively, “entity
relief defendants”). The court ORDERS the entry of final judgment against the
entity relief defendants as follows:

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I.
The court ORDERS and ADJUDGES that relief defendants Landes Prive,
Landes KB and HekYeah are liable for disgorgment representing net profits
gained as a result of the conduct alleged in the complaint, together with
prejudgment interest on those net profits, as follows:
Relief
Defendant
Disgorgement
Amount
Prejudgment
Interest
Landes Prive $3,588,713 $402,534
Landes KB $297,700 $38,371
HekYeah $9,900 $1,392

Each entity relief defendant must satisfy its obligation by paying its
respective disgorgement and prejudgment interest amounts to the Securities
and Exchange Commission within thirty (30) days after entry of this final
judgment.
The entity relief defendants may transmit payment electronically to the
Commission, which will provide detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions
upon request. The entity relief defendants also may make their payments
directly from a bank account via Pay.gov through the SEC website at
http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm. The entity relief defendants also
may pay by certified check, bank cashier’s check or United States postal money
order payable to the Securities and Exchange Commission; the entity relief
defendants must deliver or mail payments made in those forms to:
Enterprise Services Center
Accounts Receivable Branch
6500 South MacArthur Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73169

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 and must include an accompanying letter identifying the case title, civil action
number and name of this court; the respective entity relief defendant in this
action; and a statement explaining that the entity is tendering the payment in
compliance with this final judgment.
Simultaneously with the submission of payment, the entity relief
defendants must transmit photocopies of evidence of payment and case
identifying information to the Commission’s counsel in this case. By making
the relevant payment as required by this order, an entity relief defendant
relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title and interest in such funds and
no part of the funds shall be returned to any entity relief defendant.
The Commission may enforce the court’s judgment for disgorgement and
prejudgment interest by using all collection procedures authorized by law,
including, but not limited to, moving for civil contempt at any time after thirty
(30) days following entry of this final default judgment.
II.

  The court RETAINS JURISDICTION of this case for the purposes of
enforcing the terms of this final default judgment.
 Dated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this 31st day of October, 2024.

GINA M. COLLETTI    BY THE COURT:
Clerk of Court

s/Cary Biskupic     ____________________________________
(by) Deputy Clerk     HON. PAMELA PEPPER
Chief United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND 
EXHANGE COMMISSION, 
 

   Plaintiff, 
        Case No. 23-cv-550-pp 
 v. 

 
CHARLES T. LAWRENCE, JR. 

 
   Defendant 
 

and 
 

LANDES PRIVE, LLC., 
LANDES AND COMPAGNIE TRUST PRIVE 
a/k/a Landes and Compagnie Trst KB, 

HEKYEAH, LLC, JUSTIN D. SMITH 
and BRENDA M. BISNER, 

 
   Relief Defendants 
 

 

FINAL DEFAULT JUDGMENT AS TO RELIEF DEFENDANTS LANDES PRIVE, 
LLC, LANDES AND COMPAGNIE TRUST PRIVE A/K/A LANDES AND 

COMPAGNIE TRST PRIVE KB AND HEKYEAH, LLC 

 

 

On October 30, 2024, the court orally granted the plaintiff’s motion for 

default judgment against relief defendants Landes Prive, LLC (“Landes Prive”), 

Landes and Compagnie Trust Prive a/k/a Landes and Compagnie Trst [sic] 

Prive KB (“Landes KB”), and HekYeah, LLC (“HekYeah”) (collectively, “entity 

relief defendants”). The court ORDERS the entry of final judgment against the 

entity relief defendants as follows: 

  

Case 2:23-cv-00550-PP     Filed 10/31/24     Page 1 of 3     Document 72



 

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I. 

The court ORDERS and ADJUDGES that relief defendants Landes Prive, 

Landes KB and HekYeah are liable for disgorgment representing net profits 

gained as a result of the conduct alleged in the complaint, together with 

prejudgment interest on those net profits, as follows: 

Relief 
Defendant 

Disgorgement 
Amount 

Prejudgment 
Interest 

Landes Prive $3,588,713 $402,534 

Landes KB $297,700 $38,371 

HekYeah $9,900 $1,392 

 

Each entity relief defendant must satisfy its obligation by paying its 

respective disgorgement and prejudgment interest amounts to the Securities 

and Exchange Commission within thirty (30) days after entry of this final 

judgment.   

The entity relief defendants may transmit payment electronically to the 

Commission, which will provide detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions 

upon request. The entity relief defendants also may make their payments 

directly from a bank account via Pay.gov through the SEC website at 

http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm. The entity relief defendants also 

may pay by certified check, bank cashier’s check or United States postal money 

order payable to the Securities and Exchange Commission; the entity relief 

defendants must deliver or mail payments made in those forms to:  

Enterprise Services Center 

Accounts Receivable Branch 
6500 South MacArthur Boulevard 
Oklahoma City, OK 73169 

 

Case 2:23-cv-00550-PP     Filed 10/31/24     Page 2 of 3     Document 72



 

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 and must include an accompanying letter identifying the case title, civil action 

number and name of this court; the respective entity relief defendant in this 

action; and a statement explaining that the entity is tendering the payment in 

compliance with this final judgment.   

Simultaneously with the submission of payment, the entity relief 

defendants must transmit photocopies of evidence of payment and case 

identifying information to the Commission’s counsel in this case. By making 

the relevant payment as required by this order, an entity relief defendant 

relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title and interest in such funds and 

no part of the funds shall be returned to any entity relief defendant.   

The Commission may enforce the court’s judgment for disgorgement and 

prejudgment interest by using all collection procedures authorized by law, 

including, but not limited to, moving for civil contempt at any time after thirty 

(30) days following entry of this final default judgment.   

II. 
 

  The court RETAINS JURISDICTION of this case for the purposes of 

enforcing the terms of this final default judgment. 

 Dated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this 31st day of October, 2024. 

 
GINA M. COLLETTI    BY THE COURT:  

Clerk of Court 
 
s/Cary Biskupic     ____________________________________ 

(by) Deputy Clerk     HON. PAMELA PEPPER 
Chief United States District Judge   

 
  

Case 2:23-cv-00550-PP     Filed 10/31/24     Page 3 of 3     Document 72

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