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Three men signed consent decrees with the SEC.

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The men, accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of defrauding nine U.S. brokerage firms in a $10-million scheme to purchase stock without paying for it, have signed the decrees agreeing not to engage in future fraudulent stock transactions. In signing the documents, the defendants neither admitted nor denied violating securities laws. The defendants agreed that, before buying any future stock, they must advise the brokers of the accusations that have been filed against them. Signing consent decrees were Maurice Rind of Sherman Oaks, a former New York stockbroker; Michael Joe Rogers, a Grandview, Tex., attorney, and Armond Zaccaria, a New York businessman. Still facing allegations are Thomas W. Reid of Grandview and Peter Vito of New York.

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