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113482P.pdf 04/25/2013 United States v. Bryan Behrens
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 11-3482
U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Chief Judge Riley and
Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal Case - sentence. Sentence of imprisonment for securities fraud
is affirmed. The "no knowledge" defense to imprisonment in 15 U.S.C.
sec. 78ff, is not limited to no knowledge of the existence of the pertinent
SEC rule or regulation but whether they did not know the substance of
the SEC rule or regulation they allegedly violated regardless of whether
they understood its particular application to their conduct. Because
Behrens admitted to knowing the substance of Rule 20b-5, he was
