UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Litigation Release No. 15748 / May 19, 1998 S.E.C. v. RCS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. et al. (U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of Ohio, Civil Action No. 98 CV 1047) The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it obtained an Order of Preliminary Injunction and Other Equitable Relief (Order), by consent, against RCS Financial Services, Inc. (RCS), Emissary Financial Group, Inc. (Emissary), Gregory D. Shefchuk (Greg Shefchuk) and Robert C. Shefchuk (Robert Shefchuk). The Order, entered on May 6th, 1998, enjoins RCS, Emissary, Greg Shefchuk and Robert Shefchuk from engaging in future violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. The Order also enjoins RCS from engaging in, and Greg Shefchuk and Robert Shefchuk from aiding and abetting, any future violations of Section 204 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) and Rule 204-2(a) thereunder and Sections 206(1), 206(2) and 206(4) of the Advisers Act and Rule 206(4)-2(a) thereunder. In addition, the Order imposes an asset freeze against RCS, Greg Shefchuk, and Robert Shefchuk and prohibits all defendants from engaging in the alteration or destruction of documents. The Commission's complaint alleged that from approximately December 1996 through February 1998, the defendants misappropriated at least $500,000 to $1.1 million in funds owed to RCS' advisory clients and Emissary's brokerage customers. The complaint alleges that, in order to conceal their misappropriations, the defendants prepared and issued false account statements to their clients and customers, and engaged in the destruction of financial records. The complaint also alleges that RCS, aided and abetted by Greg Shefchuk and Robert Shefchuk, failed to keep, and to produce to the Commission, records required under the Advisers Act. ======END OF PAGE 1======