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Kurt GRESENZ is an Assistant Director in the Office of International Affairs, responsible for international enforcement. Kurt started his career at the SEC in the Division of Enforcement in 2000. He was also on the management team and a principal investigator in the SEC’s Enron investigation, in which the SEC has filed more than a dozen civil enforcement actions, charged more than two dozen individuals with securities fraud and recovered more than $400 million for innocent investors. Kurt received an award from the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for his work with the FBI on the Enron investigation. Prior to coming to the SEC, Kurt was a partner of a litigation firm in Los Angeles, California. He took a leave of absence from the firm in 1998 to serve as a trial attorney for the City of Los Angeles, prosecuting criminal cases.
While at the SEC, Kurt has received several awards for his investigations, served on the SEC’s Advisory Committee for the Chairman’s Tips, Complaints, and Referrals initiative. Kurt is a frequent speaker on various international enforcement topics, both in the U.S. and abroad where he has conducted SEC training programs in Colombia, Jamaica, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, South Africa, Guatemala, Malta, Mexico, Canada, and Barbados.
Julie A. PREUITT – is a Senior Special Advisor in the SEC’s Office of International Affairs, where she participates in the SEC’s international technical assistance program providing assistance to the SEC’s international counterparts in examination and compliance related topics. In this capacity, she has conducted recent programs in Ukraine, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Qatar and Kuwait. Prior to joining OIA, Ms. Preuitt served as an Assistant Regional Director in the SEC’s Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations, supervising both broker-dealer and investment advisor examinations in the SEC’s Fort Worth, Texas Office. Ms. Preuitt has focused her twenty –five year SEC career on identifying fraudulent activities that threaten investors and the market, and bringing those activities to the attention of senior executives within the SEC and the US Congress. Notable examples include Ms. Preuitt's work on identifying risks that were instrumental in the development of FINRA's day-trading rules, and identifying fraudulent sales practices to the military which resulted in Congress outlawing periodic payment plans. Ms. Preuitt identified and developed dozens of fraud cases, many of them novel at the time, including mutual fund and college savings plan share class issues, variable annuity switching, “pay to play” activities in municipal bonds, oil and gas fraud in private offerings and complicated Ponzi schemes including Stanford International Bank. Ms. Preuitt’s recent accomplishments include playing a national leadership role in detecting and preventing fraudulent schemes targeted at soon-to-be retiring investors. Ms. Preuitt graduated with honors in 1990 from University College University Maryland with a BA in business with an emphasis in accounting, while living on Okinawa, Japan.
Paul G. Levenson is the Director of the Boston Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to joining the SEC in October 2013, Mr. Levenson served for over 24 years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Massachusetts. In that role he investigated, tried, and handled appeals involving a variety of white collar offenses, including securities fraud, bank fraud, bribery and kickback schemes, public employee fraud, insurance fraud, tax fraud, environmental violations, foreign corrupt practices, intellectual property crimes, procurement fraud, embezzlement, telemarketing fraud, and money laundering. During his last seven years as a prosecutor Mr. Levenson was Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Economic Crimes Unit. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office Mr. Levenson was in private practice in Washington, D.C. and in New York. Mr. Levenson is a magna cum laude graduate of both Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
While at the SEC, Kurt has received several awards for his investigations, served on the SEC’s Advisory Committee for the Chairman’s Tips, Complaints, and Referrals initiative. Kurt is a frequent speaker on various international enforcement topics, both in the U.S. and abroad where he has conducted SEC training programs in Colombia, Jamaica, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, South Africa, Guatemala, Malta, Mexico, Canada, and Barbados.
Julie A. PREUITT – is a Senior Special Advisor in the SEC’s Office of International Affairs, where she participates in the SEC’s international technical assistance program providing assistance to the SEC’s international counterparts in examination and compliance related topics. In this capacity, she has conducted recent programs in Ukraine, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Qatar and Kuwait. Prior to joining OIA, Ms. Preuitt served as an Assistant Regional Director in the SEC’s Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations, supervising both broker-dealer and investment advisor examinations in the SEC’s Fort Worth, Texas Office. Ms. Preuitt has focused her twenty –five year SEC career on identifying fraudulent activities that threaten investors and the market, and bringing those activities to the attention of senior executives within the SEC and the US Congress. Notable examples include Ms. Preuitt's work on identifying risks that were instrumental in the development of FINRA's day-trading rules, and identifying fraudulent sales practices to the military which resulted in Congress outlawing periodic payment plans. Ms. Preuitt identified and developed dozens of fraud cases, many of them novel at the time, including mutual fund and college savings plan share class issues, variable annuity switching, “pay to play” activities in municipal bonds, oil and gas fraud in private offerings and complicated Ponzi schemes including Stanford International Bank. Ms. Preuitt’s recent accomplishments include playing a national leadership role in detecting and preventing fraudulent schemes targeted at soon-to-be retiring investors. Ms. Preuitt graduated with honors in 1990 from University College University Maryland with a BA in business with an emphasis in accounting, while living on Okinawa, Japan.
Paul G. Levenson is the Director of the Boston Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to joining the SEC in October 2013, Mr. Levenson served for over 24 years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Massachusetts. In that role he investigated, tried, and handled appeals involving a variety of white collar offenses, including securities fraud, bank fraud, bribery and kickback schemes, public employee fraud, insurance fraud, tax fraud, environmental violations, foreign corrupt practices, intellectual property crimes, procurement fraud, embezzlement, telemarketing fraud, and money laundering. During his last seven years as a prosecutor Mr. Levenson was Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Economic Crimes Unit. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office Mr. Levenson was in private practice in Washington, D.C. and in New York. Mr. Levenson is a magna cum laude graduate of both Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.