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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
   ineligible for the no-knowledge defense exclusion to imprisonment.