On January 10, 2005, the SEC instituted settled administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings. According to the SEC: "Between October 2002 and September 2003 (the 'Relevant Period'), Southwest and three of its supervisors failed reasonably to supervise three registered representatives with a view to preventing their violations of the federal securities laws. Two registered representatives at Southwest's downtown Dallas branch office engaged in an illegal market timing scheme, and a third engaged both in a market timing scheme and in late trading, on behalf of two of Southwest's hedge fund adviser customers. The three registered representatives - Scott Gann, George Fasciano and a third broker ('Broker Doe') (collectively, the 'Brokers') - defrauded hundreds of mutual funds and their shareholders by engaging in a series of surreptitious "masking" activities, designed to circumvent restrictions that the mutual funds imposed on market timing. Broker Doe also defrauded many of the same mutual funds and their shareholders by systematically late trading the mutual funds' shares. Through these activities, the Brokers violated the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws."

On September 1, 2010, the SEC issued a Notice of Proposed Plan of Distribution and Opportunity for Comment.

On September 1, 2010, a Proposed Plan of Distribution was published.

On September 1, 2010, the SEC issued an Order Appointing Fund Administrator and Waiving the Bond Requirement.

This order, filed on October 25, 2010, approves the plan of distribution relating to the administrative and cease and desist proceedings against Southwest Securities and other individuals. The Plan provides for the distribution of funds to eligible mutual funds that were harmed by the actions of market timers. The fair fund provides for total distributions of $10,276,002.

On August 2, 2011, the SEC ordered that: "the Commission staff, through FMS [the U.S. Department of Treasury's Financial Management Service], shall disburse $5,073,737 of the Fair Fund monies to eligible funds as provided in the Plan. The remaining portion of the Fair Fund shall, upon termination of the Fair Fund, be sent to the U.S. Treasury."

On June 30, 2017, the SEC announced a Name Change of Appointed Tax Administrator, and amended the Omnibus Order, beginning June 2017 and for calendar year 2018, to replace all references to Damasco with "Miller Kaplan Arase LLP which acquired Damasco & Associates LLP" in order to reflect Damasco's name change.

According to the SEC: "On January 10, 2005, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") issued an Order Instituting Public Administrative Proceedings, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions, Pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 203(f) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and Instituting Cease-and-Desist Proceedings and Imposing a Cease-and-Desist Order, Pursuant to Section 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 9(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Order")1 against Southwest Securities, Inc. ("Southwest"), Daniel R. Leland, Kerry M. Rigdon, and Kevin J. Marsh (collectively, the "Respondents"). . . The Order further established a Fair Fund pursuant to Section 308(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, for the total amount ordered (the "Fair Fund"), to be distributed pursuant to a Plan of Distribution. . . The Commission staff has verified that all taxes, fees, and expenses have been paid, and the Commission is in possession of the remaining funds. . . Accordingly, it is ORDERED that: A. The remaining Fair Fund balance of $6,544,967.41 and any funds returned to the Fair Fund in the future, shall be transferred to the U.S. Treasury; B. The Fund Administrator, Gilardi & Co., L.L.C., is discharged; and C. The Fair Fund is terminated."