Defendant Name: Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Inc.

Defendant Type: Subsidiary of Public Company

Document Reference: 34-85998

Document Details

Legal Case Name In the Matter of Morgan Stanley and Co. LLC; Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc; and Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC
Document Name Notice of Proposed Plan of Distribution and Opportunity for Comment
Document Date 31-May-2019
Document Format Administrative Proceeding
File Number 3-15982
Allegation Type Securities Offering
Document Summary The SEC stated: "Notice is hereby given [...] that the Division of Enforcement has submitted to the Commission a proposed plan of distribution ("Distribution Plan") for the distribution of monies paid by Morgan Stanley and Co. LLC (f/k/a Morgan Stanley and Co. Incorporated) ("MS & Co."), Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc., ("MSAC"), and Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, ("MSMCH") (collectively, the "Respondents")."

Disgorgement & Penalty Information

Resolutions
Cease and Desist Order
Notice is given that a distribution plan has been submitted for the $275,000,000 Fair Fund that respondents paid for
Fair Funds
Plan of Distribution
Monetary Penalties:

Disgorgement

Individual:     Shared:     $160,627,852.00
Shared with: Morgan Stanley and Co. LLC; Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC

Civil Penalty

Individual:     Shared:     $96,376,711.00
Shared with: Morgan Stanley and Co. LLC; Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC

Pre-Judgment Interest

Individual:     Shared:     $17,995,437.00
Shared with: Morgan Stanley and Co. LLC; Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC

Total Penalty

Individual:     Shared:     $275,000,000.00
Shared with: Morgan Stanley and Co. LLC; Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC

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