The allegations read: Sec admin release 34-83371; ia release 4936, june 4, 2018: the securities and exchange commission (commission) deems it appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted pursuant to section 15(b) of the securities exchange act of 1934 (exchange act) and section 203(f) of the investment advisers act of 1940 (advisers act) against christopher c. Burtraw (burtraw). On the basis of this order and burtraw's offer, the commission finds that on november 2, 2017, following a jury trial, burtraw was convicted of one count of theft in violation of colo. Rev. Stat. \\u00a7 18-4-401 (1), (2)(i), a class three felony, before the district court, jefferson county, colorado, in people v. Christopher c. Burtraw, case no. 2016 cr003246. On january 8, 2018, a judgment in the criminal case was entered against burtraw. Burtraw was sentenced to four years of probation and one year of work release, and was ordered to pay restitution of $75,000. According to the criminal complaint, the theft count on which burtraw was convicted alleged that between march 2015 and august 2015, burtraw unlawfully, and knowingly, without authorization or by threat or deception, obtained, retained, or exercised control over, or knowing or believing it to have been stolen, received, loaned money by pawn or pledge on, or disposed of, a thing of value, namely, cash/u.s. Currency, check, and personal property, belonging to another individual with the intent to deprive that individual of its use or benefit, and knowingly used, concealed, or abandoned the thing of value in such a manner as to permanently deprive that individual of its use or benefit.
