[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 30363] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-14541] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [File No. 5500-1] Amquest International, Ltd.; Order of Suspension of Trading May 30, 1997. It appears to the Securities and Exchange Commission that there is a lack of current and accurate information concerning the securities of Amquest International, Ltd. (``Amquest'' or the ``Company''), a Florida based company which holds itself out to be part of an integrated system of companies for the provision of mortgage banking, investment and consumer credit services, because of questions regarding the accuracy of assertions by Amquest, and by others, in documents filed with the Commission and distributed to investors and market-makers of the stock of Amquest, concerning, among other things, Amquest's ownership of certain Brazilian ``Rights'' and other assets, the value of certain assets claimed by Amquest, the amount of income, if any, Amquest has generated, the acquisition by Amquest of certain entities, and the composition and involvement in Company affairs of Amquest's purported management. The Commission is of the opinion that the public interest and the protection of investors require a suspension of trading in the securities of the above-listed company. Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that trading in the above-listed company is suspended for the period from 9:30 a.m. EDT, May 30, 1997 through 11:59 p.m. EDT, on June 12, 1997. By the Commission. Margaret H. McFarland, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 97-14541 Filed 5-30-97; 11:21 am] BILLING CODE 8010-01-M