Morrie Friedman of Beyond Juice is a Felon?

The link is to the California Desist Order, following is Section 5 of the order 

http://www.corp.ca.gov/ENF/pdf/2009/BeyondJuice_dr.pdf 

5. It was not disclosed to prospective purchasers of the stock in Beyond Juice and Automotive Business Solutions (ABS) that Morrie S. Friedman had two prior felony convictions involving theft and fraud. These included one conviction by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois for violations of sections 1343 and 1341 of Title 18 of the United States Code, for fraud by means of use of the US mail on March 4, 1975, and a second conviction for theft and conspiracy by the Circuit Court of Lake County, Illinois on September 25, 1980. It was also not disclosed to prospective purchasers of the stock that Morrie S. Friedman had judgment entered against him in a civil law suit filed in United States District Court in South Carolina by a former Beyond Juice licensee Lauren Meeks (“Meeks”). The complaint was filed in United States District Court, for the District of South Carolina, Charleston Division on September 5, 2003, and is entitled Lauren Meeks v Morrie Friedman, action number C.A. No. 2:03-2867-23. The complaint alleged causes of action against Morrie S. Friedman for Breach of Contract, Fraud, and Misrepresentation relating to the sale of a Beyond Juice license. It was also not disclosed that judgment was entered in -3- DESIST AND REFRAIN ORDER

 

 State of California - Department of Corporations

 

that action in favor of Meeks and against Morrie S. Friedman for $180,000, including $100,000 in punitive damages for fraud and that Morrie S. Friedman was subsequently ordered by the court to pay an additional $21,000 for civil contempt as a result of his willfully refusing to comply with the courts orders regarding Meeks efforts to collect the judgment

http://www.corp.ca.gov/ENF/pdf/2009/BeyondJuice_dr.pdf