On January 7, 2002, an amended complaint was filed by the SEC in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York that identified Bartiromo and another ten “John and Jane Does.” Thanks to a partial judgement issued by the court that same day, Bartiromo was prohibited from doing further online investment services, had all out of his and IB2001’s assets frozen, and was forced to disgorge any IB2001 assets into the court’s account.