The SEC brought a civil enforcement action against Stormy Dean ("Dean"), a former chief financial officer of infoUSA, alleging that he had violated certain provisions of the 1934 Act. The SEC investigated Dean in connection with allegations of related-party transactions and misuse of corporate assets. The SEC asserted seven claims including solicitation of false proxy statements in violation of Section 14(a) and Rule 14a-9, falsification of records or accounts in violation of Rule 13b2-1 and deception of auditors in violation of Rule 13b2-2. Dean's trial was consolidated with the trial of Rajnish Das, another former CFO of infoUSA, and was tried before a jury. The United States District Court for the District of Nebraska instructed the jury that it must find Dean had violated Section 14(a) and Rule 14a-9 if the SEC had proven Dean had "solicited proxies by means of false or misleading proxy statements by negligently approving or signing publicly filed proxy statements."