1.   A federal judge in Providence has entered temporary restraining orders and asset freezes targeting Fife, Sullivan, and others involved in the scam, the SEC said.

2.   Codelco lawyer Stephen P. Younger declined to comment on whether a judge has yet granted the asset freeze sought in the suit, which was filed today.

3.   The asset freeze is largely symbolic, since Belgrade has few assets abroad.

4.   The asset freeze stems from a separate civil charge against Pinez by the SEC.

5.   Three more suits stem from the asset freeze the administration placed on Muslim charities suspected of supporting terrorists.

6.   Verber said the defendants agreed, in the interest of their clients, to the asset freeze and the appointment of a receiver.

7.   Wiebe said the Insurance Department urged the Corporations Department to withdraw its request for an asset freeze before filing its petition yesterday.

8.   Precht said he knew of no case that would allow Moussaoui to allege a violation of his rights because of a government asset freeze.

9.   An asset freeze directed against Saddam Hussein, who remains firmly in power in Baghdad, appears to have had little effect.

10.   In such cases, judges sometimes impose asset freezes on individuals or companies alleged to be holding illicit profits on behalf of the defendants.