4 1 g69836lde4.txt FINANCIAL VENTURES/ LEDYARD DEWEES 5/01 1 ------ FORM 4 ------ U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP [ ] Check box if no longer subject to Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Section 16. Form 4 Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the or Form 5 obligations Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 may continue. See or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Instruction 1(b). Act of 1940 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* | 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6. Relationship of Reporting Person to| | DeWees, Ledyard H. | FINANCIAL VENTURES, INC. | Issuer (Check all applicable) | |--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| | | (Last) (First) (Middle) | 3. IRS Identification | 4. Statement For | [ ] Director [X] 10% Owner | | | Number of Reporting | Month/Year | [ ] Officer (give [ ] Other (Specify| | | Person, if an Entity | | title below) | | | (Voluntary) | 5/30/01 | below) | | 270 N.W. 3rd Court | | | | |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------|--------------------------------------| | (Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing | | | | Date of Original| (Check applicable line) | | | | (Month/Year) | [X] Form Filed by One | | Boca Raton FL 33432 | | | Reporting Person | |--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| [ ] Form Filed by More Than | | (City) (State) (Zip) | | One Reporting Person | | | | | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |1. Title of Security |2. Transaction |3. Transac- |4. Securities Acquired (A) | 5. Amount of Se- |6. Owner- |7. Nature | | (Instr. 3) | Date | tion Code | or Disposed of (D) | curities Benefi-| ship | of In- | | | (Month/Day/ | (Instr. 8) | | cially Owned at | Form: | direct | | | Year) | | | End of Month | Direct | Benefi-| | | | | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | (Instr. 3 and 4)| (D) or | cial | | | |--------------|---------------------------| | Indirect | Owner- | | | | Code | V | Amount | (A) or| Price| | (I) | ship | | | | | | | (D) | | | (Instr. 4)| (Instr.| | | | | | | | | | | 4) | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | Common Stock | 5/1/01 | S | | 505,000 | D |$.198 | -0- | D | | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Remainder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

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