04/08/2003
SAN FRANCISCO FOREIGN CURRENCY FIRM AND ITS PRESIDENT CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING 200 CUSTOMERS; CFTC Obtains Federal Court Order Freezing Assets of Defendants DBS Capital Inc. and Douglas Stevens
04/08/2003
NEW YORK FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FIRM CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING 230 INVESTORS OF $6.4 MILLION; CFTC Charges Holston, Young, Parker & Associates, Conetto Holding Company, Ltd, and Holsten's President With Commodity Scam Using Offshore Banks
04/03/2003
CFTC SETTLES FOREIGN CURRENCY FRAUD CHARGES WITH CALIFORNIA AND OHIO RESIDENTS; Federal Court Orders Five Defendants To Pay $3.5 Million To Customers in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States
04/02/2003
CFTC SETTLES FRAUD ACTIONS AGAINST THREE DEFENDANTS INVOLVED WITH INDIANA COMMODITY POOL; Court Orders Defendants David G. Johnson, Thomas T. Miller and Geoffrey M. Eltzroth to Pay More Than $11 million for Their Violations Arising from a Ponzi Scheme
03/27/2003
UTAH MAN CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING CUSTOMERS OF MORE THAN $300,000 IN FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) TRADING SCHEME; CFTC Obtains Federal Court Order Freezing Assets of Defendants Bryan Hawker and G, Hawker & Stone, LLC
03/26/2003
CFTC SUES NATURAL GAS TRADER FOR FRAUD; Christopher Chapman Ordered to Pay $240,000 in Penalties, Among Other Sanctions
03/26/2003
EL PASO TRADING UNIT AGREES TO PAY $20 MILLION TO SETTLE CFTC CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MANIPULATION AND FALSE REPORTING; El Paso Merchant Energy, L.P. Settles Claims Under the Commodity Exchange Act That It Intentionally Reported False Natural Gas Price and Volume Information to Energy Reporting Firms in an Attempt to Affect Prices of Natural Gas Contracts
03/20/2003
MICHIGAN MAN ORDERED TO PAY $6.3 MILLION TO CUSTOMERS DEFRAUDED IN COMMODITY FUTURES INTERNET SCAM; Federal Court Orders Defendants to Refund Investments to 900 Customers
03/12/2003
CFTC CHARGES ENRON WITH PRICE MANIPULATION AND OTHER ILLEGAL ACTS; Enron and Former Enron Vice President Charged With Manipulating Prices in Natural Gas Market; Enron Charged Further With Operating an Illegal, Undesignated Futures Exchange and Offering Illegal Lumber Futures Contracts Through Its Internet Trading Platform
02/26/2003
FRAUDULENT PRECIOUS METALS DEALERS INDICTED AND ARRESTED IN COMMODITY SCHEME; CFTC Lends Assistance to the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey in Criminal Action for Defrauding Investors