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OHIO COMMODITY TRADER SETTLES POOL FRAUD ACTION; Consent Order with Government Regulator Finds that Defendant Jeffrey T. Bailey Committed Fraud By Diverting Investor Funds For His Own Use and Permanently Bars Him from Futures and Options Trading, 4592-01
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REPUBLIC NEW YORK SECURITIES CORPORATION PAYS $5 MILLION CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY FOR MISLEADING INVESTORS IN COMMODITY FRAUD; CFTC Files and Settles Action Against Republic for Its Role in a Ponzi Scheme That Defrauded Investors World-Wide and Resulted in Losses of Over $700 Million, 4590-01
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Commodity Trading Advisor Settles Government Fraud Charges; CFTC Orders Nicholas J. Nickolaou to Pay Restitution and Penalties For Fraudulently Soliciting the Public to Buy His "Wisdom of the Ages" Trading System, , 4586-01
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CFTC SEEKS TO SUSPEND OR RESTRICT REGISTRATION OF MIDLAND EURO, INC. OF CALIFORNIA; Midland Euro's Membership With the National Futures Association Was Recently Suspended, 4585-01
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CFTC SETTLES FRAUD CASE AGAINST COMMODITY TRADING ADVISORS; CFTC Finds that Currency Trading Systems, its President, Joyce Roeder, and Others Fraudulently Solicited the Public to Attend Commodity Trading Seminars; CFTC Imposes Permanent Trading Ban on Roeder and Company and Orders Payment of Restitution and Penalties, 4583-01
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New York Trader Sued for Defrauding Employer; CFTC Files and Settles Action Against Robert Ryan and Permanently Bans Him from Futures Trading and Fines Him $40,000, 4580-01
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Two Texas Men Sued for Defrauding Former Employer; CFTC Charges Clay Krhovjak and Paul Cochran in Fraudulent Allocation Scheme, 4577-01
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COLORADO MAN BANNED FOR UNAUTHORIZED COMMODITY TRADING; CFTC Imposes Trading Ban on Dale Luther Mock, 4574-01
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CFTC Charges Texas Commodity Broker with Fraud; CFTC Alleges that D. Michael Sheaves Fraudulently Omitted Significant Trading Losses, 4573-01
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GEORGIA INTERNET PROMOTERS CHARGED WITH COMMODITY FRAUD; CFTC Alleges that George Heffernan and Ellery Coleman Made False Claims Concerning Profits Generated by Commodity Trading Systems; Defendants Also Alleged to Have Violated CFTC Orders Issued Against Them in September and May 2000, 4568-01
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Canadian Resident and His Offshore Company Charged with Defrauding U.S. and Canadian Investors Through A Commodity Scam; CFTC Alleges That Defendants Andrew Duncan and Aurum Society, Inc. Operated "Ponzi" Scheme and Fraudulently Obtained Over $3 Million from Customers; Defendants also Alleged to have Misappropriated Funds, , 4565-01
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Iowa Commodities Speculator Settles Government Charges; CFTC Bans Frederick Mersch From Trading For Two Years For False Reporting and Exceeding Trading Limits on Frozen Pork Belly Futures, 4566-01,
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CFTC Charges Los Angeles Commodity Broker with Fraud; CFTC Alleges that Broker Alfred Gladstone Fraudulently Claimed That He Made Millions In Profits When In Fact, His Customers Had Net Losses Of Over $1 Million; Although 99% Of His Customers Lost Money, Broker Told Them That Their Investments Were "a Sure Bet", , 4564-01
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CFTC's Latest Action Part of Nationwide Crackdown on Foreign Currency (Forex) Scams; Complaint Charges Defendants with Defrauding U.S. and Canadian Citizens; Telemarketers Used High-Pressure Sales Tactics to Solicit Customers, 4563-01
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Georgia Defendants Settle Commodity Fraud Charges; CFTC Permanently Bans James E. Stephens, III, and Trendsystems, Inc. from Trading on Behalf of Others, 4562-01
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Avista Energy, Inc. Ordered to Pay $2.1 Million to Settle CFTC Charges of Manipulating Electricity Futures; Former Company Officers and Employees and NYMEX Floor Broker also Charged with Manipulation, 4555-01
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CFTC Files Enforcement Action Charging Two Chicago Firms and Resident with a Failure to Supervise Foreign Accounts; CFTC Files Complaint Against Excellent USA And John Gallwas and Accepts Settlement Offer From LFG, 4553-01
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CFTC Settles Fraud Action Against COMEX Floor Broker Vincent Coppola, 4552-01
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CFTC Files Enforcement Actions Against Los Angeles-Based Firms Selling Illegal Foreign Currency (FOREX) Investments to the Retail Public; Acro Information Service, Inc., Pakco Holdings Limited and Dr. Florentius Chan Charged with Committing Fraud; Acro's Customers were Members of Asian and Other Ethnic Communities; In the Second Action, Fintrex, Inc., Arman Ovsepyan, and Lytresse Fox Are Charged with Offering Illegal Off-Exchange Forex Futures Contracts, 4551-01
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CFTC Charges Maryland Man and His Company With Defrauding 600 Investors in a Commodity Pool; CFTC Alleges That Defendants Peter Scott and R&W Capital Management, Inc. Fraudulently Solicited Over $2 Million from Investors and Misappropriated Investor Funds For Personal Use, 4549-01
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CFTC Charges Chicago Area Residents with Fraudulent Promotion of Pork Belly Trading System; According to the Complaint, a Year's Worth of Service Cost $4,500 and Ads Touted that Customers Could Have Made as Much as 700%, Release 4545-01
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Colorado Man Sued for Failing to Tell Customers His Commodity Trading System was Based on Hypothetical Trades; Gramalegui Made False Claims that his Mother Profitably Traded with His System, Release 4544-01
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CFTC Files and Settles Enforcement Action Against a Chicago Floor Broker for Failing to Supervise a Trader He Sponsored; CFTC Finds that Michael Thomas Lee Violated an Order and Sponsor Agreement and Suspends His Registration; Order Underscores Need For Sponsors To Take Duties Seriously, Release 4543-01
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Former Member of New York Futures Exchange Charged with Price Manipulation and False Representations; CFTC Charges Norman Eisler and First West Trading with Manipulating Settlement Prices of Option Contract and Making False Representations, 4542-01
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Minnesota and Wisconsin Defendants Barred from U.S. Futures Markets by Federal Court for Commodity Scam; Two Individuals and Three Companies Must Pay Up to $561,452 in Restitution and Up to $671,452 in Civil Fines, 4539-01
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CFTC Settles Case Against Commodity Firm for Fraudulent Advertising; Federal Regulator Finds that CTS Financial Publishing and Others Used Over One Million Mailings and the Internet to Fraudulently Tout the Potential for Large Profits, 4538-01
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CFTC Settles Case Against Kentucky Man For Fraudulently Selling Commodity Trading System; Federal Regulator Finds that Donald M. Fishback, Jr. Represented to Investors that his Company's Trading System Could "Virtually Eliminate Losing Trades", , 4537-01
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CFTC Files and Settles Fraud Action Against Commodity Trader Who Claimed to Make "A Killing," , 4536-01
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CFTC Participates in Second Annual International "Internet Surf" Day to Uncover Fraudulent Promotion of Commodity Schemes, , 4535-01
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CFTC Files Action Against California Resident for Violating Exchange Trading Limits; CFTC Alleges that Andy Saberi Violated the Trading Limits For Pork Belly Futures Set by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, 4533-01
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Maine Resident Charged with Defrauding Over 200 Investors; CFTC Alleges that Edward W. Knipping and Time Traders, Inc. Fraudulently Operated a $5.9 Million Commodity Pool and Misappropriated Investor Funds, 4529-01
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Ohio Commodity Companies Charged with Offering Phony Investments; CFTC Alleges that Two Ohio Firms-- International Monetary Group, Inc. and Currency Management Group, Inc.--and Three Ohio Residents - Anthony Dellarciprete, Emido Dellarciprete, and James Lemmon -- Fraudulently Solicited the Retail Public to Invest in Illegal Foreign Currency Options (FOREX) , 4528-01
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CFTC Charges Florida Commodity Firm with Fraud; CFTC Alleges That First Investors Group of the Palm Beaches Used Fraudulent Infomercial and Sales Pitches To Solicit Customers, 4527-01
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CFTC Charges LA Commodity Firm with Fraud; CFTC Alleges That Madison Financial Group Told Salesmen To "Make Up A Story" To Solicit Customers, , 4523-01
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Floor Broker - Michael H. Varner - Charged with Violating a 1999 CFTC Order, 4522-01
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WISCONSIN RESIDENT MICHAEL JAMES KONKEL BARRED FROM TRADING COMMODITY INVESTMENTS IN CFTC FRAUD CASE; Alabama Federal Court Requires Defendant Konkel to Make Restitution of $790,000 to Defrauded Investors and Pay a Civil Fine of Up to $440,000 and Bars Him From Registering with the CFTC, 4518-01
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CFTC FILES ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST FIRMS FRAUDULENTLY SELLING ILLEGAL FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) OPTIONS; In Two Separate Actions, CFTC Charges (1) the ICS Common Enterprise (three Florida companies) and Three Individuals - Valentin Fernandez, Daniel Phillips, and Manny Kavekos of Florida; and (2) Infinite Trading Group, L.L.C., a Georgia Forex Firm, along with Shawn Christie, Edward Cameron Lindsey and Anthony Garcia of Georgia, 4513-01
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