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GEORGIA CORPORATION AND TWO INDIVIDUALS CHARGED WITH FRAUDULENTLY OFFERING ILLEGAL FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FUTURES CONTRACTS; CFTC Obtains Federal Court Order Freezing Assets of Global Financial Consulting, Inc., Wook Hyun Kim, and Chang H. Lee , 4693-02 |
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOREIGN CURRENCY TRADING OPERATORS CHARGED WITH SELLING ILLEGAL FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FUTURES: CFTC Charges Nawab Ali Khan Ali, Mega Trend 2000, Inc., Sterling FX International LLC, and Roger Barreto, All Operating Out of Glendale, California , 4692-02 |
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FLORIDA RESIDENTS AND THEIR COMPANIES CHARGED WITH MISAPPROPRIATING CUSTOMER FUNDS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FUTURES SCAM: CFTC Charges First Bristol Group, Inc., Alliance Equity Group, Inc., Centurion Financial Group, LC, and Great Minster Group, Inc., Staci Lee Petok, Bernard Justin Sevilla, Jack Martin Pomeroy, and Michael Desmond Biggs With Fraud , 4691-02 |
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UTAH COMPANY AND FOUR UTAH RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH COMMODITY POOL FRAUD; CFTC Alleges Gahma Corporation, John Garrett, Allen Andersen and Robert Heninger Fraudulently Solicited at Least $700,000 from Individuals to Trade Commodity Futures Contracts; CFTC Also Charges Stephen Brockbank, an Advisor to the Pool, with Fraud; This is the Second Fraud Action Filed by the CFTC Against Brockbank , 4690-02 |
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Minnesota Federal Court Preliminarily Enjoins Foreign Currency Fraud</span>: Defendants Sovereign Resource Management, Inc., Ken Mitra, Virgil Smith and Anthony Heppner Ordered to Account for Investor Funds , 4689-02 |
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FEDERAL COURT APPOINTS RECEIVER TO TAKE CONTROL OF ASSETS OF MICHIGAN ATTORNEY IN COMMODITIES FRAUD CASE; The CFTC Charged Defendant Charles Mady with Issuing False False Account Statements to Hide Mounting Commodity Trading Losses and Misappropriating Investor Funds , 4686-02 |
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CFTC CHARGES MICHIGAN RESIDENT WITH INTERNET FRAUD AS PART OF FEDERAL "NETFORCE" INITIATIVE; Complaint Alleges Fraudulent Promotion of Internet Trading System , 4683-02 |
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CFTC FINES FORMER TRADING ADVISOR FOR HIS ROLE IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FRAUDULENT ALLOCATION SCHEME; Michael Skrable Agrees to Be Prohibited From Trading and From Registration , 4682-02 |
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CFTC Issues Order Suspending and Restricting Floor Broker's Registration Based on Exchange Disciplinary Proceedings , 4680-02 |
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FLORIDA FEDERAL COURT ENJOINS RECIDIVIST IN ACTION ALLEGING HE MISAPPROPRIATED AT LEAST $1 MILLION IN CUSTOMER FUNDS AND VIOLATED A PRIOR FEDERAL COURT ORDER; Consent Order issued by United States District Court in Florida Enjoins Defendants Thomas D. Chilcott and Leona Westbrook from, among other things, Committing Fraud and also Permanently Bars Defendants from Commodity Trading , 4679-02 |
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GRENADIAN COMPANY, A CANADIAN CITIZEN, AND TWO MINNESOTA RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH COMMODITY POOL FRAUD; CFTC Alleges that Sovereign Resource Management, Inc., Ken Mitra, Virgil E. Smith, and Anthony J. Heppner Fraudulently Solicited Individuals to Trade Foreign Currency Futures Contracts and Misappropriated Over $600,000 of Investors' Funds , 4677-02 |
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CFTC SUSPENDS TWO FLOOR BROKERS FOR UNLAWFULLY TRADING COFFEE FUTURES CONTRACTS; In Settlement, Joseph Defrancesco Found to Have Engaged in Fraud, Bucketing of Customer Orders, and Reporting Non-Bona Fide Prices, and Marc Greenstein Found to Have Engaged in Noncompetitive Trading, Wash Sales, and Accommodation Trades , 4676-02 |
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NEW YORK FOREIGN CURRENCY FIRMS CHARGED WITH FRAUDULENTLY SOLICITING OVER $15 MILLION FROM AS MANY AS 400 CUSTOMERS NATIONWIDE TO INVEST IN ILLEGAL FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FUTURES CONTRACTS; CFTC Obtains Federal Court Order Freezing Assets of Defendants International Financial Services (New York), Inc., International Financial Services (New York), LLC, John Walker Robinson, and Chan Kow Lai , 4675-02 |
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FLORIDA DEFENDANTS SETTLE CFTC COMPLAINT ALLEGING FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) OPTIONS FRAUD; International Currency Strategies, Inc., Strategic Trading Group, Inc., Fairfield Currency Group, Inc., and Their Officers - Daniel Phillips and Valentin Fernandez - Are Permanently Barred From Trading Commodity Futures and Options , 4673-02 |
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COFFEE COMMODITY TRADERS BRUCE MILLER AND DEIRDRE ANDERSON CHARGED WITH FRAUDULENT TRADE ALLOCATION SCHEME; George Lamborn and Richard Lani Sr. Alleged To Have Failed to Diligently Supervise Miller and Anderson’s Trading; CSCE Floor Brokers, Daniel Lipton and Kenneth Lawson, Charged With Failing to Obtain Required Customer Account Identification , 4671-02 |
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FLORIDA WOMAN AND COMPANY SETTLE CFTC CHARGES ALLEGING THEY FRAUDULENTLY MARKETED COMMODITY TRADING SYSTEMS; CFTC Imposed Trading Bans and Penalties on Bernadette Flavell and Systems of Success – Window to Profit (SOS) , 4668-02 |
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SIX COFFEE, SUGAR & COCOA EXCHANGE FLOOR BROKERS CHARGED BY CFTC WITH UNLAWFULLY TRADING COFFEE FUTURES , 4667-02 |
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CALIFORNIA COMMODITY TRADER CHARGED WITH UNAUTHORIZED TRADING, UNLAWFULLY OPERATING A COMMODITY POOL AND ILLEGALLY MANAGING TRADING ACCOUNTS; CFTC Files Complaint Against Donald Steven Smith and His Company, Fibit.com, in Federal District Court , 4660-02 |
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FLORIDA MAN SETTLES CHARGES ALLEGING HE FRAUDULENTLY MARKETED COMMODITY TRADING SYSTEMS; CFTC Bars Kevin Kates From Trading , 4657-02 |
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MICHIGAN ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH $6 MILLION COMMODITIES FRAUD; Federal Government Alleges that Charles Mady Issued False Account Statements to Hide Mounting Commodity Trading Losses and Misappropriated Over $1 Million , 4655-02 |
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MARYLAND MAN AND FIRM SETTLE CHARGES OF FRAUD WITH CFTC; Consent Order issued by District Court Enjoins Defendants Peter Scott and Rothlin & Windsor Capital Management, Inc. from Committing Fraud and also Permanently Bars Defendants from trading in futures and options , 4654-02 |
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INTERNET TRADING SYSTEM PROMOTER SETTLES CHARGES ALLEGING HE MADE MISREPRESENTATIONS ON WEBSITE; Michael Radcliffe Made False Claims Concerning Profits He Generated By Using His Commodity Trading System , 4653-02 |
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FLORIDA, LOUISIANA AND GEORGIA FIRMS CHARGED WITH FRAUDULENTLY SOLICITING OVER $1,000,000 FROM CUSTOMERS TO INVEST IN ILLEGAL FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) OPTION CONTRACTS; Government Obtains Federal Court Order Freezing Assets of 19 Individuals and Companies; Related Action Also Filed by Louisiana Attorney General , 4652-02 |
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission Files Federal Action Against Florida Man For Providing False Information Related to His $6.8 Million Settlement With the Commission , 4651-02 |
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CFTC Establishes Enron Information Link to Assist the Public in Reporting Suspicious Activities that May Have Affected West Coast Electricity or Natural Gas Prices Involving Enron or Any Other Company , 4646-02 |
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CFTC Settles Wash Sales Charges Against Texas Broker Ronald Roesler and Illinois Broker David Janson Arising Out of USDA Dairy Options Pilot Program , 4645-02 |
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FLORIDA FEDERAL COURT REQUIRES DEFENDANTS MICHAEL A. DIPPOLITO; MAD, INC.; AND CTU, INC. TO PAY RESTITUTION TO DEFRAUDED CUSTOMERS IN CFTC ENFORCEMENT ACTION. Court’s Order Also Bars Defendants From Further Fraudulent Conduct and From Trading Commodity Futures or Options , 4641-02 |
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TEXAS COMMODITY TRADER CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING CUSTOMERS AND MISAPPROPRIATING CUSTOMER FUNDS. CFTC Charges Dewey V. Wiles and His Company, Futures Exchange Company, Inc., with Fraudulently Soliciting Funds to Trade Commodity Futures , 4639-02 |
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CFTC Settles Foreign Currency Fraud Case Against Ohio Defendants , 4638-02 |
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CFTC CHARGES UTAH INVESTMENT FIRM WITH RUNNING A $14.7 MILLION FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) PONZI SCAM; Federal Court Immediately Freezes Assets of 4NExchange, LLC, Paul Grant and Ronald Bassett In Related Action , 4636-02 |
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CFTC Launches FOREX Warning Advertising Campaign , 4635-02 |
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U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY SETTLES FRAUD CASE AGAINST GEORGIA COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR WHO WAS A REPEAT OFFENDER; Defendant Ellery Coleman Ordered to Pay a Penalty of up to $170,000 , 4634-02 |
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TEXAS COMMODITY BROKER COMMITTED SOLICITATION FRAUD; In CFTC Action, D. Michael Sheaves Fined $50,000 and Ordered to Pay Restitution for Fraudulently Failing to Advise Prospective Clients of Significant Trading Losses , 4633-02 |
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CFTC SETTLES COMMODITY FRAUD SOLICITATION CASE AGAINST CALIFORNIA TRADING SYSTEM DEVELOPER; Defendant Abdullah Alsafari Barred from Further Fraudulent Conduct in Violation of Federal Commodities Laws , 4629-02 |
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FLORIDA COMMODITY TRADING SYSTEM DEVELOPER AND NEW YORK PUBLISHER SETTLE CFTC FRAUD ACTION; CFTC Finds that George Angell, TradeWins Publishing and its President, Stephen Schmidt, Fraudulently Marketed Commodity Trading System , 4628-02 |
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THREE FORMER EMPLOYEES OF CHICAGO COMMODITY FIRM SETTLE GOVERNMENT ACTION FOR FRAUDULENT TRADING; Defendants Martin Brown, Geoffrey S. Thompson, and Ydiyell Howard Prohibited From Trading in the Commodity Markets , 4626-02 |
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CFTC SETTLES FRAUD ACTION AGAINST WEST VIRGINIA COMMODITY POOL OPERATOR; Defendants Robert L. Dormagen and Delta Financial Corporation Permanently Barred From Trading Futures or Options , 4624-02 |