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UTAH FEDERAL COURT ENTERS PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST BRIAN TOBLER, OF SYRACUSE, UTAH, IN CFTC ENFORCEMENT ACTION CHARGING FRAUDULENT OPERATION OF THREE COMMODITY POOLS; Court Permanently Bars Tobler From Seeking Registration Or Acting In Any Capacity Requiring Registration With The CFTC and Prohibits Him From Trading For Ten Years , 4394-00 |
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CFTC ACCEPTS SETTLEMENT OFFERS OF FORMER REFCO PHONE CLERKS MARGARET DULL AND RICHARD MARISIE IN CONNECTION WITH ORDER-TAKING AND RECORDKEEPING VIOLATIONS; CFTC Order Restricts And Conditions Dull’s and Marisie’s Floor Activities For Two Years and Requires Them to Pay $15,000 Each in Civil Monetary Penalties , 4393-00 |
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CFTC OBTAINS INJUNCTION AND OTHER RELIEF AGAINST ESFAND BARAGOSH, PRINCIPAL OF NOBLE WEALTH DATA INFORMATION SERVICES, INC., BASED ON A FRAUDULENT FOREIGN CURRENCY TRADING SCHEME; Federal District Court Finds That CFTC Has Jurisdiction Over Defendants’ Sale of Foreign Currency Contracts; Orders Baragosh to Pay Over $6.4 Million in Restitution and Fines , 4389-00 |
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CFTC FILES DISQUALIFICATION ACTION AGAINST DAVID ITZKOWITZ, FLOOR BROKER AT THE COFFEE SUGAR & COCOA EXCHANGE , 4388-00 |
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CFTC FILES ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST STEVEN C. BRENNER AND JAMI WEISNER BRENNER CHARGING BRENNER WITH VIOLATIONS OF A CFTC TRADING PROHIBITION AND OF A COMMISSION ORDER AND WEISNER WITH AIDING AND ABETTING THOSE VIOLATIONS , 4387-00 |
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ILLINOIS FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT ENTERS CONSENT ORDER OF PERMANENT INJUNCTION AND OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF AGAINST FTI FINANCIAL GROUP AND THREE OF ITS PARTNERS IN CFTC INJUNCTIVE ACTION CHARGING COMMODITY POOL FRAUD; Court Permanently Bars FTI And Samuel Foreman, Mark Stevens, and Carolyn Munn From Trading, Seeking Registration or Acting in Any Capacity Requiring Registration with the CFTC and Requires Them to Pay in Excess of $700,000 in Restitution , 4386-00 |
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CFTC PARTICIPATES IN "INTERNET SURF" TO UNCOVER FRAUDULENT PROMOTION OF COMMODITY INVESTMENT SCHEMES, , 4385-00 |
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NEW JERSEY COURT ENTERS PERMANENT INJUNCTION AND RESTITUTION ORDER IN CFTC INJUNCTIVE ACTION AGAINST MURRAY IRA ROSENBERG AND PRO BROKER SERVICES, INC., CHARGING COMMODITY FUTURES AND OPTION FRAUD; Court Permanently Bars Rosenberg From Trading For Others, and Requires Him to Pay $265,000 in Restitution , 4383-00 |
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CFTC CHARGES IMC COMMON ENTERPRISE AND THREE INDIVIDUALS IN $18 MILLION FRAUDULENT PRECIOUS METALS SCHEME; Court Freezes Defendants' Assets and Appoints Receiver to Take Control of Business; CFTC Charges Defendants with Fraudulently Telemarketing Customers And Offering Illegal Futures Contracts , 4382-00 |
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CFTC SETTLES ACTION AGAINST FARMERS COOPERATIVE COMPANY, FINDING THAT IT OFFERED TO ENTER INTO, AND ENTERED INTO, ILLEGAL FUTURES AND OPTION CONTRACTS AND OPERATED AS AN UNREGISTERED FUTURES COMMISSION MERCHANT; CFTC Order Also Accepts Offers of Settlement from Three Former Employees and Finds that Richard Houge and Larry D. Peterson aided and abetted each of Farmer Co-op’s Violations and that John A. McPherson aided and abetted Farmer Co-op’s operation as an unregistered Futures Commission Merchant , 4376-00 |
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CFTC FILES AND SETTLES ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST JAMES DEN HARTOG OF WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA, AND JAMES BAUMGARD, OF SPIRIT LAKE, IOWA, IN UNAUTHORIZED TRADING CASE; CFTC Finds that James Den Hartog Defrauded His Employer by Engaging in Unauthorized Trading and that James Baumgard, an Account Executive, is Also Liable in Connection with Den Hartog’s Trading , 4375-00 |
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CFTC FILES ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST CURRENCY TRADING SYSTEMS, JOYCE ROEDER, GLENN CYBULSKI, AND MICHAEL STEWART CHARGING FRAUD IN SOLICITING STUDENTS TO ATTEND SEMINARS TO LEARN AND PURCHASE A COMMODITY TRADING SYSTEM , 4369-00 |
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CFTC FILES A FRAUD ACTION AGAINST DAVID M. MOBLEY, SR., MARICOPA INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION, ENSIGN TRADING CORPORATION, AND OTHERS AND A PROPOSED CONSENT ORDER OF PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND STATUTORY RESTRAINING ORDER; CFTC Complaint Alleges Defendants Carried Out A Multi-Million Dollar Fraud On Investors In Funds Managed By Mobley and Entities He Owned And Controlled; Defendants’ Alleged Fraudulent Scheme Included The Concealment of Losses Incurring From Trading of Commodity Futures And Options On Behalf Of A Commodity Pool , 4368-00 |
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CFTC FILES ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST FORMER CERES TRADING GROUP BRANCH MANAGER DARRYL M. OSLER CHARGING THAT HE COMMITTED COMMODITY FRAUD; CFTC Alleges that Osler, of Delray Beach, Florida, Instructed Brokers Under His Supervision to Make False and Misleading Statements to Customers in Order to Convince Them to Open Accounts and to Place Trades , 4366-00 |
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CFTC ACCEPTS SETTLEMENT OFFERS OF LEXUS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., MARK LEE SINGER AND DAVID ALAN LUGER IN CONNECTION WITH THE FRAUDULENT SOLICITATION OF CUSTOMERS; CFTC Order Finds that Lexus, Singer, and Luger Committed Fraud in Soliciting Customers to Trade Options on Commodity Futures Contracts, Revokes Their Registrations, and Prohibits Them from Trading; Requires Singer and Luger to Pay $6.8 Million in Restitution To Defrauded Customers , 4365-00 |
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CALIFORNIA FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT ENTERS CONSENT ORDER OF PERMANENT INJUNCTION AND RESTITUTION AGAINST MARK E. CHULIK IN CFTC INJUNCTIVE ACTION CHARGING COMMODITY POOL FRAUD; CFTC Files And Settles Related Statutory Disqualification Proceeding and Revokes Chulik’s Registration As a Commodity Trading Advisor , 4364-00 |
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CFTC FINDS CAPITAL INSIGHT BROKERAGE, INC. STATUTORILY DISQUALIFIED FROM REGISTRATION AND ISSUES ORDER ACCEPTING OFFER OF SETTLEMENT AND REVOKING CAPITAL INSIGHT’S REGISTRATION , 4363-00 |
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SELLERS OF COMMODITY TRADING COURSE PAY $185,000 IN RESTITUTION AND PENALTIES AND ACCEPT INDUSTRY BAN UNDER CONSENT ORDER ISSUED BY MINNESOTA COURT; CFTC Had Charged Pelton Street Publishing, Inc. and Roger Martin Hoy with Fraudulent Sales Practices , 4361-00 |
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CFTC FILES AND SETTLES ACTION AGAINST SOGEMIN METALS INC. IN CONNECTION WITH A FRAUDULENT COMMISSION ARRANGEMENT AND KICKBACK SCHEME; CFTC Order Finds that Sogemin Metals Inc. Defrauded Two Chilean Metals Firms and Orders, Among Other Sanctions, Payment of a $500,000 Civil Monetary Penalty , 4360-00 |
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CFTC ACCEPTS SETTLEMENT OFFERS OF DUNHILL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND MARK HUTCHERSON IN CASE INVOLVING THE FRAUDULENT SOLICITATION OF CUSTOMERS; CFTC Finds that Dunhill and Hutcherson Committed Fraud in Soliciting Customers to Trade Options on Commodity Futures Contracts and Failed to Supervise, and Revokes Their Registrations and Prohibits Them from Trading, among other Sanctions , 4359-00 |
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CFTC ACCEPTS SETTLEMENT OFFERS OF LEON LEVITIS, ILYA LEVITIS, AND PAUL MANFRE IN CONNECTION WITH THE FRAUDULENT SALE OF ILLEGAL FOREIGN CURRENCY FUTURES CONTRACTS; Order Finds That Leon Levitis, Ilya Levitis, and Paul Manfre Fraudulently Solicited Customers To Enter Into Illegal Foreign Currency Futures Contracts And That Leon Levitis and Ilya Levitis Also Made and Issued False Reports, Bucketed Customer Orders, and Converted and Commingled Customer Funds , 4358-00 |
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FLORIDA FEDERAL COURT ENTERS CONSENT ORDER OF PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST GLENN R. TAUBMAN IN CFTC ACTION CHARGING REGISTRATION, DISCLOSURE, AND REPORTING VIOLATIONS; Order Imposes Permanent Injunctions and a Two-Year Registration Ban , 4357-00 |
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VIRGINIA COURT ENTERS PERMANENT INJUNCTION AND RESTITUTION ORDER IN CFTC INJUNCTIVE ACTION AGAINST PETER BERZINS CHARGING COMMODITY POOL FRAUD; Court Permanently Bars Berzins From Trading, Seeking Registration Or Acting In Any Capacity Requiring Registration With The CFTC and Requires Him to Pay in Excess of $1 Million in Restitution, , 4356-00 |
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CFTC ACCEPTS SETTLEMENT OFFERS FROM FIRST OPTIONS OF CHICAGO, INC. IN TWO ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS, AND ORDERS MORE THAN $200,000 IN MONETARY SANCTIONS; In One Action, CFTC Finds That First Options of Chicago Is Liable For Violations Of, And Failed To Diligently Supervise its Guaranteed Introducing Broker; In The Second Action, CFTC Finds Recordkeeping Violations , 4355-00 |
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INDIANA FEDERAL COURT ENTERS JUDGMENT AGAINST MARKET CAPITAL GROWTH, INC.; CARMEN FIELD; AND MONA SMITH AND ORDERS RESTITUTION OF OVER $1.2 MILLION TO BE PAID TO DEFRAUDED INVESTORS IN COMMODITY POOL FRAUD CASE; Court Also Enters Consent Orders Of Permanent Injunction Against Steven D. Hudkins, Bart BeMiller and Robert J. Riethman and Orders Hudkins and BeMiller To Pay Restitution Of Over $600,000 , 4354-00 |
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CFTC ISSUES ORDER ACCEPTING OFFERS OF SETTLEMENT FROM FRANK BARBARINO AND FRANK D'AMATO, FINDING THAT BARBARINO AND D’AMATO ARE SUBJECT TO STATUTORY DISQUALIFICATION AND RESTRICTING THEIR REGISTRATIONS AS FLOOR BROKERS AT THE NYMEX , 4352-99 |
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Florida District Court Orders $2.29 Million in Disgorgement from Marc Stephen Wuensch for Commodity Options Fraud , 4351-99 |
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CFTC FILES ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST CARL DEAN DIXON, CHARGING THAT HE COMMITTED COMMODITY FRAUD AND FAILED TO REGISTER AS A COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR; CFTC Alleges that Dixon Made Misrepresentations and Deceptive Statements and Provided False Reports in Connection With His Fraudulent Solicitation of, and Advice to, Students of His Futures Trading Course , 4350-99 |
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CFTC FILES AND SETTLES ACTION AGAINST GEORGE W. VELISSARIS FOR COMMODITY POOL FRAUD; CFTC Finds that Velissaris Defrauded Investors by Misappropriating Commodity Pool Funds and Misrepresenting the Profitability of the Commodity Pools, and Orders Restitution to Defrauded Investors, Among Other Sanctions , 4349-99 |
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FLORIDA FEDERAL COURT GRANTS FINAL JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT AGAINST HARTFORD FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.; KERI L. STEWART; AND JOSEPH J. MARCHIANO IN CFTC ACTION CHARGING REGISTRATION, DISCLOSURE, AND REPORTING VIOLATIONS; Order Imposes Permanent Injunctions And Requires Defendants To Pay Civil Monetary Penalties , 4347-99 |
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CFTC ACCEPTS SETTLEMENT OFFER FROM EMMETT J. WHEALAN IN CASE INVOLVING TRADE PRACTICE FRAUD; Settlement Agreement Revokes Whealan’s Registration, Prohibits Him From Trading For Five Years, And Imposes A $125,000 Civil Monetary Penalty, Among Other Sanctions , 4341-99 |
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FLORIDA COURT ENTERS ORDER OF DEFAULT AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST EUROPACIFIC EQUITY AND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LTD.; TORTOLA CORPORATION COMPANY, LTD.; INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT GROUP, LTD.; AND RICHARD TICHY IN CFTC ENFORCEMENT ACTION CHARGING COMMODITY POOL FRAUD; Order Requires Defendants to Pay in Excess of $10 Million in Restitution and Civil Monetary Penalties , 4337-99 |
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CFTC FILES CIVIL ENFORCEMENT ACTION AND OBTAINS RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST FRED MONTE, JEANNE H. MONTE, AND COMP TECH LTD. INC., ALL OF BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, IN CONNECTION WITH THE ALLEGEDLY FRAUDULENT SALE OF A TRADING SYSTEM FOR FOREIGN CURRENCY FUTURES CONTRACTS , 4336-99 |
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CFTC FILES CIVIL INJUNCTIVE COMPLAINT IN FEDERAL COURT IN LOS ANGELES AGAINST S. JAY GOLDINGER AND CAPITAL INSIGHT BROKERAGE, INC., CHARGING A FRAUDULENT TRADE ALLOCATION SCHEME; DEFENDANTS AGREE TO ENTRY OF PERMANENT INJUNCTION AND $6 MILLION DISGORGEMENT ORDER , 4335-99 |
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CFTC ACCEPTS SETTLEMENT OFFERS OF TODD ALAN THOMAS AND WELLINGTON FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. IN CONNECTION WITH THE FRAUDULENT SOLICITATION OF CUSTOMERS; CFTC Order Accepting Settlement Offers Finds That Thomas and Wellington Committed Fraud In Soliciting Customers To Trade Commodity Future Options, Revokes Their Registrations, and Prohibits Them From Trading; Thomas Is Required to Pay $1.9 Million in Restitution to Defrauded Customers , 4332-99 |
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CFTC WINS CASE AGAINST WEB OF FLORIDA FIRMS AND THEIR PRINCIPALS ENGAGED IN FRAUDULENT TELEMARKETING OF ILLEGAL FUTURES CONTRACTS (MIDLAND RARE COIN EXCHANGE, INC., ROBERT J. MITCHELL, TERRY A. SANDS, AND EIGHT OTHER DEFENDANTS); Federal District Court Rules that CFTC Has Jurisdiction Over Defendants’ Sale of Highly-Leveraged Precious Metal Contracts; Orders Florida Defendants to Pay Restitution Totaling Over $12.4 Million to Defrauded Investors Nationwide , 4331-99 |
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WISCONSIN FEDERAL COURT ENTERS CONSENT ORDER OF RESTITUTION AGAINST JAMES F. BONNEY OF PLOVER, WISCONSIN, IN COMMODITY POOL FRAUD CASE FILED IN 1998; Court Orders Bonney to Pay Over $300,000 in Restitution to Defrauded Customers , 4329-99 |
