06/12/2000
UTAH FEDERAL COURT ENTERS PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST JOHN LARRY SCHENK, SAM GRAY AND FIDELITY TRADERS GROUP IN CFTC ENFORCEMENT ACTION CHARGING FRAUDULENT OPERATION OF FOUR COMMODITY POOLS; Court Permanently Bars John Larry Schenk and Sam Gray From the Commodity Industry and Orders Restitution to Defrauded Investors
05/31/2000
CFTC FILES AND SETTLES ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST HOWARD E. THOMPSON FOR EXCEEDING EXCHANGE TRADING LIMITS AND FILING A FALSE REPORT; CFTC Orders Thompson To Pay $50,000 Civil Monetary Penalty and Imposes A Sixty Day Trading Suspension
05/31/2000
CFTC FILES AND SETTLES ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST STANLEY C. HARLEY FOR FAILING TO REGISTER AS A COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR AND TO DELIVER REQUIRED DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS
05/17/2000
CFTC FILES ACTION AGAINST MICHAEL JAMES KONKEL CHARGING HIM WITH FRAUD IN THE OPERATION OF A COMMODITY POOL; Court Issues Ex Parte Order Freezing Assets & Prohibiting Destruction of Books and Records
05/15/2000
CFTC Participates in International "<i>Internet Surf"</i> Day to Uncover Fraudulent Promotion of Commodity Schemes,
05/15/2000
U.S. DISTRICT COURT ORDERS FORMER ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA, MAN TO PAY $3.3 MILLION RESTITUTION AND PERMANENTLY BARS HIM AND HIS COMPANY FROM THE FUTURES INDUSTRY FOR FRAUDULENT COMMODITY POOL SCHEME; The CFTC Alleged that Donald E. James Pooled More than $5 Million from at Least 25 Investors throughout Georgia and Florida and Fraudulently Misappropriated Some of the Investors' Funds; In March 2000, James Was Sentenced to 51 Months in a Federal Prison
05/01/2000
CFTC FILES TEN ACTIONS ALLEGING FRAUDULENT INTERNET PROMOTION OF COMMODITY TRADING SYSTEMS AND ISSUES CONSUMER ADVISORY; CFTC Issues Ten Orders Against Fraudulent Internet Promoters; CFTC also Warns the Public to Be Wary of Websites which Claim that Purchasers of Trading Systems and Advisory Services Will Make Substantial Profits and Be Exposed to Minimal Risk of Loss
04/11/2000
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
04/10/2000
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
04/03/2000
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
