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CFTC Amends Complaint against Banc de Binary, Ltd. to Charge Three Affiliated Corporate Entities with Violating the CFTC’s Ban on Trading Options Contracts Off-Exchange
… and the Securities & Exchange Commission’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy issued a Consumer Alert to warn about fraudulent schemes involving binary options and their trading platforms. The Alert warns customers that the perpetrators of these schemes …
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… to clearable swap contracts. Some market participants, investor advocates, and academics have expressed a concern … Commission believes that such a reporting requirement would alert it to potential conflicts of interests, as well as … pricing models for such contracts. We strongly support investor representation on board advisory committees. These …
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Virginia Man & His California Corporation Ordered to Pay Nearly $12 Million in Penalties for Fraudulent Commodity Trading System Sold to More than 15,000 Customers
… will guarantee outrageous profits with limited risk. Each investor who uses a trading system must perform some level of due diligence before they invest.  Otherwise, the investor’s experience may be akin to putting a blindfold on … The CFTC publishes a series of Consumer Advisories alerting the public to warning signs of possible fraudulent …
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Federal Court in Florida Orders Neil Pecker and His Company, Vision Financial Partners, LLC, to Pay More than $6.5 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty in CFTC Binary Options Fraud Action
… jointly and severally, to pay restitution to defrauded investors totaling $2,777,130 and a $3.75 million civil … Advisory and “RED” List The CFTC has issued a Consumer Alert to warn about fraudulent schemes involving binary options and their trading platforms. The Alert warns customers that the perpetrators of these …
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U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Charges Two Staten Island Hedge Funds And Their Principal With Stealing Millions Of Dollars In Foreign Currency Scheme
… misappropriated more than $300,000 from Century Maxim Fund investors and more than $4.9 million from AJR Capital investors. The complaint also alleges that Efrosman provided … of Consumer Advisories at /cftc/cftccustomer.htm#advisory alerting the public to warning signs of possible fraudulent …
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Federal Court in Illinois Orders Australian Firm Enfinium Pty Ltd to Pay $80,000 Penalty, Cease Soliciting U.S. Customers, and Modify Website
… before investing funds. If a company is not registered, an investor should be wary of providing funds to that company. … Foreign Exchange Currency Fraud: CFTC/NASAA Investor Alert … raudAwarenessPrevention/ForeignCurrencyTrading/cftcnasaaforexalert Media Contact Dennis Holden 202-418-5088 Last Updated: …
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Keynote Address by Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia, Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on Commodity Futures and Swaps Markets
… unprecedented rise from the early 2000s. During this time, investors poured large amounts of investment capital into … written about whether the increased presence of financial investors in the commodity markets led to higher commodity … January 7, 2014, available at, http://www.eia.gov/special/alert/east_coast/pdf/energy_market_alert_Jan_7_2014.pdf . 4 …
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CFTC Issues COVID-19 Customer Advisory on Fee Scams
… issued a Customer Advisory informing the public to be on alert for frauds seeking to profit from recent job losses … OCEO engages in outreach and education to retail investors, traders, industry organizations, and the … the earnings are never real. The fraudster’s goal is to get investors to pay the upfront deposit and later pay …
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LabCFTC Launches “Project Streetlamp” Science Prize Competition
… Deficient (RED) List , a tool launched in 2015 to alert customers to foreign entities that appear to be … agencies, like ours, fulfill our mission of protecting investors. We are proud of this inaugural competition and …
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Statement, Open Meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
… Most importantly, it is now a constant, clanging bell alerting us that we have to change in order to ensure that … I’d like to propose, to further protect American investors and consumers. Specifically, they are: Institute …
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