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U.S. District Court Freezes Assets of South Florida Foreign Currency Firm First International Group, Inc. Based on Fraud Charges by CFTC
… Brokers Made False and Misleading Sales Solicitations to Investors in Foreign Currency Options Contracts Washington, … of Consumer Advisories at /cftc/cftccustomer.htm#advisory alerting the public to warning signs of possible fraudulent …
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CFTC Adds 71 Names to Its List of Foreign Entities that Illegally Solicit U.S. Residents to Trade Binary Options and Forex
… conjunction with the CFTC’s SmartCheck SM campaign to help investors identify and protect themselves against illegal … Customer Fraud Advisory 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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CFTC Files and Settles Commodity Pool Fraud Action against Minnesota Resident Michael J. Liskiewicz
… solicited and pooled approximately $193,000 from nine investors to trade in S&P futures contracts. Liskiewicz … of Consumer Advisories at /cftc/cftccustomer.htm#advisory alerting the public to warning signs of possible fraudulent …
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Developing Technology Solutions to Protect Segregated Customer Funds
… of the public trust that have undoubtedly undermined investor confidence so much that an immediate and … the balances. If balances do not match, then an automated alert should be sent to both the appropriate self-regulatory …
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CFTC Wins Fraud Trial against Florida-Based Precious Metals Traders Robert Escobio, Southern Trust Metals, and Loreley Overseas Corporation
… the Defendants’ precious metals fraud scheme lured retail investors to purchase physical precious metals that … fraud, including the Precious Metals Fraud Advisory , which alerts customers to precious metals fraud and lists simple …
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CFTC Orders Florida-based Worth Asset Management and its Owner, Paul L. Kaulesar, to pay over $6.2 Million in Restitution and a Fine for Multi-Million Dollar Fraudulent Precious Metals Scheme
… the sale of leveraged silver contracts to unsophisticated investors purchasing physical metals by paying as little as … fraud, including the Precious Metals Fraud Advisory , which alerts customers to precious metals fraud and lists simple …
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“The Pandemic of Ponzimonium”
… name Ponzi, however, now refers to swindles which pay early investors from investments made by subsequent investors/victims. Ponzi himself worked (and that is a kind … work in trying to bring attention to these frauds and alerting consumers. We thought all the frauds and Ponzi …
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CFTC Charges Pennsylvania Resident Gary Scholze with Fraud and Misappropriation of Customer Funds
… losses of over $200,000, and misappropriated additional investor funds to pay for personal expenses. Throughout the … of Consumer Advisories at /cftc/cftccustomer.htm#advisory alerting the public to warning signs of possible fraudulent …
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"Magic Words"
… Liquidity Notification Levels We should institute two alert action stages (levels).  Liquidity Level One should be … regard, I have put forward a specific proposal (the Futures Investor and Customer Protection Act—FICPA) for which there …
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2023-28532
…     \40\ Funding by investors for a mitigation project or activity  could begin as early as the planning stage. Early investors may  enter into agreements with a project … In June  2023, the CFTC's Whistleblower Office issued an alert notifying the  public on how to identify and report …
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