10/18/2005
CFTC CHARGES NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT JOHN POOLE WITH FRAUD; CFTC Alleges that Poole, as a Commodity Trading Advisor, Made False Representations on His Website Regarding the Profitability of His Commodity Trading System
10/05/2005
CFTC CHARGES TWO GEORGIA CORPORATIONS AND FIVE OTHERS IN $4.6 MILLION COMMODITY OPTIONS FRAUD SCHEME; CFTC Complaint Names American Derivatives Corp., Brokerage Management Corp., Layne David Gerstel, Devereux Decatur Booth and David N. Mittler as Participants In Alleged Fraudulent Solicitations Of More Than 274 Customers; Futures Commission Merchants National Commodities Corp., Inc. and International Commodity Clearing, LLP Also Charged; Court Enters Asset Freeze Order
10/05/2005
CFTC BRINGS FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST SOUTH AFRICAN RESIDENT JAMES DE WET WHO OPERATES COMPANY TEAM FOREX INTERNATIONAL AND WEBSITE; CFTC Alleges That de Wet, Doing Business As Team Forex International, Misrepresented His Trading Track Record
10/04/2005
CFTC ASSESSES PENALTIES AGAINST IRISH COMPANY TRADE EXCHANGE NETWORK LIMITED FOR OFFERING ILLEGAL COMMODITY OPTION CONTRACTS; Trade Exchange Network Cooperates with Federal Investigation and Agrees to Pay Civil Penalty of $150,000
09/29/2005
Hedge Fund Operator Bayou Management, Its Employees Samuel Israel III And Daniel E. Marino, And Accounting Firm Richmond Fairfield Associates, Are Charged With Misappropriation And Fraud In An Action Brought By U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
09/29/2005
CFTC CHARGES OHIO FUTURES BROKER TODD DELAY WITH MANIPULATION OF THE FEEDER CATTLE MARKET; CFTC Action Also Charges Nebraska Feedlot Managers Jack McCaffery and John Lawless with Assisting Scheme by Delivering False Cattle Sales Reports to USDA
09/20/2005
CFTC CHARGES NEW YORK HEDGE FUND, LINUXOR ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND ITS PRINCIPAL, ABBAS A. SHAH, WITH FRAUD; CFTC Alleges that Linuxor and Shah Defrauded Fund Participants by Failing to Send Them Required Periodic Statements and by Misrepresenting the Value of the Fund; Defendants Also Charged With Failure to Send Timely Required Annual Reports to the National Futures Association
09/20/2005
CFTC CHARGES FORMER HEAD OF NATURAL GAS TRADING DESK AT AEP ENERGY SERVICES, INC. WITH ATTEMPTED MANIPULATION AND FALSE REPORTING; Joseph P. Foley Allegedly Directed the Submission of Thousands of False Reports About Natural Gas Trades to Skew Natural Gas Indexes
09/20/2005
CFTC ALLEGES THAT NEVADA RESIDENT BERNADETTE FLAVELL VIOLATED A COMMISSION ORDER BY PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION
09/19/2005
CFTC ASSISTS IN SUCCESSFUL CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF STUART MICHAEL HELFFRICH, Convicted of Wire Fraud and Fraudulent Conversion of his Customers' Commodity Futures Positions
