01/05/2005
CFTC SETTLES CHARGES AGAINST FLORIDA TRADING FIRM AND TWO INDIVIDUALS RELATING TO ILLEGAL WASH TRADES; Hencorp Becstone Futures LC, Jorge Mattos, and Oscar Schaps Ordered to Pay Civil Penalties
12/27/2004
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS PAULINO RENE DIAS, JR. AND VICTOR SMITH, ALONG WITH KRUTE CORPORATION, AGREE TO PAY $2.19 MILLION TO SETTLE COMMODITY POOL FRAUD ACTION; CFTC Imposes $240,000 in Civil Penalties Orders Customer Restitution of $1.95 Million
12/27/2004
FLORIDA FEDERAL COURT ORDER ENJOINS TWO FLORIDA BUSINESSES AND FOUR EMPLOYEES FROM VIOLATING FEDERAL COMMODITIES LAW; CFTC Charged Defendants Liberty Financial Trading Corp.; Liberty Real Assets Investment Corp.; Ted Romeo; Leslie Weiner; Nader Yazdani; and Randy Bursteinwith with Fraudulently Soliciting Customers to Trade Options on Futures Contracts
12/08/2004
CFTC CHARGES A NEBRASKA BANK, ITS BANK HOLDING COMPANY, AND AN INTRODUCING BROKER WITH FRAUD AND UNAUTHORIZED TRADING; CFTC Names Sherman County Management, Inc., Sherman County Bank, and PT Holdings as Additional Defendants in an Ongoing Case Alleging Commodity Fraud and Unauthorized Trading
12/07/2004
U.S. District Court Orders United Kingdom Corporation (E Net Speculation Ltd.) And Its Two Principals To Pay $50,000 In Civil Penalties For International Solicitation Of Off-Exchange Commodity Futures Through The World Wide Web
12/06/2004
MIRANT AMERICAS ENERGY MARKETING, L.P. SETTLES FEDERAL CHARGES OF FALSE REPORTING AND ATTEMPTED MANIPULATION; CFTC Imposes Civil Penalty of $12.5 Million and Orders Energy Firm to Cease and Desist from Further Violations; Respondent Found to Have Knowingly Made False Reports to <i>Gas Daily</i>, <i>Inside FERC</i> and <i>Natural Gas Intelligence</i>
12/02/2004
FEDERAL COURT ORDERS NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT JAMES DARREN MOORE AND HIS COMPANY TO PAY OVER $1 MILLION IN RESTITUTION AND PENALTIES FOR DEFRAUDING CUSTOMERS IN A COMMODITY SCHEME
12/02/2004
U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION CHARGES GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT ROGER OWEN & HIS COMPANIES CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING CUSTOMERS IN SALES OF A COMMODITY TRADING SYSTEM
12/01/2004
CFTC Finds New Yorkers Eugene Todd and the Bentley Rothchild Group, Inc. Liable for Selling Illegal Foreign Currency Contracts
11/17/2004
NEW YORK HEDGE FUND CHARGED WITH MISAPPROPRIATING MORE THAN $1.1 MILLION IN COMMODITY SCAM; CFTC Sues Remco Capital Management, Inc., Nutone Asset Management, Ltd., and Andrei Maruha, Alleging They Defrauded at Least 31 Investors
