09/12/2002
FORMER EMPLOYEE OF AVISTA ENERGY, INC. SETTLES MANIPULATION CHARGES; CFTC Orders Robert Kristufek To Pay $155,000 Civil Monetary Penalty and Imposes Two-Year Trading Ban
09/04/2002
CALIFORNIA DEFENDANTS SETTLE CFTC COMPLAINT ALLEGING COMMODITY OPTIONS FRAUD; Madison Financial Group, LLC, and Its President and a Principal, Richard A. Cohen, Are Permanently Barred From Trading Commodity Futures and Options
09/04/2002
ILLINOIS MAN AND HIS FIRM CHARGED WITH SWINDLING OVER $1.4 MILLION IN COMMODITY FRAUD; CFTC Charges John Martin Lofgren and Melrose Asset Management With Fraud
09/03/2002
GEORGIA CORPORATION AND TWO INDIVIDUALS CHARGED WITH FRAUDULENTLY OFFERING ILLEGAL FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FUTURES CONTRACTS; CFTC Obtains Federal Court Order Freezing Assets of Global Financial Consulting, Inc., Wook Hyun Kim, and Chang H. Lee
09/03/2002
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOREIGN CURRENCY TRADING OPERATORS CHARGED WITH SELLING ILLEGAL FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FUTURES: CFTC Charges Nawab Ali Khan Ali, Mega Trend 2000, Inc., Sterling FX International LLC, and Roger Barreto, All Operating Out of Glendale, California
08/29/2002
FLORIDA RESIDENTS AND THEIR COMPANIES CHARGED WITH MISAPPROPRIATING CUSTOMER FUNDS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FUTURES SCAM: CFTC Charges First Bristol Group, Inc., Alliance Equity Group, Inc., Centurion Financial Group, LC, and Great Minster Group, Inc., Staci Lee Petok, Bernard Justin Sevilla, Jack Martin Pomeroy, and Michael Desmond Biggs With Fraud
08/15/2002
UTAH COMPANY AND FOUR UTAH RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH COMMODITY POOL FRAUD; CFTC Alleges Gahma Corporation, John Garrett, Allen Andersen and Robert Heninger Fraudulently Solicited at Least $700,000 from Individuals to Trade Commodity Futures Contracts; CFTC Also Charges Stephen Brockbank, an Advisor to the Pool, with Fraud; This is the Second Fraud Action Filed by the CFTC Against Brockbank
08/08/2002
Minnesota Federal Court Preliminarily Enjoins Foreign Currency Fraud</span>: Defendants Sovereign Resource Management, Inc., Ken Mitra, Virgil Smith and Anthony Heppner Ordered to Account for Investor Funds
08/05/2002
FEDERAL COURT APPOINTS RECEIVER TO TAKE CONTROL OF ASSETS OF MICHIGAN ATTORNEY IN COMMODITIES FRAUD CASE; The CFTC Charged Defendant Charles Mady with Issuing False False Account Statements to Hide Mounting Commodity Trading Losses and Misappropriating Investor Funds
07/30/2002
CFTC CHARGES MICHIGAN RESIDENT WITH INTERNET FRAUD AS PART OF FEDERAL "NETFORCE" INITIATIVE; Complaint Alleges Fraudulent Promotion of Internet Trading System
