09/27/2000
CFTC ACCEPTS SETTLEMENT OFFER OF FORMER REFCO FLOOR BROKER LISA BUDICAK IN CONNECTION WITH ORDER-TAKING AND RECORDKEEPING VIOLATIONS; CFTC Orders Budicak to Pay A $20,000 Civil Monetary Penalty And Conditions Any Future Registration For the Next Four Years
09/25/2000
CFTC FILES AND SETTLES ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST MARTIN K. ROGERS FOR TRADING WITHOUT A SPONSOR IN VIOLATION OF A COMMISSION ORDER; Rogers' Registration Is Suspended for 30 Days and Restricted for One Year
09/19/2000
ILLINOIS COURT ENTERS CONSENT ORDERS OF PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST RANDALL WILLIAMS AND TERRY G. WIGTON IN CASE INVOLVING A FRAUDULENT COMMODITY POOL SCHEME; Williams and Wigton Are Barred From the Commodities Industry and Ordered to Pay Restitution and Disgorgement Amounts Totaling More than $1.5 Million
09/07/2000
CFTC FILES AND SETTLES ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST PEREGRINE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., IN CONNECTION WITH FINANCIAL VIOLATIONS; CFTC Orders Peregrine To Pay a $90,000 Civil Monetary Penalty and Comply With Various Undertakings
09/07/2000
CFTC CHARGES LEONARD G. NAUMAN, EDWARD STEVENSON KIRRIS , III, WILLIAM J. RELF, PENSION AMERICA, INC. , FUTURES PROFIT MAKING, LLC., SELECTIVE FUTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC., SPECIALIZED COMMODITY TIMING, LLC., AND COMMODITY TIMING SPECIALISTS, LLC., WITH COMMODITY POOL FRAUD AND FAILURE TO REGISTER AS COMMODITY POOL OPERATORS; The Complaint Alleges that Nauman, Kirris, and Relf Pooled at least $600,000 From Approximately 36 Investors Mostly in the Minneapolis and Brainerd, Minnesota Areas; Court Issues An <i>Ex parte</i> Restraining Order Freezing Defendants' Assets and Prohibiting the Destruction of Documents
09/07/2000
CFTC FILES FIVE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ALLEGING THE FRAUDULENT PROMOTION OF COMMODITY TRADING SYSTEMS OVER THE INTERNET; CFTC Actions Are Part of Initiative To Clean Up Fraudulent Internet Web Sites
09/07/2000
CFTC FILES ANTI-FRAUD ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST RICHARD A. VIELE, BERNADETTE FLAVELL, KEVIN KATES, AND SYSTEMS OF SUCCESS -- ALL OF FLORIDA; CFTC Alleges that Viele, Flavell, Kates and Systems of Success Fraudulently Misrepresented the Profitability and Performance Records of Various Futures Trading Systems Developed and Marketed by Them
08/31/2000
CFTC ACCEPTS SETTLEMENT OFFER OF FORMER REFCO FLOOR BROKER CONSTANTINE MITSOPOULOS IN CONNECTION WITH SUPERVISION AND RECORDKEEPING VIOLATIONS; CFTC Orders Mitsopoulos to Pay A $1,000,000 Civil Monetary Penalty And To Comply With His Undertakings, Including Never To Seek Registration With the CFTC
08/29/2000
U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN WEST VIRGINIA ENTERS ORDER OF PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AGAINST ROBERT L. DORMAGEN AND DELTA FINANCIAL CORPORATION IN CFTC ANTI-FRAUD ENFORCEMENT ACTION
08/22/2000
CFTC CHARGES STEPHEN W. BROCKBANK, CAROL J. LOVE, AND BIRMA LTD., OF UTAH WITH COMMODITY POOL FRAUD AND FAILURE TO REGISTER AS COMMODITY POOL OPERATORS
