04/19/2001
CFTC CHARGES SUNSTATE FX, INC. AND ULRICH GARBE OF BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, WITH FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOLICITATION OF INVESTORS TO TRADE FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) CONTRACTS; Complaint Alleges that SunState and Garbe Fraudulently Operated a Commodity Pool and Illegally Offered Foreign Currency Options to the Retail Public; Court Enters <em>Ex Parte</em> Restraining Order Against the Defendants on the Same Day the Complaint is Filed
04/12/2001
CFTC CHARGES JEFFREY T. BAILEY OF AMELIA, OHIO, AND JMK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. WITH COMMODITY POOL FRAUD
04/05/2001
UTAH FEDERAL COURT ENTERS CONSENT ORDER OF PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST MARK AND STEVE SCHENK FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN A FRAUDULENT COMMODITY POOL SCHEME; The Consent Order Requires Mark and Steve Schenk to Pay Restitution and Disgorgement and Permanently Bars Them From Trading Commodity Futures and Options For Others and From Seeking Registration with the CFTC
04/04/2001
FLORIDA DISTRICT COURT ISSUES FINAL ORDER OF JUDGMENT AGAINST NATIONAL BULLION AND COIN, INC., CAPITAL CREDIT MANAGEMENT & FINANCE, INC., JOSEPH B. FLANIGAN, AND LAWRENCE COLMAN; Order Requires Defendants to Pay in Excess of $12 Million in Restitution and Civil Monetary Penalties in Case Involving the Fraudulent Marketing of Illegal Precious Metals Futures Contracts
04/04/2001
CFTC SETTLES ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST ISAAC FLEYSHMAKHER FOR COMMODITY POOL FRAUD; CFTC Order Finds that Fleyshmakher Made Fraudulent Solicitations and Engaged in Unauthorized Trading and Misappropriation of Funds in Connection with His Operation of New Frontier and New Millennium Commodity Pools; Order Requires Him to Pay Restitution to Defrauded Investors, Among Other Sanctions
03/28/2001
CFTC CHARGES JAMES SPENCER BROWN OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS WITH FRAUD AND VIOLATION OF A CFTC ORDER; Complaint Alleges that Brown Fraudulently Solicited Customers While Acting as an Unregistered Commodity Trading Advisor and Violated Registration and Disclosure Requirements
03/20/2001
U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN CALIFORNIA ISSUES ORDER ENJOINING RABB SABIN AND ART SMITH FROM FRAUDULENTLY SOLICITING CUSTOMERS TO SUBSCRIBE TO WEBSITE THAT TOUTED THEIR PURPORTEDLY PROFITABLE COMMODITY OPTIONS TRADING METHODOLOGY; Defendants Are Ordered To Pay Restitution of Over $384,700 and Civil Monetary Penalties Totaling $100,000
03/01/2001
FEDERAL COURT IN HAWAII PERMANENTLY ENJOINS DAVID T. MARANTETTE, III FROM COMMITTING COMMODITY FRAUD WHEN SOLICITING CUSTOMERS TO INVEST IN COMMODITY POOLS AND PURCHASE COMMODITY TRADING ADVISORY SERVICES; The Consent Order Imposes a Permanent Injunction and Trading Ban and Requires Marantette and his Company, Troubadour, Inc., to Make Restitution to Investors of Up to Approximately $2.25 Million
02/15/2001
CFTC ACCEPTS SETTLEMENT OFFER OF FORMER BRANCH MANAGER DARRYL M. OSLER IN CASE INVOLVING THE FRAUDULENT SOLICITATION OF CUSTOMERS TO INVEST IN COMMODITY OPTIONS; Osler Agrees Never to Seek Registration or Exemption from Registration with the CFTC or Otherwise Engage in Activities Requiring Registration or Exemption from Registration
02/08/2001
CFTC ISSUES TWO ADVISORIES ADDRESSING THE OFFERING OF FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) TRADING OPPORTUNITIES TO THE RETAIL PUBLIC; CFTC Outlines New Forex Regulatory Scheme and Also Alerts the Public To Foreign Currency Scams
