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TEXAS FEDERAL COURT ORDERS DEFENDANTS RICHARD HALE AND ALLEGHENY GULF INVESTMENTS, INC. TO PAY $440,000 IN CIVIL PENALTIES FOR MISAPPROPRIATING CUSTOMER FUNDS; Defendants Also Prohibited From Handling Commodity Interest Accounts, 5039-05
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U.S. DISTRICT COURT ENJOINS SOUTH CAROLINA RESIDENT GEORGE HEFFERNAN FROM ENGAGING IN COMMODITIES FRAUD; FREEZES ASSETS; Order Arises From Complaint By CFTC Charging Heffernan, Also Known As "George W. Marshall," With Fraud for the Third Time in Four Years, , 5038-05
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FEDERAL COURT FREEZES ASSETS OF FLORIDA FIRM AND FIVE INDIVIDUALS CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING CUSTOMERS OF OVER $6 MILLION; CFTC Alleges that United Investors Group, Inc., Former Director Andrew D. Ross, CEO Paul F. Plunkett, and Traders Greg P. Allotta, Jay M. Levy, and Michael H. Savitsky III, Made False Claims that Customers Would Make Large Profits with Little Risk, 5037-05
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CALIFORNIA FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS ARREST OF JIAN ZHUANG, PRESIDENT OF LOS ANGELES-AREA FOREIGN CURRENCY FIRM EMERALD WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC., IN LAWSUIT CHARGING A COMMODITIES SCAM; Zhuang Failed to Pay Money Sanctions Arising Out of Earlier Contempt Order in CFTC Case Charging Zhuang and Others With Defrauding More than 300 Customers of Over $5 Million, 5036-05
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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, 5034-05
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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, 5033-04
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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, 5032-04
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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, 5030-04
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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, 5029-04
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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>, 5025-04
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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, 5024-04
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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, 5023-04
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CFTC Finds New Yorkers Eugene Todd and the Bentley Rothchild Group, Inc. Liable for Selling Illegal Foreign Currency Contracts, 5022-04
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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, 5021-04
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CINERGY MARKETING & TRADING, LP FOUND TO HAVE REPORTED FALSE ENERGY PRICES; Agrees to Pay a $3 Million Civil Monetary Penalty to Settle CFTC Charges, 5020-04
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CFTC and BP Energy Company Settle Case Involving Employee's Illegal Wash Trades for $100,000, 5018-04
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HAWAIIAN RESIDENT BARRY SCHOTZ CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING CALIFORNIA PARTICIPANTS IN $3 MILLION COMMODITY POOL SCHEME; Schotz, Previously Convicted of Fraud, Allegedly Bilked Los Angeles Investors in the Bear Invest Fund, 5017-04
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CFTC CHARGES SAN DIEGO FOREIGN CURRENCY FIRM WHITE PINE TRUST CORPORATION AND ITS FOUNDER, RICHARD MATTHEWS, WITH FRAUD AND MISAPPROPRIATION OF CUSTOMER FUNDS; Over $30 Million in Suspect Funds Uncovered in Federal Probe, 5016-04
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CFTC Settles Fraud Charges Against John Hucko of Chicago, Illinois, 5015-04
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FEDERAL COURT ORDERS ALABAMA RESIDENT RANDALL NELSON TO PAY OVER $800,000 TO SETTLE COMMODITY POOL FRAUD CHARGES; In Joint Federal/State Action, Court Orders Nelson to Repay a Total of $680,000 to Investors and to Pay Civil Penalties Totaling $125,000, 5012-04
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LOS ANGELES FEDERAL COURT ISSUES PRELIMINARY ORDER ENJOINING CHASE COMMODITIES CORPORATION AND TWO EMPLOYEES FROM VIOLATING THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT, 5011-04
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CFTC SETTLES FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FUTURES FRAUD ACTION; Kissimmee, Florida Resident Stanley Craig Wakefield Agrees to Repay Customers and Pay a Civil Monetary Penalty, 5010-04
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CFTC CHARGES CALIFORNIA MAN AND HIS COMPANY WITH DEFRAUDING CUSTOMERS; James J. Zhou and Jade Trader Allegedly Fraudulently Solicited Customers to Trade Commodity Futures Contracts, 5008-04
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CFTC CHARGES ILLINOIS-BASED COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR AND ITS PRINCIPALS WITH MISREPRESENTING PROFITS AND RISKS; The Options Advisor L.L.C. and Principals Mark Melin and David Farrra Charged, 5006-04
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CFTC CHARGES FOREIGN FUND FOR DEFRAUDING THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS IN INTERNATIONAL PONZI SCHEME; Foreign Fund, Ron Mealing and John Shirck Allegedly Operated Commodity Futures Fraud Involving Foreign Currency Trading, 5005-04
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LOS ANGELES-AREA FOREIGN CURRENCY FIRM EMERALD WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC., AND ITS PRESIDENT, JIAN ZHUANG, SANCTIONED BY COURT FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH CONTEMPT ORDER IN FEDERAL LAWSUIT CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY SCAM THAT ALLEGEDLY DEFRAUDED 300 CUSTOMERS OF OVER $5 MILLION; Court Orders Coercive Sanctions, Including Fines, And Warns Of Possible Arrest of Zhuang For Failure To Pay, 5003-04
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CFTC SETTLES CHARGES AGAINST THREE UK-BASED TRADING FIRMS FOR PARTICIPATING IN ILLEGAL WASH TRADES ON U.S. MARKETS; Fimat International Banque SA, Refco Overseas Ltd. and Credit Lyonnais Rouse Limited Ordered to Pay Total of $75,000 in Civil Penalties, 5002-04
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CFTC CHARGES NEW YORK FIRM FIRST LIBERTY GROUP AND ITS PRESIDENT, MAURICIO DA SILVA, WITH STEALING MILLIONS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY SCAM; U.S. District Court Judge Freezes Defendants' Assets and Prohibits Defendants from Destroying Documents, 5001-04
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CFTC FILES ACTION AGAINST G. VICTOR JOHNSON AND THE ACCOUNTING FIRM OF ALTSCHULER, MELVOIN & GLASSER LLP FOR ALLEGED AUDITING FAILURES, 5000-04
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COURT ORDERS ILLINOIS BROKER JOHN M. LOFGREN AND MELROSE ASSET MANAGEMENT TO PAY OVER $5.5 MILLION TO DEFRAUDED COMMODITY POOL PARTICIPANTS, 4999-04
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CFTC CHARGES FLORIDA BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYEES WITH FRAUD; CFTC Alleges that Wilshire Investment Management Corporation, Owner Andrew Alan Wilshire, Employees Eric Scott Malcolmson and James Joseph Russo, and Guarantor National Commodities Corporation, Inc. Fraudulently Solicited Customers to Trade Option Contracts, 4997-04
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CFTC AWARDED FINAL JUDGMENT IN FRAUD ACTION AGAINST WORLD BANKS FOREIGN CURRENCY TRADERS, INC. AND OTHERS; Defendants Ordered to Pay Over $8 Million in Restitution and Civil Penalties, 4996-04
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CFTC CHARGES THREE ADDITIONAL DEFENDANTS IN PENDING TENNESSEE FRAUD ACTION; Amended Complaint Alleges that Gordon J. Vandeveld, Ernst H. Behr, and Reverie LLC Made Fraudulent Misrepresentations When Soliciting Customers to Purchase Foreign Currency Futures, 4993-04
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U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION ACTION FINDS FORMER BAYSIDE, NEW YORK MAN FAILED TO REGISTER AS COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR, 4992-04
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OFFICE MANAGER OF LOS ANGELES FOREIGN CURRENCY FIRM AGREES TO COOPERATE WITH GOVERNMENT AND SETTLES CHARGES OF SELLING ILLEGAL OFF-EXCHANGE FOREIGN CURRENCY FUTURES CONTRACTS, 4991-04
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COURT ENTERS DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST NEW YORK FOREIGN CURRENCY FIRM AND OTHERS, ORDERING DEFENDANTS TO PAY OVER $30 MILLION IN PENALTIES AND $10 MILLION IN RESTITUTION TO CUSTOMERS: Judgment Entered In International Scam Against Defendants Eduard Dmanskiy and Sun Platinum and Relief Defendants Ocaline Int'l Corp., Hessar Alliance Inc., Klondike Int'l Inc., Pyrmont Alliance Corp., and Total Trading Services Ltd. Stemming From CFTC Charges That They Fraudulently Misappropriated Customer Funds And Traded Illegal, Off-Exchange Futures Contracts, 4990-04
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CFTC CHARGES UTAH FIRM, THREE OF ITS OFFICERS, AND A UTAH ATTORNEY WITH FRAUD; Vision Capital Corporation, Officers John Garrett, Allen Andersen, Robert Heninger, and Utah Attorney John Thomas Charged With Commodity Pool Fraud, 4989-04
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