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New Jersey Foreign Currency Futures Firm Charged with Defauding Commodities Customers; Clearview Capital Management, Inc. and Fort Lee Resident James I. Weiss Allegedly Misrepresented Their Trading Profitability and Experience, and Charged Undisclosed Fees, 4877-04
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CFTC Suspends Floor Brokers for Unlawfully Trading Coffee Futures Contracts, 4874-04
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CFTC CHARGES CALIFORNIA MAN AND HIS FIRM, UR-LINK, WITH FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH FOREIGN CURRENCY SCHEME, 4873-03
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LOS ANGELES-AREA FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FIRM EMERALD WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC., CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING MORE THAN 300 CUSTOMERS OF OVER $4.7 MILLION IN COMMODITY SCAM; CFTC Also Charges Jan Lu Hao and Jian Zhuang in Scheme to Defraud, 4871-03
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CFTC CHARGES CHICAGO BROKER KEITH W. KRYSINSKI WITH FRAUD ON COMMODITY FUTURES CUSTOMERS; CFTC Alleges Defendant Misappropriated Certain Customer Funds and Created a False Statement To Conceal the Fraud; Federal Court Issues Order Freezing Defendant's Assets, 4870-03
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CFTC IMPOSES A TOTAL OF $34 MILLION IN CIVIL PENALTIES ON THREE ENERGY TRADING FIRMS; Reliant Energy Services, Inc. To Pay $18 Million To Settle Charges of False Reporting and Attempted Manipulation, As Well As Charges of Wash Sales; and, CMS Marketing Services & Trading and CMS Field Services To Pay $16 Million to Settle Charges of False Reporting and Attempted Manipulation, 4869-03
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CALIFORNIA FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FIRM SUED FOR DEFRAUDING INVESTORS OUT OF APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION IN COMMODITY SCAM; CFTC Charges FX First, Inc., Alexey Mironov, and William Whyte With Commodity Scam In Foreign Currency Futures; Federal District Court Judge Orders Defendants' Assets Frozen and Issues Preliminary Injunction, 4868-03
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CFTC JOINS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT'S CORPORATE FRAUD TASK FORCE IN UNDERCOVER "OPERATION WOODEN NICKEL" TO PROSECUTE INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES ALLEGEDLY STEALING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THROUGH SALES OF ILLEGAL FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FUTURES CONTRACTS; CFTC Charges 31 Individuals and Entities With Fraud, Selling Illegal Futures Contracts, and Filing False Reports, , 4867-03
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CFTC FINDS THAT TRADING ADVISOR, GEORGE R. HARRISON OF CLAREMONT, NH, USED WEBSITE TO MISLEAD PUBLIC ABOUT PROFITABILITY OF COMMODITY TRADING SYSTEM; Respondent George R. Harrison Settles Charges He Made False Claims About MBP Method, 4866-03
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CFTC FINDS THAT FORMER COMMODITIES ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, KEVIN MARSHBURN OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, ENGAGED IN FRAUDULENT ALLOCATION SCHEME; CFTC Order Imposes Civil Monetary Penalty of $159,000 and a 10-year Trading Ban, 4865-03
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FEDERAL COURT ORDERS OREGON RESIDENT TO GIVE UP FEES RECEIVED FROM OFFERING FRAUDULENT COMMODITIES INVESTMENT; Thomas E. Jones of Rainer, Oregon Required to Give Up $74,000 , 4864-03
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MICHIGAN ATTORNEY, CHARLES G. MADY, ORDERED TO PAY MORE THAN $8 MILLION TO DEFRAUDED COMMODITY POOL INVESTORS; Court Bans Defendant From Trading for His Own Account for 10 Years and Permanently Bans Him from Trading Commodity Futures or Options for Others; , 4863-03
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CFTC FILES AND SETTLES ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST BOSTON TRADING ADVISORS, LLC, FOR FAILING TO REGISTER AS A COMMODITY POOL OPERATOR; , 4860-03
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CFTC CHARGES CONNECTICUT MAN AND HIS COMPANY WITH BILKING COMMODITIES INVESTORS IN FRAUDULENT POOL SCHEME; Burton Friedlander and Friedlander Capital Management Corporation Allegedly Misappropriated More than $1.3 Million to Pay for Boats, Cars, Country Club Dues, and Legal Expenses, 4859-03
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CFTC CHARGES FLORIDA FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FIRM AND OFFICERS WITH DEFRAUDING INVESTORS; CFTC Alleges that Defendants Bibas Levy Corp., Zacarias Bibas, and Hassan Sharam Made False Profit Claims, Misrepresented Their Performance Record and Minimized Risks of Foreign Currency Futures Trading, 4858-03
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MICHIGAN RESIDENT CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING PARTICIPANTS IN $1.2 MILLION COMMODITY POOL FRAUD SCHEME; Federal Court Order Freezes Assets of Defendants John Daniel Lee, Marquis Financial Management Systems, Inc., and The Marquis Group, Inc., 4857-03
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CFTC FINDS THAT MISSISSIPPI RESIDENT ARTHUR ROWELL FRAUDULENTLY SOLICITED CUSTOMERS TO INVEST IN FOREX CONTRACTS, 4855-03
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NEW YORK FOREX FIRM CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING OVER 300 INVESTORS IN $10 MILLION COMMODITY SCAM, 4852-03
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TEXAS COMMODITY TRADER AND FIRM CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING CUSTOMERS OF APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION; CFTC Charges Richard A. Hale and Allegheny Gulf Investments, Inc., with Misuse of Investor Funds, 4850-03
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CFTC FINDS LAS VEGAS MAN USED WEBSITE TO MISLEAD PUBLIC ABOUT PROFITABILITY OF HIS COMMODITY TRADING SYSTEM; Steven Matrix Settles Charges He Made False Claims About His <em>CounterPoint Method</em> Trading System, 4849-03
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CFTC FINDS FORMER AVISTA ENERGY VICE-PRESIDENT MANIPULATED ELECTRICITY FUTURES ON NYMEX; William H. Taylor of Houston, Texas, Agrees to Settlement Terms, Including a Civil Monetary Penalty and Trading Ban, 4848-03
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CFTC SUES AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARY, CHARGING FALSE REPORTING AND ATTEMPTED MANIPULATION OF NATURAL GAS PRICES; AEP and its Subsidiary Charged with Routinely Reporting Thousands of False Natural Gas Trades to Publications , 4846-03
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CFTC CHARGES CHICAGO MAN WITH BILKING COMMODITY INVESTORS IN FRAUDULENT SCHEME; Cameron Ownbey Allegedly Misrepresented His Past Trading Success by Falsely Claiming Annual Returns of 250 to 350 Percent; Court Enters Consent Order of Preliminary Injunction Against Ownbey, Freezing His Assets, 4843-03
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NEW YORK FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FIRM CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING 378 INVESTORS OF MORE THAN $7 MILLION IN COMMODITY SCAM; CFTC Charges Sun Platinum Group LLC and Eduard Dmanskiy With Commodity Scam Involving Offshore Entities; Federal District Court Judge Orders Defendants' Assets Frozen, 4842-03
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U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION CHARGES PHOENIX MAN AND HIS COMPANIES WITH DEFRAUDING INVESTORS IN $25 MILLION SCAM; Ronald Holt, International Funding Association, Global Management Group, Inc., and Cambridge Global Group Charged with Misappropriation, Solicitation Fraud, and Offer of Illegal Off-Exchange Futures Contracts, 4841-03
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DUKE ENERGY TRADING AND MARKETING, L.L.C., AN AFFILIATE OF DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION, PAYS $28 MILLION TO SETTLE CFTC CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MANIPULATION; Duke Energy Trading and Marketing Charged With False Reporting and Attempted Manipulation in Violation of the Commodity Exchange Act, 4840-03
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FEDERAL COURT ORDERS FLORIDA RESIDENTS TO REPAY DEFRAUDED FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) CUSTOMERS $1.9 MILLION; Court Also Orders Defendants Daniel Fasciana and Anthony Russo to Pay Civil Penalties Totaling $6 Million and to Forfeit Certain Assets for Defrauding Customers While Selling Illegal Foreign Currency Option Contracts, 4839-03
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U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION NOTES THE UNSEALING OF 40-COUNT FEDERAL CRIMINAL INDICTMENT AGAINST DONALD O'NEILL RELATING TO FOREIGN CURRENCY INVESTMENT SCHEME; CFTC Charged O'Neill Civilly in 2002 Based On Same Underlying Facts, 4838-03
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U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION FINES NYMEX FLOOR BROKER FOR UNLAWFULLY TRADING CRUDE OIL FUTURES CONTRACTS; Michael Garber Settles Charges that He Engaged in Wash Sales, Reported Non-Bona Fide Prices, and Executed Non-competitive Trades; CFTC Also Files Charges Against NYMEX Floor Broker Robert Benjamin Harmon, Jr., 4837-03
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CFTC SETTLES ACTION AGAINST REMAINING DEFENDANTS IN INDIANA COMMODITY POOL FRAUD; Court Orders Defendants James N. Wilson and JNW Management to Pay More Than $210,000 in Civil Penalties and Disgorgement For Involvement in Ponzi Scheme, 4836-03
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U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION CHARGES ATLANTA TRADING FIRM, RISK CAPITAL TRADING GROUP, INC. WITH DEFRAUDING CUSTOMERS; Firm and Certain Traders Allegedly Made False Claims that Accounts Would Make Large Profits With Little Risk Due to Political Events, Such as the War in Iraq; Court Enters Restraining Order Freezing Risk Capital Trading Group's Assets and Protecting Books and Records, 4835-03
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION SEEKS TO REVOKE REGISTRATIONS OF TODD J. SNIVELY AND HIS COMPANIES BASED ON PERMANENT INJUNCTION ENTERED IN FEDERAL COURT PROCEEDING; Todd J. Snively, Resident of Northville, Michigan, and Two Michigan Corporations, Commodity Consultants International and Futurewise Trading Group, Are Subjects of Registration Actions Based on Misappropriation of $6.27 Million from 900 Customers, 4834-03
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CFTC Sues related Brazilian and British Virgin Islands Companies for Executing Illegal Non-Competitive Trades on U.S. Markets, 4832-03
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FEDERAL COURT ORDERS INTERNET PROMOTER GEORGE HEFFERNAN TO PAY $400,000 FOR FRAUDULENTLY SOLICITING CUSTOMERS TO PURCHASE COMMODITY ADVISORY SERVICES; Court Also Orders Heffernan to Disclose That He Violated the Law When Publishing Any Commodities-Related Material, 4830-03
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ENSERCO ENERGY, INC. PAYS $3 MILLION TO SETTLE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MANIPULATION AND FALSE REPORTING; Enserco Energy, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Black Hills Corporation, Settles CFTC Claims That It Intentionally Reported False Natural Gas Trade Information To Energy Reporting Firms In An Attempt To Manipulate The Price Of Natural Gas Contracts, 4826-03
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FEDERAL COURT FREEZES ASSETS OF INTERNATIONAL FOREIGN CURRENCY, INC. AND ITS EXECUTIVES IN COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION FOREIGN CURRENCY FRAUD CASE; Defendants Thomas Qualls, Michael Kourmolis and Their Company Charge with Defrauding Customers and Selling Illegal Foreign Currency Futures Contracts to the Public, 4825-03
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WILLIAMS COMPANIES AND WILLIAMS ENERGY MARKETING AND TRADING PAY $20 MILLION TO SETTLE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MANIPULATION AND FALSE REPORTING; Energy Company and Its Subsidiary Settle Claims Under the Commodity Exchange Act That They Intentionally Reported False Natural Gas Price and Volume Information to Energy Reporting Firms in an Attempt to Affect Prices of Natural Gas, 4824-03
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