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… Homestead, Florida, for perpetrating a multi-million dollar bitcoin fraud.   The orders charge Levine and Reichenthal … inducing them to send over $5 million to Reichenthal to buy bitcoin from Levine. After receiving the investors’ funds, Reichenthal and Levine failed to deliver the bitcoin as promised and failed to return the investors’ …
… 30, 2019 CFTC Charges Individual with Multi-Million Dollar Bitcoin Fraud Washington, DC — The U.S. Commodity Futures … to customers in connection with the purported purchase of bitcoin worth over $7 million.  In a complaint filed in the … which he was affiliated had possession or control of the bitcoin that was to be delivered to the customers.  The …
… September 17, 2015 CFTC Orders Bitcoin Options Trading Platform Operator and its CEO to Cease Illegally Offering Bitcoin Options and to Cease Operating a Facility for … without Registering In First Action against an Unregistered Bitcoin Options Trading Platform, CFTC Holds that Bitcoin
… December 1, 2017 CFTC Statement on Self-Certification of Bitcoin Products by CME, CFE and Cantor Exchange Washington, … Futures Exchange (CFE) self-certified new contracts for bitcoin futures products, and the Cantor Exchange (Cantor) self-certified a new contract for bitcoin binary options. “Bitcoin, a virtual currency, is a …
… Company and its Principal in $147 Million Fraudulent Bitcoin Trading Scheme Washington, DC – The Commodity … Control-Finance Limited (Control-Finance), a purported Bitcoin trading and investment company, and its principal, … the defendants with exploiting public enthusiasm for Bitcoin by fraudulently obtaining and misappropriating at …
… New York with fraud for operating Ponzi schemes involving bitcoin, for fraudulently soliciting more than $44 million … solicited individuals of more than $23 million of bitcoin. The complaint also alleges that Golden, Patel, … solicited individuals of more than $21 million of bitcoin. According to the complaint, the websites all …
… for purported trading in foreign currency (forex) and Bitcoin.  The CFTC seeks restitution, disgorgement, civil … and misleading representations regarding trading forex and Bitcoin. During the relevant period, Uti was the … and omissions about managed account trading in forex and Bitcoin. Uti managed the email account, [email protected] , …
… a global foreign currency commodity pool that only accepted Bitcoin to purchase a participation in the pool, with a … This action is the largest fraudulent scheme involving Bitcoin charged in any CFTC case. In its continuing … www.mymticlub.com, in addition to social media, to solicit Bitcoin from members of the public for participation in a …
… Trading Platform and Its CEO to Pay $990,000 for Illegal Bitcoin-Related Transactions with U.S. Customers Washington, … retail commodity transactions that were margined in bitcoin, failing to register as a futures commission … the defendants to pay to all known U.S. customers the bitcoin held by defendants in U.S. customers’ accounts and …
… unlawful retail commodity transactions in ether, litecoin, bitcoin, gold, and silver. The defendant violated the CEA by … or accepted money, securities, and property in the form of bitcoin and other assets in exchange for margin trades or … Illegal Leveraged Transactions in Ether, Litecoin, and Bitcoin