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March 27, 2015

The CFTC announced that the District Court for South Carolina entered an order of permanent injunction against Robert Stanley Harrison of Easley, South Carolina, permanently banning him from engaging in commodity-related activity.  CFTC

Tagged in: Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets,

March 23, 2015

The CFTC ordered Marubeni America Corporation, a dealer and merchant of agricultural commodities and the largest overseas subsidiary of Japan-based Marubeni Corporation, to pay $800,000 for inaccurately reporting positions in grains futures.  CFTC

Tagged in: Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets,

March 3, 2015

The CFTC announced that a complaint it filed under seal on February 25, 2015, charges Jerry Stauffer of Traverse City, Michigan, with fraudulently soliciting close to $1 million from the public to trade foreign exchange in a commodity pool by guaranteeing pool participants a monthly return on their investment based on profits purportedly earned from forex trading.  CFTC

Tagged in: Foreign Exchange,

March 3, 2015

A New York federal court ordered Mark Evan Bloom of Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, and his firm North Hills Management, LLC to pay a $26 million civil monetary penalty for operating a fraudulent commodity pool called North Hills LP and misappropriating customer funds.  CFTC

Tagged in: Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets,

February 26, 2015

Kevin G. White of The Woodlands, Texas, who orchestrated a $7.4 million commodity pool investment scam during which he misappropriated approximately $1.7 million from pool participants, was sentenced to over eight years in federal prison.  CFTC

Tagged in: Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets,

February 13, 2015

A federal court ordered Scott M. Ross, formerly of Gilberts, Illinois, and his companies, Maize Capital Management, LLC and Maize Asset Management, LLC, to pay $6.7 million in restitution and civil penalties for defrauding investors, mishandling customer funds, and failing to register as a commodity pool operator.  CFTC

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets,

February 5, 2015

The CFTC ordered Isaiah Goldman and Brock Catronio, individually, and their companies, Paramount Metals Exchange, LLC and Paramount Credit, LLC, both of Delray Beach, Florida, to pay over $2.5 million in sanctions for engaging in illegal, off-exchange precious metals transactions.  CFTC

Tagged in: Regulatory Violations,

February 4, 2015

The CFTC ordered Brian S. Ekasala, a resident of Lake Worth, Florida, and his company, Midwest Metals Exchange, LLC, to pay over $500,000 for engaging in an illegal, off-exchange precious metals transaction scheme.  CFTC

Tagged in: Regulatory Violations,

February 4, 2015

Chief Judge Linda R. Reade of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa ordered U.S. Bank National Association to pay $18 million dollars to be returned to Peregrine Financial Group, Inc. customers over allegations of misappropriation of customer funds.  CFTC

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets,

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