December 19, 2018

Following charges brought by the CFTC in 2016, Haena Park and companies affiliated with her, Phaetra Capital GP LLC, Phaetra Capital Management LP, and Argenta Group LLC, have been ordered to pay $23 million in restitution to defrauded investors in commodity pools operated by defendants.  Park made material misrepresentations and omissions concerning her trading expertise, and the defendants made and issued false documents to conceal their trading losses and misappropriations of investor funds, in addition to commingling funds and failing to operate the commodity pool as a separate legal entity.  CFTC

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