January 13, 2016

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a default judgement order against Nikolai S. Battoo, BC Capital Group S.A., BC Capital Group International Limited, and BC Capital Group Holdings S.A. on charges that they operated a global commodities futures and option fraud scheme, requiring the defendants to pay $294,246,741 in restitution, a $147 million civil penalty, and to disgorge $49 million received as ill-gotten gains.  CFTC

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