July 9, 2018

The CFTC announced Dillon Michael Dean and The Entrepreneurs Headquarters Limited (TEH) were ordered to pay over $1.9 million in civil monetary penalties and restitution for defrauding their customers. Dean and TEH solicited at least $499,264.04 worth of Bitcoin from 127 customers by falsely promising to convert the Bitcoin into fiat currency that would be invested in a pooled investment vehicle for trading commodity interests. At least 120 customers suffered total losses of $432,184.79 as a result of Defendants’ fraud. CFTC

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