Search Results for: cftc
E*TRADE ordered to pay a $280,000 penalty
January 27th, 2017
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against E*TRADE Securities LLC (E*TRADE Securities), an Introducing Broker, and E*TRADE Clearing LLC (E*TRADE Clearing), a Futures Commission Merchant, for non-compliance with applicable record-keeping ...
The Pound to Euro Steadies Ahead of May Speech
January 17th, 2017
In a much anticipated speech, UK Prime Minister May should at 1:145GMT introduce the concept of a ‘Clean Brexit’. All the indications in the British press suggest it will be modelled on a series of views outlined in a ...
J.P. Morgan Securities ordered to pay $900,000
January 12th, 2017
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS), a Delaware corporation headquartered in New York City, for failing to diligently supervise its officers’, employees’, and agents’ ...
International law firm investigates multiple complaints against Banc de Binary
January 10th, 2017
International law firm investigates multiple complaints against Banc de Binary International law firm Giambrone (SLG) has today announced a partnership with a global finance firm focused on litigation funding to finance increasing number of litigation in the forex and ...
Company and individuals to pay over $11.6 million for Forex Fraud Scheme
January 10th, 2017
Federal Court Orders Defendants EJS Capital Management, LLC, Alex Vladimir Ekdeshman, and Edward J. Servider to Pay $11.6 Million in Sanctions for Forex Fraud Scheme Relief Defendants Alisa Ekdeshman, Executive Services of Florida, LLC, Executive Management of Montana, Inc., ...
Individual charged for soliciting at least $906,000 in a Forex fraud
December 29th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charging Brett G. Hartshorn of Sarasota, Florida, with fraudulently soliciting and/or managing at least $906,000 ...
Individual and his company charged in a commodity futures and Forex Ponzi-Style Scheme
December 21st, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil anti-fraud enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, charging Defendants Derek Springfield and his company, Draven, LLC (Draven), both of Mesa, Arizona, with engaging ...
Trader and a trading company ordered to pay $2.5 Million Penalty
December 21st, 2016
Federal Court Orders Chicago Trader Igor B. Oystacher and 3Red Trading LLC to Pay $2.5 Million Penalty for Spoofing and Employment of a Manipulative and Deceptive Device, while Trading Futures Contracts on Multiple Futures Exchanges The Court’s Order Finds ...
Thomson Reuters published FX Volumes for its FX electronic trading platforms
December 7th, 2016
Each month Thomson Reuters publishes combined average daily volumes for its FX electronic trading platforms Matching, FXall and the Thomson Reuters SEF. The volumes figures cover all spot, forwards, swaps, options and non-deliverable forwards traded on those platforms. In ...
Former CBOE Member to pay $21.8 Million in a Ponzi Scheme
December 1st, 2016
CFTC Obtains $21.8 Million Default Judgment against Former CBOE Member Alvin Guy Wilkinson and his Connecticut-based Firms for Misappropriation of Customer Funds and Fraudulent Solicitation in Ponzi Scheme The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge Virginia ...
