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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 ...
Enforcement Director Andrew J. Ceresney to Leave SEC
December 9th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Enforcement Director Andrew J. Ceresney will leave the agency by the end of the year. During his nearly four years as head of the agency’s largest division, Mr. Ceresney implemented approaches ...
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 ...
The IRS is Targeting Bitcoin Transaction Records of Coinbase Users
November 18th, 2016
Transaction records of Coinbase users, specifically bitcoiners, have been targeted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), according to a federal case filed in the U.S. District Court in the California Northern District Court. First revealed by ZeroHedge on a late Thursday ...
Forex broker fined for more than $35 Million
November 17th, 2016
Federal Court Orders IB Capital FX, LLC, Michel Geurkink, and Emad Echadi to Pay More than $35 Million in Restitution and a Civil Penalty for Soliciting at Least $50 Million from Members of the Public to Trade Forex, without ...
CFTC charges Companies and Individuals with fraud in Selling a Futures Trading System
October 13th, 2016
CFTC Charges Utah Resident Kimball Parker and Florida Resident Timothy Baggett with Fraud and Other Violations in Connection with Offering and Selling a Futures Trading System Parker’s Company, MakeYourFuture, LLC, and Baggett’s Companies, Changes Worldwide LLC and Changes Trading ...
Open Range Trading LLC and its owner charged by CFTC
October 5th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action charging Defendants Jody Dupont of Anderson, South Carolina, and his company, Open Range Trading LLC(Open Range), with fraudulently soliciting clients and prospective clients to subscribe to a commodity futures day-trading ...
Broker sentenced for Grand Central insider-trading scheme
October 3rd, 2016
For many people, the clock that sits atop the information booth in the middle of Grand Central Terminal can serve as a vivid memory of a visit to New York City. Ex-Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer & Co. broker-dealer Vladimir ...
Apple Ordered to pay $302 million in damages in a Patent legal case
October 3rd, 2016
A federal jury in Texas on Friday night ordered Apple to pay more than $302 million in damages for using VirnetX Holding Corp’s patented internet security technology without permission in features including its FaceTime video conferencing application. The verdict came in ...
CFTC charged Schooloftrade.Com and its owners for fraud
October 3rd, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil anti-fraud enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California charging Defendants Joseph Dufresne (a/k/a Joseph James) and Megan Renkow (a/k/a Megan James), both of Palos Verdes Estates, California, ...
