The US watchdog charged the defendants in February this year with fraud and misappropriation of funds in a Forex trading scheme. The defendants misappropriated around 440,000 from 12 customers. PPR mislead customers to believe that McDonald was profitably trading Forex and promised them their accounts would grow in value 10 to 50% per month. In…
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CFTC’s complaint states that all of Long Leaf’s customers lost money in “Time Means Money” trading program. Over 400 customers lost approximately $6.1 million, while the company made $4.4 million from commissions. The Commission seeks restitution for the defrauded customers, return of the gains, monetary penalties and permanent trading ban. CFTC settled charges against Gecas…
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The CFTC found that Cunningham Commodities’ did not supervise the GIB accounts over a sixteen-month period diligently. Moreover, the company entered into the guarantee with the GIB despite knowing that the GIB offered a “trading program” to customers when it was not registered as a commodity trading advisor and that the majority of customers lost…
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The CFTC also filed civil enforcement action against Erik J. Hass and his company Simply Gains Inc. on charges of fraud, misappropriation and failing to register with the CFTC. The defendants solicited at least $2.1 million from at least 21 individuals to fund their forex commodity pool operation. Despite assurances that they could not lose…
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Husam Al Kurdi who recently joined SquaredFinancial as its new Chief Executive Officer sat down with LeapRate for an interview. Having spent two decades working in the financial and banking industry, he has acquired an international reputation for developing and managing sophisticated trading companies. He has been involved with the launch and running of a…
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The regulator alleged that Gain UK failed to supervise diligently its US forex customers and missed warning signs of the underlying fraudulent conduct by an unregistered CTA. The company had extensive communication about creating an account with the company with an unregistered CTA with knowledge that the CTA had been rejected from managing accounts with…
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The CFTC complaint alleges that Mikkelsen engaged in fraudulent scheme to obtain at least $1.5 million from over 100 individuals and entities by getting them to invest with a supposed company called GNTFX to trade retail leveraged or margined forex. The scheme has been running at least since 2015. The complains claims that Mikkelsen misappropriated…
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an order for $1 million against Propex Derivatives Pty Ltd (Propex), Australia-based proprietary trading firm, implicated in a spoofing scheme. The company was involved in unlawful trading activities on the U.S. commodities market through former trader in the period of July 2012 to March 2017. Propex agreed to pay…
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“Crypto Dad” has rejoined the workforce. Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Christopher Giancarlo has accepted a position as senior counsel for the New York-based law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Originally appointed to serve as the head of the CFTC during the Obama administration, Giancarlo served for five years in that position.…
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Global capital markets have come a long way in the past decade, another sign of the interconnectedness of all global markets in our modern commercial setting. Investors today think nothing of investing in overseas markets, when just ten years back, one would have to jump through hoops in order to find a broker with an…
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