Binary Options operator Jared Davis (OptionMint, OptionKing) hit with $561K penalty
Jared Davis fraudulently solicited and accepted $10 million from customers in the U. S. and elsewhere to trade off-exchange binary options.
Jared Davis fraudulently solicited and accepted $10 million from customers in the U. S. and elsewhere to trade off-exchange binary options.
This action against Cornelius Johannes Steynberg is also the largest fraudulent scheme involving Bitcoin charged in any CFTC case.
Prior to joining the CFTC, Jeffrey Sutton served as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Coquest was charged with taking the opposite side of thousands of brokerage customer block trade orders without the customers’ prior consent.
Lee Tippett, a former energy broker with Classic Energy LLC, paid kickbacks to a trader employed by one of Classic’s brokerage customers.
The new advisory provides potential investors with eight cautionary tips about the risks of trading OTC forex.
The CFTC added another 34 unregistered foreign entities to its Registration Deficient List (RED List).
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has dropped its lawsuit against John David McAfee due to his death.
The CFTC has secured entries of default against Damian Castilla, Five Traders LLC, and DCAST Capital Investments.
The order requires David Seibert to pay $10.8 million in restitution to victims of his scheme and to pay a $2.3 million fine.