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The dollar held broad gains; Currency traders are looking to the upcoming G-20 meeting
November 26th, 2018
The dollar held broad gains on Monday as investors sought shelter in the world’s most liquid currency on fears of a slowdown in global economic growth and as U.S.-Sino trade tensions sapped risk appetite. The greenback, considered a safe ...
Former virtual currency trader fined over a million for Bitcoin and Litecoin fraud
November 12th, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and settling charges against Joseph Kim (Kim), of Phoenix, Arizona, requiring Kim to pay more than $1.1 million for a fraudulent Bitcoin and Litecoin scheme. In the order, Kim ...
Euro, Sterling try to steady as traders keep wary eye on Italy budget, Brexit
October 22nd, 2018
The euro and the British pound managed to hold steady against the dollar on Monday as investors cautiously awaited developments around Brexit as well as Italy’s budget plan which drew heavy criticism from the European Union. The dollar was ...
U.S. Federal Court enters $14 Million Judgment against Options Trader
October 12th, 2018
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge John Robert Blakey of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a Consent Order for Permanent Injunction (Consent Order), which resolves charges against Defendant Thomas ...
Forex trader and firm charged with fraud and registration violations
August 31st, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a federal court enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Jason Amada of New York, New York, and Amada Capital Management LLC (ACM), a ...
Day Trader Charged in Brokerage Account Takeover Scheme
October 31st, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a day trader based in the Philadelphia area with participating in a scheme to access the brokerage accounts of more than 100 unwitting victims and make unauthorized trades to artificially affect the stock ...
SEC charges former head traders at Nomura with fraud
May 16th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a pair of former head traders who ran the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) desk at Nomura Securities International Inc. with deliberately lying to customers in order to inflate the profits of the ...
CFTC charges purported hedge fund that traded commodity futures and forex contracts
April 21st, 2017
CFTC Charges Purported Hedge Fund Capitol Equity FX LLC and California Residents Robert Leland Johnson IV and Marisa Elena Johnson with Fraud, Misappropriation, and Registration Violations The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a ...
Chinese Traders Charged With Trading on Hacked Nonpublic Information Stolen From Two Law Firms
December 28th, 2016
Marks First Time SEC Charges Hacking Into Law Firm Computer Networks The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three Chinese traders with fraudulently trading on hacked nonpublic market-moving information stolen from two prominent New York-based law firms, racking up ...
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 ...
