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Defendant used three websites to solicit customers and misappropriated approximately $280,000 of customer funds.
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a complaint against Helmut H. Weber d/b/a Weber Capital Management (WCM) of Scottsdale, Arizona, charging Weber with operating a fraudulent off-exchange foreign currency (forex) scheme.
The CFTC complaint, filed in the U.S. [...]

Washington, DC – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it charged Willie L. Cloud, Jr. and his investment company, C & R Financial, Inc., both of Houston, Texas, with operating a Ponzi scheme in connection with foreign currency (forex) trading.
The CFTC’s complaint, filed on March 4, 2010, alleges that, since at [...]

On November 17, 2009, NFA issued a Complaint charging IKON with failure to observe high standards of commercial honor and just and equitable principles of trade; and failure to adopt enhanced supervisory procedures.
ANSWER:
On December 21, 2009, IKON filed an Answer to the Complaint in which it denied the material allegations contained therein.
Decision:
On March 4, 2010, [...]

Those who are a few years in this market should remember One World Capital Group which was even registered with the NFA at the time but was shut down as under-capitalized and following numerous complaints.
One World owned the 1world-forex.com domain and was barred by the NFA in early 2009 for failing to cooperate with an investigation for a Complaint [...]

Smith allegedly misappropriated approximately $800,000; court orders defendants’ assets frozen. Safeguard’s 3030 website which promises up to 30% in 30 days (!) is down.
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today charged Ronald W. Smith, Jr., of Vansant, Va., doing business as Safeguard 3030 Investment Club, with operating a Ponzi scheme involving [...]

COMPLAINT:
On December 16, 2009, NFA issued a Complaint charging FXT with cheating, defrauding or deceiving another person or attempting to do so; presenting hypothetical performance without required disclaimers and information; failing to submit promotional material prior to first use; failing to provide customers with a disclosure document; and failing to cooperate with NFA. The Complaint [...]

COMPLAINT:
On August 26, 2009, NFA issued a Complaint charging Frontline Financial, Frontline Advisors and Charles Guard Rice with failure to disclose material information to fund participants concerning the fund’s investments with convicted felon, Luis Rivas, and with other forex traders who were affiliated with Rivas, including information about the losses incurred with respect to these [...]

GFS Forex, one of the latest brokers to withdraw from the US market, has settled a Complaint that was launched against it by the NFA in December 2009. The Complaint charged GFS Forex and its Associated Principals Yun Ho and Matthew Censullo with alleged multiple violations of NFA’s rules such as:
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• C.R.2-36(b)(1) [...]

With all the 1:10 leverage turmoil happening lately we shouldn’t forget that NFA/CFTC are the only retail forex watchdogs in the US. From time to time the agencies perform well in uncovering forex frauds and in shutting down problematic businesses.
A few days ago NFA cracked on quite a few CTAs which lost millions of clients [...]

NFA has just ordered Kingz Capital Management Corporation (KCM) to permanently withdraw from NFA membership and permanently barred its Principal David Michael Stephen Krywenky.
It appears that KCM and Krywenky were involved in the the high profile Twin Cities / Crown Forex S.A. alleged scam scandal. Apparently Twin Cities’ Trevor Cook managed investor funds in a [...]