US Legal & Regulation

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging Madison Dean, Inc of Wantagh, NY, and its principals, George Athanasatos, also of Wantagh, and Laurence Dodge of Fresh Meadows, NY, with fraudulently soliciting approximately 19 persons to invest approximately USD415,000 in managed trading accounts to trade off-exchange foreign currency (forex) contracts on a leverage or margined basis. None of the defendants has ever been registered with the CFTC. »

The Honourable Jed S Rakoff, United States District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, has entered a Final Judgment on consent as to James Fleishman in the SEC’s insider trading case, entitled SEC v Mark Anthony Longoria, et al, 11-CV-0753 (SDNY) (JSR). »

The Honourable Ruben Castillo, of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, entered an order freezing the assets of defendants Dimitry Vishnevetsky of Chicago, and his company, Oxford Capital, LLC (OCL), a defunct Wisconsin limited liability company. The court’s order also prohibits the destruction of books and records. »

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a federal court action in Utah charging Bentley Equities, LLC (Bentley), a Delaware corporation, and its principals, Christopher D Hales and Eric A Richardson, with fraud and misappropriation in connection with commodity futures trading. »

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed the District Court’s grant of summary judgment against Michael Lauer, who controlled several hedge funds. »

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a federal court action charging Sidney J Charles, Jr, formerly of Bowie, Md, and his company, The Borrowing Station, LLC (Borrowing Station), of Bowie, Md, with fraud, misappropriation, and registration violations in connection with an off-exchange leveraged foreign currency (forex) Ponzi scheme. »

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a Complaint in federal district court against RKC Capital Management LLC, RKC Capital, LLC (RKC) and Russell K Cannon (Cannon), (collectively “Defendants”). »

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has entered an order dismissing the appeal of Leila C Jenkins, the principal of Rhode Island-based investment adviser Locke Capital Management. »

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an order settling charges that PassThrough Investments, LLC (PTI) (aka PassThrough Investments Group, LLC), and its principals, Stephen Brantley and Dwayne Bryant Dawson, all of Spring, Texas, fraudulently solicited and accepted at least USD2.6 million from at least 60 members of the public to participate in an off-exchange foreign currency (forex) pool that traded on a leveraged or margined basis. »

Judge Richard W Story of the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, has entered an emergency order freezing the assets of defendants Robert A Christy of Milton, Georgia, and his company Crabapple Capital Group LLC (Crabapple) of Alpharetta, Georgia. »