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法院的缺席判決和永久禁令禁止被告從事違反《美國商品交易法》(CEA)
的行為,連帶返還 51,155,645 美元的違法所得,并處 153,466,935 美元的民事罰
款,此外,還永久禁止被告在 CFTC 注冊以及在任何 CFTC 注冊實(shí)體上進(jìn)行交易。
案件背景
判決認定,被告大約從 2015 年 9 月 26 日開(kāi)始通過(guò)其經(jīng)營(yíng)和維護的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)平
臺提供非法場(chǎng)外二元期權。判決進(jìn)一步認定,被告不僅向客戶(hù)和潛在客戶(hù)就二元
期權的風(fēng)險水平進(jìn)行了重大虛假陳述,還操縱了一些交易的結果,以造成客戶(hù)虧
損并使自己獲利。判決認定,通過(guò)這種欺詐計劃,被告從美國客戶(hù)那里非法獲利
了超過(guò) 51,155,645 美元。
Federal Court Orders Binary Options Firm and Owners to Pay Over $204
Million in Monetary Sanctions for Fraudulent Binary Options Scheme
(2024/3/14)
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the U.S. District
Court for the Western District of Texas entered an order of final judgment against
Jonathan Cartu, Leeav Peretz, Nati Peretz, all believed to be residents of Israel, and
Blue Moon Investments Inc., a Seychelles corporation. The order finds them liable for
offering illegal, off-exchange binary options and committing fraud in connection with
the illegal offering. This resolves the CFTC’s September 2, 2020 case against the
defendants.
The court’s order of default judgment and permanent injunction prohibits the
defendants from engaging in conduct that violates the Commodity Exchange Act
(CEA); orders them to pay $51,155,645 in disgorgement, jointly and severally; and a
civil monetary penalty of $153,466,935. The order also permanently bans the
defendants from registering with the CFTC and from trading on any registered entity.
Case Background
The order finds that beginning approximately September 26, 2015, the
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