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巨大利潤(每月 8-25%);商品基金參與者將以極低的風(fēng)險實(shí)現每月 8-25%的資
金利潤;被告使用商品基金參與者的存放資金進(jìn)行外匯交易;商品基金參與者可
以在提出請求后的三至五個(gè)工作日內提取他們的資金。被告未按承諾進(jìn)行商品基
金參與者資金交易,而是挪用了商品基金參與者的資金,以滿(mǎn)足 Nawabi 自身的
利益,并以類(lèi)似龐氏騙局的方式支付給其他商品基金參與者。為了掩蓋他們的挪
用行為,被告制作并發(fā)出了虛假賬單,歪曲商品基金參與者本應獲得的交易回報。
盡管被屢次請求,被告仍未將資金歸還商品基金參與者。
CFTC 警告稱(chēng),向受害者返還資金的命令不能保證失去的資金得以恢復,因
為違法者可能沒(méi)有足夠的資金或資產(chǎn)。
Federal Court Orders California Man and His Company to Pay $9 Million in
Restitution and Penalties for Forex Fraud (2024/4/15)
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the entry of a
consent order in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California imposing
restitution and a civil monetary penalty against Eshaq M. Nawabi, d/b/a/ Nawabi
Enterprise, and Hyperion Consulting Inc. The order requires the defendants to pay
$4.5 million in restitution to victims of the fraud and a $4.5 million civil monetary
penalty.
Today’s order follows a prior consent order the court entered on December 6,
2023, which, in addition to finding the defendants liable for fraud, enjoins them from
future violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations, as charged
in the complaint, and permanently bans them from registering with the CFTC and
trading on any registered entity. Today’s order fully resolves the CFTC action filed on
April 26, 2022. [See CFTC Press Release No. 8524-22].
Case Background
The order finds from approximately October 2019 through April 22, 2022, the
defendants solicited pool participants to deposit money to trade forex. To persuade
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