July 13, 2018
The Eleventh Circuit issued a revised opinion Thursday in a U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission fraud suit against two Florida-based metals trading companies and their CEO, making a terminology fix recommended by the defendants but leaving its $1.5 million damages award intact.
March 08, 2018
Two Florida-based precious metals trading companies and their CEO want rehearing of their appeal of a judgment for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, saying an Eleventh Circuit panel upheld $1.5 million of the original $2.1 million damages award based on a mischaracterization of the transactions.
January 22, 2018
An 11th Circuit panel on Monday upheld a ruling that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission had established that a pair of companies and their CEO engaged in fraud by duping investors with fake promises of precious metals investments, but tossed out part of a $2.1 million restitution order.
March 07, 2017
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission urged the Eleventh Circuit on Monday to uphold its win in a suit alleging a pair of companies and their CEO duped investors with fake promises of precious metals purchases, saying there is ample evidence supporting its $2.1 million restitution victory.