Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Gelfman et al

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Case Number:

1:17-cv-07181

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Securities/Commodities

Judge:

P. Kevin Castel

Government Agencies

  1. October 18, 2018

    Bitcoin Trader, CEO Ordered To Pay $2.5M For Ponzi Scheme

    Bitcoin trading outfit Gelfman Blueprint Inc. and its CEO Nicholas Gelfman have been ordered to pay nearly $2.5 million in restitution after stealing more than $600,000 from roughly 80 customers, in the first anti-fraud case involving bitcoin brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

  2. September 21, 2017

    CFTC Accuses Brooklyn Programmer Of $600K Bitcoin Scam

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued a Brooklyn computer programmer on Thursday in Manhattan federal court for allegedly stealing $600,000 in bitcoin from dozens of investors in his company and claiming that he had been hacked in an effort to cover it up.