September 18, 2025
A commodity trading adviser and pool operator who pled guilty in Florida federal court to orchestrating a novel cryptocurrency-related scheme to cheat investors has agreed to pay more than $2.8 million as part of a settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
January 19, 2024
A commodity trading adviser was sentenced to two years in prison and home confinement in Florida federal court Friday after pleading guilty last year to "cherry-picking" client profits to fund his lavish lifestyle and pay personal expenses, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
October 12, 2023
A Florida-based commodity trading adviser has pled guilty to "cherry-picking" client profits to pay the bills on his beachfront property in what federal prosecutors said Thursday was a criminal case of first impression in the cryptocurrency futures space.