Florida Commodity and Precious Metals Fraud Attorney, Russell L. Forkey, Esq.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission periodically announces enforcement actions that have recently been filed by it. Periodically, we review these actions and provide selective information concerning what we feel relate to important issues or matters that have a wide alleged impact on investors. We start this post with one such case.
On May 17, 2011, the CFTC announced that it had charged a Florida Firm, American Precious Metals, LLC, and Principals, Sammy J. Goldman and Harry Robert Tanner, Jr., with Fraud.
American Precious Metals, allegedly a boiler room telemarketing firm, purportedly purchased more than $23 million of precious metals for customers of their leveraged precious metals purchase program, but allegedly never purchased any metal for customers. Read More.
March 30, 2011
CFTC Charges Florida Precious Metals Company Kastle & Hawke, Inc. and its Principals, James A. Ward and Nathaniel R. Walker, with Fraud. The Defendants Defendants allegedly misappropriated at least $319,000 of customer funds for personal expenses and purchases. Read More.
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