CFTC Gets Default in $11 Million CPO Fraud Case

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently announced an Order of default judgment and permanent injunction has been issued against defendants Capital Growth Group Associates and Cobra Development Group in connection with two separate fraudulent commodity pool trading schemes. 

The default was granted in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and finds that the fraudulent schemes spanned over four years and deprived as many as 76 victims of almost $3 million.  Most of the victims were existing tax and retirement-planning clients, who had their relationship of trust, along with their intimate financial information, exploited.  In carrying out the schemes, the defendants fraudulently solicited pool participants, misappropriated pool participant funds, and fabricated trading statements to prolong and conceal their misconduct.

Any registered or non-registered company  that receives a CFTC  investigative demand should consult competent counsel immediately to discuss the investigative process.

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