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One good part of the new CFTC regulations from last year is that the CFTC has some amazing new enforcement powers. I just got a note from a good friend of the FPA about the CFTC suing 14 forex brokers.

 

Many of these brokers are very well known to the FPA. Some are on good terms with the FPA. Some aren't. All are invited to post public responses here about their point of view.

 

Here's the press release....

 

RELEASE: PR5974-11

 

January 26, 2011

 

CFTC SUES 14 FOREIGN CURRENCY FIRMS IN NATIONWIDE SWEEP

 

Action represents first use of new authority under the 2008 Farm Bill and Dodd-Frank Act to regulate foreign exchange dealers.

 

Washington, DC - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it simultaneously filed 13 enforcement actions in Federal District Courts in Chicago, the District of Columbia, Kansas City and New York, alleging that 14 entities are illegally soliciting members of the public to engage in foreign currency (forex) transactions and that they are operating without being registered with the CFTC.

 

Today’s actions are the first taken by the CFTC to enforce new forex regulations that became effective in October 2010. These new regulations require entities that wish to participate in the forex market to register with the CFTC and abide by regulations intended to protect the public. These regulations require that forex dealers take steps to protect investors, including maintaining capital and records, which will reduce risk and increase transparency.

 

The following companies were sued by the CFTC as part of this sweep:

 

EuroForex Development LLC, a Delaware LLC;

 

FIG Solutions Limited, Inc., a Delaware corporation;

 

ForInvest, a Delaware corporation;

 

FXOpen Investments Inc., a Delaware LLC;

 

FXPRICE, a Delaware LLC;

 

GIGFX, L.L.C., a Delaware company;

 

InovaTrade, Inc., a company with purported offices in Florida;

 

InstaTrade Corporation d/b/a InstaForex, a British Virgin Islands company;

 

InvesttechFX Technologies, Inc., a Canadian corporation located in Toronto;

 

J&K Futures, Inc., a company with purported offices in California and New York;

 

Kingdom Forex Trading and Futures, Ltd., a Nevada company;

 

Prime Forex, LLC, a Delaware LLC;

 

Wall Street Brokers, LLC, a Delaware LLC; and

 

ZtradeFX LLC, a Connecticut LLC.

 

In the forex market, entities known as Retail Foreign Exchange Dealers (RFED) or Futures Commission Merchants (FCM) may buy foreign currency contracts from or sell foreign currency contracts to individual investors. Under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC Regulations, an entity acting as an RFED or FCM must register with the Commission and abide by rules and regulations designed for investor protection, including those relating to minimum capital requirements, recordkeeping and compliance. Further, with a few exceptions, such an entity also must be registered with the Commission if it solicits or accepts orders from US investors in connection with forex transactions conducted at an RFED or FCM.

 

In all but two of the complaints, the CFTC alleges that a defendant acted as an RFED; that is, it offered to take or took the opposite side of a customer’s forex transaction without being registered. In the remaining two complaints, ZtradeFX LLC and FXPRICE, the CFTC alleges that the defendant solicited customers to place forex trades at an RFED without being registered as an Introducing Broker. In every complaint, the CFTC alleges that the defendant solicited or accepted orders from US investors to enter into forex transactions in violation of the Act. The CFTC has moved for preliminary injunctions preventing these defendants from operating unless and until they comply with the CEA and Commission Regulations. The CFTC’s complaints also seek civil monetary penalties, trading and registration bans, disgorgement and rescission.

 

The CFTC strongly urges the public to check whether a company is registered before investing funds. If a company is not registered, an investor should be wary of providing funds to that company.

 

A company’s registration status can be found at: BASIC Search

 

The CFTC also strongly urges members of the public to visit the below websites before investing money in the forex market:

 

CFTC Consumer Advisory: Forex Fraud: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!

 

CFTC Consumer Advisory: Foreign Currency "Forex" Fraud

 

Fraud Advisory from the CFTC: Foreign Currency Trading (Forex) Fraud

 

CFTC Fraud Advisories - CFTC

 

Foreign Exchange Currency Fraud: CFTC/NASAA Investor Alert

 

Foreign Currency Trading - CFTC

 

The CFTC Division of Enforcement staff members responsible for these cases are: Margaret Aisenbrey, Kathleen Banar, Barry Blankfield, Kim Bruno, Jennifer Chapin, Elizabeth Davis, James Deacon, Jennifer Diamantis, Rick Glaser, Patricia Gomersall, Amanda Harding, Jessica Harris, Paul Hayeck, Lenel Hickson, Rosemary Hollinger, William Janulis, Joseph Konizeski, Jeffrey Le Riche, Charles Marvine, Judith McCorkle, Joy McCormack, Vincent McGonagle, Kenneth McCracken, Stephen Obie, Nathan Ploener, Eliud Ramirez, Stephanie Reinhart, Xavier Romeu-Matta, Christine Ryall, Veronica Spicer, Elizabeth Streit, Manal Sultan, Lara Turcik, Stephen Turley, Richard Wagner and Scott Williamson.

 

The CFTC thanks the National Futures Association for its assistance in this matter.

 

Last Updated: January 26, 2011

 

Media Contacts

Dennis Holden

202-418-5088

 

Office of Public Affairs

 

The original is at www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5974-11.html

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