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Cases / Trading, forex & commodities

Alvin Guy Wilkinson

ReportedJun 28, 2016
LocationSan Juan, PR
Amount$6,900,000

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Company / entity
Chicago Index Partners L.P., Wilkinson Financial Opportunity Fund L.P.
Industry
Commodity pool (futures, market volatility strategy)
How investors were recruited
Solicited at least 30 individuals to buy interests in his two partnerships
Pitch & red flags
Claimed he would trade futures "using a market volatility strategy"; misrepresented fund profitability

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Source

CFTC official

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