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Cases / Trading, forex & commodities

David A. Smith

ReportedAug 18, 2010
LocationFL
Amount$220,000,000

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Company / entity
Overseas Locket International Corp (OLINT), OLINT TCI Corp Ltd, I-Trade FX LLC
Industry
Foreign currency (forex) trading investment clubs
How investors were recruited
Began as a currency-trading 'club' among friends that spread by word of mouth; promoted by clergy from church pulpits in Jamaica and by a pastor in Windermere, FL
Pitch & red flags
Led investors to believe their money was invested in forex trading "earning 10 percent per month on average"; he was not actually trading their funds

Pitch phrases from this case

Source

FBI official

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