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Cases / Trading, forex & commodities

The Forex Project, Interbank FX

Luis Hiram Rivas

ReportedJun 26, 2008
LocationChattanooga, TN
Amount$18,011,312

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Company / entity
The Forex Project, Interbank FX
Industry
Foreign currency (forex) trading program
How investors were recruited
Seminars in Nashville, TN, Greenville, SC, and other locations.
Pitch & red flags
Promised 5% monthly returns; claimed to have been "trading for over 30 years" (news report: actually about three years); touted "Fibonacci Filter" and "Ripple Effect" trading methods; FBI sentencing release says he guaranteed up to a 96 percent annual return for three years, paid monthly.

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Source

chattanoogan.com

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