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Cases / Trading, forex & commodities

Michael J. Riolo

ReportedMay 21, 2009
LocationBoca Raton, FL
Amount$44,000,000

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Company / entity
LaSalle International Clearing Corporation, Sterling Wentworth Currency Group Inc
Industry
Off-exchange forex trading
How investors were recruited
Solicited members of the general public to open forex accounts at Sterling Wentworth
Pitch & red flags
Monthly account statements overstated cash available to customers, by as much as $24.5 million; did not disclose that his firms were the counterparty to customers' trades

Source

CFTC official

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