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Cases / Trading, forex & commodities

Neal V. Goyal

ReportedMay 29, 2014
LocationChicago, IL
Amount$11,400,000

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Company / entity
Caldera Advisors LLC, Blue Horizon Asset Management LLC, Caldera Investment Group Inc
Industry
Unregistered private hedge funds (long-short trading strategy)
How investors were recruited
Friends/investor network in Chicago finance circles
Pitch & red flags
Said funds would "invest in securities following a long-short trading strategy"; sent "phony account statements that grossly overstated the performance"

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Source

SEC official

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