Cases / Trading, forex & commodities
Trevor G. Cook, Patrick J. Kiley (aka Pat Kiley), Jason Bo-Alan Beckman, Gerald Joseph Durand, Christopher Pettengill
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- Company / entity
- UBS Diversified Growth LLC, Universal Brokerage FX Management LLC, Oxford Global Advisors LLC, Oxford Global Partners LLC, Oxford Private Client Group LLC, Universal Brokerage Services
- Industry
- Foreign currency (forex) trading pool
- How investors were recruited
- Promoted through co-defendant Pat Kiley's nationally syndicated radio show "Follow the Money"
- Pitch & red flags
- Promised 10-12% annual returns; claimed funds would be "deposited into a separate account in the investor's name"; "little or no risk"; "Principal would be safe and could be withdrawn at any time"
Pitch phrases from this case
- “deposited into a separate account in the investor's name”
- “little or no risk”
- “principal would be safe and could be withdrawn at any time”
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