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Federal Court Orders New York Man to Pay Over $3.4 Million For Forex Fraud Scheme Following Summary Judgment Ruling

Federal Court Also Sanctioned the Defendant for His Misconduct in Filing Defamatory and False Allegations Against the CFTC and Threatening CFTC Counsel August 12, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered final judgment against Daniel Winston LaMarco of New York City, imposing … Continue reading Federal Court Orders New York Man to Pay Over $3.4 Million For Forex Fraud Scheme Following Summary Judgment Ruling

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Federal Court Orders UK Firms, Residents from China, Oklahoma to Pay $19M in CFTC Fraud Case

July 24, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has resolved all claims the CFTC filed in its September 2024 complaint against Qian Bai and Chao Li, both residents of the People’s Republic of China, their co-conspirator Lan Bai, a resident of Oklahoma, as well as Aipu Limited and Fidefx Investments Ltd., which … Continue reading Federal Court Orders UK Firms, Residents from China, Oklahoma to Pay $19M in CFTC Fraud Case

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CFTC Issues Advisory on Referrals for Potential Criminal Enforcement

July 09, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Enforcement today issued an advisory to provide guidance describing its plan to address criminally liable regulatory offenses in accordance with Executive Order 14294, Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations. The advisory announces the framework to be followed when DOE, as the CFTC division responsible for … Continue reading CFTC Issues Advisory on Referrals for Potential Criminal Enforcement

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The U.S. Court of International Trade found Trump’s mercantilist message ultra vires. US Court of Appeals-Federal Circuit says hold on …

Today’s takeaway … US tariff policy still in limbo. If the dollar strengthened after yesterday’s court decision that the President’s tariffs were the result of a misapplication of trade law, that strengthening was short-lived in light of today’s appellate ruling that keeps the President’s tariffs in play for now. (Ready for your next trader challenge? … Continue reading The U.S. Court of International Trade found Trump’s mercantilist message ultra vires. US Court of Appeals-Federal Circuit says hold on …

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Currency and money market news scan: Trump wants to make it more expensive to sue government.

What We’re Reading. Executive branch. Lawsuits. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 65(c). “Consistent with applicable law, the heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies), in consultation with the Attorney General, are directed to ensure that their respective agencies properly request under Rule 65(c) that Federal district courts require plaintiffs to post security equal to … Continue reading Currency and money market news scan: Trump wants to make it more expensive to sue government.

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Should the executive power be applied to help out the Fearless Fund? No.

Strategically, it makes sense that Fearless Fund would seek to apply one prong of the State’s power, the Executive, to help settle whether a mechanism that creates, extracts, and distributes capital is being fairly deployed. Alliance was the first to pull the State power trigger when it filed its suit last year. The issue here is should Mr. Biden issue an executive order? My answer is no. Continue reading Should the executive power be applied to help out the Fearless Fund? No.

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There are three classes of lawyer: litigator, transactional, and legal risky data analyst.

For the last five and a half years, I have been what I term a legal risky data analyst. This is my nomenclature for what are otherwise known as document review attorneys. Using analog i.e., paper or digital i.e., electronic techniques, we pour over and through documents looking for privileged information or confidential information ensuring … Continue reading There are three classes of lawyer: litigator, transactional, and legal risky data analyst.

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On the eve of Super Tuesday, Trump gets a major U.S. Supreme Court victory …

It is 10:09 pm EST and the USD/JPY is trading at 150.4809 and the AUD/USD is at 0.6502. Former U.S. president Donald J. Trump got a victory in the U.S. Supreme Court where the court held that the state of Colorado did not have the authority to remove a federal candidate from their primary election … Continue reading On the eve of Super Tuesday, Trump gets a major U.S. Supreme Court victory …