Tag: U.S. District Judge James I. Cohn
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INCREDIBLE: Florida — AGAIN: CFTC Charges Ft. Lauderdale Firm, Principals In Alleged Precious-Metals Scam; ‘Defendants Never Held Or Acquired Any Metals,’ Agency Says
On the same day the SEC announced charges against two residents of South Florida in an alleged $30 million Ponzi scheme, the CFTC went to federal court and accused two other residents of the region of conducting a precious-metals scheme. Charged by the CFTC were James A. Ward of Ft. Lauderdale, and Nathaniel R. Walker…