I can't let this escape the public record. There is so much bullshit in here the CFTC should be embarrassed and ashamed of themselves.
Federal court orders Fred Jager, Harold E. Martin, Jr. and the
Hunter Wise Companies to Pay over $108 Million in Restitution and
Penalties
Court Calls Fraudulent Conduct “repeated, callous and blatant”
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(CFTC) today announced that on May 16, 2014, a federal court in Florida
entered an Order finding in the CFTC’s favor following a trial against
four
Hunter Wise related companies and their owners on charges
that they had fraudulently misrepresented the nature of precious metals
transactions that resulted in millions of dollars in customer losses.
Hunter Wise Commodities, LLC, Hunter Wise Services, LLC, Hunter Wise Credit, LLC, and
Hunter Wise Trading, LLC and the individuals running the companies,
Fred Jager and
Harold Edward Martin, Jr.,
have been ordered to pay, jointly and severally, $52.6 million in
restitution to the defrauded customers, and to pay a civil monetary
penalty, jointly and severally, of $55.4 million, the maximum provided
by law.
“This result makes clear that the CFTC will aggressively act to
protect customers from fraud. Customers are entitled to know the truth
of how their hard-earned money is being used. Here, customers thought
Defendants were purchasing precious metals on their behalf and they were
not,” said Gretchen L. Lowe, Acting Director of the CFTC’s Division of
Enforcement. “This is also another excellent example of how
the CFTC is
using its new enforcement authority under Dodd-Frank to go after
fraudsters.”
I have no further comment other than the CFTC is another rotating door in the political quagmire of criminal clowns and hooligans.