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A Commodity Pool is an investment structure or enterprise where funds from a number of participants are combined into a single entity for the purpose of trading futures contracts, options on contracts, retail... more +
A Commodity Pool is an investment structure or enterprise where funds from a number of participants are combined into a single entity for the purpose of trading futures contracts, options on contracts, retail off-exchange forex contracts or swaps, or to invest in another commodity pool.   less -
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CFTC charges Colorado man with fraud in digital asset-linked Ponzi scheme

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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged a man from Colorado with fraud and failing to register with it in respect of a scheme that involved Ponzi-type payments....more

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Seventh Circuit Remands to Correct a “Thoroughly Botched” Sentencing for a Fraudulent Commodity Pool Operator

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In a case illustrating the complexity of sentencing white collar crimes, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Court ordered the resentencing of a commodity pool operator where the district court made a “cascade of...more

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