21 tracked private-fraud cases involving investment fraud.
A 72-year-old woman was convicted of theft, securities fraud, and misappropriation of funds after meeting a man on a dating website, moving into his home, and fraudulently obtaining $400,000 through encouraging investments and misappropriating funds for personal use including vehicle purchases and gambling.
The CFTC alleges that a commodity pool operator defrauded investors of over $14 million through fraud related to commodity and cryptocurrency investments.
The CFTC alleges that a North Carolina man and his company defrauded 60 investors of approximately $14 million through a commodity pool involving cryptocurrency and futures trading.
The CEO of Goliath Ventures pleaded guilty to operating a fraudulent investment scheme involving approximately $400 million in cryptocurrency, alleged to be structured as a Ponzi scheme.
The SEC alleges that NanoBit operated a fraudulent crypto trading platform and misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars from investors. The SEC secured a $5.4 million judgment against the entity.
Guo Wengui was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after conviction for a financial fraud scheme affecting over 1,000 victims worldwide. A federal judge ordered him to forfeit $889 million in restitution.
Guo Wengui was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after being convicted of operating a financial fraud scheme that allegedly cost over 1,000 people worldwide hundreds of millions of dollars. The court found he allegedly targeted individuals seeking to support democracy in China.
Guo Wengui was sentenced to 30 years in prison after conviction for a financial fraud scheme that allegedly cost over 1,000 victims hundreds of millions of dollars. The judge noted victim testimony describing lost life savings and severe emotional distress.
The SEC alleges that NanoBit, a cryptocurrency platform, deceived investors and embezzled funds. The case was resolved with a final judgment ordering over $5 million in fines.
David Gentile was convicted of a $1.6 billion fraud scheme and received clemency from President Trump.
Daniel Chartraw was convicted of operating a wide-ranging series of fraudulent schemes involving cryptocurrency companies, sham business ventures, and false investment guarantees that defrauded investors of nearly 1 million dollars across the country.
Brian Mitchell pleaded guilty to defrauding investors of 2.7 million dollars through a commodities trading scheme that falsely promised guaranteed returns. He operated under entities named Young Pros Investment Group and My Nest Egg and had previously been barred by the CFTC from trading and soliciting investments.
A suspended commodities trader pleaded guilty to a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme.
A Tennessee man is charged with operating an alleged crypto Ponzi scheme from 2020 to 2024 that defrauded investors of millions of dollars.
S. Kenneth Leech II, former Chief Investment Officer of Western Asset Management Company, pleaded guilty to obstructing justice by providing false and misleading testimony to the SEC in connection with an investigation into an alleged fraudulent scheme to favor certain clients at the expense of others.
The Department of Justice announced a compensation process for victims of an alleged pump-and-dump investment fraud scheme involving Chinese Liberal Education Holdings Ltd.
Two Ohio brothers, Zubair Al Zubair and Muzzammil Al Zubair, were sentenced for a $21 million fraud scheme that involved posing as Middle Eastern royalty and stealing money and property from private victims. The brothers also allegedly bribed a former East Cleveland mayoral aide, Michael Smedley, who was also sentenced.
The federal government sentenced a woman from Saipan to 71 months in prison for orchestrating a Bitcoin investment fraud targeting elderly victims.
A U.S. special forces soldier was charged with placing bets on Polymarket using non-public information about the possible removal of Nicolás Maduro, alleging insider trading of predictive market bets.
A U.S. soldier is alleged to have engaged in insider trading on the Polymarket prediction market platform related to a raid involving Maduro.
A U.S. Army soldier is charged with insider trading, wire fraud, and violating the Commodity Exchange Act for allegedly using classified intelligence to place bets on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, earning $410,000 on the Polymarket platform.