Francesc Riverola,CFTC Charges Florida Resident and His Panamanian Corporation with Fraud and Misappropriation
At least $16.4 million in customer funds solicited by making false statements, with more than $2 million misappropriated for personal use.
Washington, DC - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of an enforcement action against Trader’s International Return Network (TIRN), a Panamanian corporation, and its president David Merrick of Apopka, Fla., charging them with solicitation fraud and misappropriation of customer funds involving at least $16.4 million.
According to the CFTC complaint, filed on October 14, 2009, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, TIRN represented itself as a “private investment club” that provided various investment services, including foreign currency (forex) investing, through its purported Real Century forex trading program. As alleged, the defendants accepted at least $16.4 million from customers to participate in TIRN’s investment program; however, no customer funds were invested as described on the TIRN website and in TIRN’s written materials.
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