CFTC外汇欺诈案落槌：路易斯安那男子与名下两家公司被判赔921万美元
商品期货交易委员会（Commodity Futures Trading Commission，CFTC）10月21日宣布，美国路易斯安那东区联邦地区法院对 Michael B. DePetrillo 及其名下 Meteor LLC、NOLA FX Capital Management LLC 作出缺席判决，认定三被告参与零售外汇欺诈，判令支付 9,211,492 美元民事罚款。
法院认定，被告以交易零售外汇为名招揽参与者，挪用资金超过 300 万美元：他们谎称资金将用于外汇交易，就交易盈利作出重大虚假陈述与遗漏，并出具虚假账户对账单掩盖行为。法院还认定，被告把参与者资金用于向先前参与者付款（手法类似庞氏骗局）、支付 DePetrillo 的个人开支，以及转入 DePetrillo 的个人账户交易。
除罚款外，法院永久禁止三被告再违反《商品交易法》及 CFTC 相关规定，并施加永久交易与注册禁令。此次缺席判决了结了 CFTC 2024 年提起的诉讼。
在相关刑事案件中，DePetrillo 已于 2025 年 2 月 18 日就同一行为承认违反《商品交易法》，2025 年 7 月 23 日被判处 9 年监禁，并被责令支付 6,748,412 美元赔偿。CFTC 对路易斯安那东区联邦检察官办公室与联邦调查局新奥尔良分局的协助表示感谢。
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CFTC Wins $9.21 Million Judgment Against Louisiana Man and His Two Firms in Forex Fraud Case
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on October 21 that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana entered a default judgment against Michael B. DePetrillo, Meteor LLC and NOLA FX Capital Management LLC for their participation in a fraudulent retail forex scheme, ordering a $9,211,492 civil monetary penalty.
The court found the defendants fraudulently solicited and misappropriated more than $3 million from participants, falsely representing that participant funds would be used to trade retail forex, making material misrepresentations and omissions about the profitability of trading with them, and issuing false account statements to conceal their misconduct. The court further found the defendants paid existing participants in a manner akin to a Ponzi scheme, paid DePetrillo's personal expenses, and traded in his personal account.
The order also permanently enjoins the defendants from further violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations, and imposes permanent trading and registration bans. The judgment resolves the CFTC's 2024 complaint.
In a related criminal case, DePetrillo pleaded guilty on February 18, 2025 to violating the Commodity Exchange Act in connection with the same conduct, and on July 23, 2025 was sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to pay $6,748,412 in restitution. The CFTC thanked the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the FBI's New Orleans Division for their assistance.
Source: GSM · USA
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图片来源：美国商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）华盛顿总部入口。Dclemens1971摄，CC BY 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / Entrance to CFTC headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo by Dclemens1971, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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