Legal Opinion
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Southern Trust Metals, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 22, 2018No. 16-16544PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILMAN, Circuit Judge:
This is a commodities-fraud case. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) began investigating Southern Trust Metals, Inc., Loreley Overseas Corporation, and Robert Esco-bio (collectively, the Defendants) in response to an investor’s complaint. That complaint also prompted the National Futures Association (NFA)—a private, self-regulatory organization for the futures industry—to open an investigation, which proceeded in tandem with the CFTC’s. The NFA’s investigation ended in a settlement. Afterwards,- the CFTC filed this lawsuit, alleging that the Defendants…
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