Legal Opinion
United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Kratville
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 3, 2015No. 14-2181PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) brought suit against Jonathan Arrington, Michael B. Kratville, Michael J. Welke, Elite Management Holdings Corp. (EMHC), and MJM Enterprises LLC (MJM) (collectively, “defendants”). The CFTC alleged that the defendants fraudulently induced more than 130 individuals to invest $4.7 million in commodity pools operated by the defendants, in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), 7 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., and its implementing regulations, 17 C.F.R. §§ 1.1 et seq. The district court 1 granted summary judgment in…
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