Legal Opinion
Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the State of Florida v. Wellington Precious Metals, Inc., Daniel Weiss
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 14, 1992No. 90-5726PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant, Daniel Weiss, was found guilty, in a civil proceeding, of fraudulent sales of securities through a rather large “boiler room” operation. As a result of that trial, he was ordered to disgorge $2.8 million. Upon failure to make any payments whatsoever, Weiss was found in contempt and ordered to pay five percent of the sum or face incarceration. Again Weiss paid nothing and was confined. Several months later, Weiss filed a motion with the district court to terminate the contempt order and release him from prison. The district court denied this motion and Weiss remains incarcerated.…
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