CFTC Fines STA Opus Fraudsters $4.5 Million for Operating Investment Scam
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:44 pm
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today received a California federal judge’s blessing to fine bankrupt firm STA Opus and its founder more than US $4.5 million for the firm’s nearly 3-year fraud scheme.
Gerard Suite, the sole owner and operator of the unregulated investment pool, was ordered to pay $1,127,855 in restitution for defrauded participants and $3,383,565 in civil penalties. Today’s fines and penalties come on top of the $2.5 million that Gerard was ordered to pay last year, when he pled guilty to conducting business as an unregistered investment advisor in California.
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