The CFTC has charged multiple individuals and companies with fraud connected to the operation of “ATM Coin,” a virtual currency scheme involving allegedly illegal binary options, according to a civil complaint released April 18.
The man accused of directing the alleged scheme is an ex-broker named Blake Kantor, alias Bill Gordon, who lost his license related to federal drug charges in 2003.
Kantor was arrested on April 16 by the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations division. Kantor potentially faces up to 20 years in jail for alleged wire fraud related to charges of defrauding more than 713 ...
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