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在另一项行动中，安大略省证券委员会于 8 月 29 日发布了临时停止交易令，

其中包括禁止所有与 Traders Global Group Inc.和 Murtuza Kazmi 开展的证券交

易。

CFTC Charges “My Forex Funds” with Fraudulently Taking Over $300 Million

From Customers Hoping to Become Professional Traders (2023/9/1)

Court Issues Restraining Order Instituting Asset Freeze

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it filed a

complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Murtuza

Kazmi, formerly of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, and his companies, Traders Global Group

Inc., a New Jersey corporation and Traders Global Group Inc., a Canadian business

organization, all doing business as “My Forex Funds.” The complaint charges them

with fraudulently soliciting customers to trade leveraged, margined, or financed retail

foreign exchange (retail forex), and leveraged retail commodity transactions.

On August 29, U.S. District Court Judge Robert B. Kugler signed a statutory

restraining order freezing the defendants’ assets; requiring the defendants to submit

their books and records to examination by the CFTC; and appointing a temporary

receiver. A hearing on the CFTC’s motion for preliminary injunction is scheduled for

September 11 before Judge Zahid N. Quraishi in Trenton, N.J.

In its continuing litigation, the CFTC seeks restitution to defrauded investors,

disgorgement of ill-gotten gains, civil monetary penalties, permanent trading and

registration bans, and a permanent injunction against further violations of the

Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).

“The CFTC’s case against the ‘My Forex Funds’ defendants is emblematic of our

commitment to stamping out retail fraud in our markets,” said Director of Enforcement

Ian McGinley. “Anyone offering or entering into leveraged retail forex contracts

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