CFTC files charges over fraudulent binary options trading scheme
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-08-13T15:50:00
The CFTC is pursuing enforcement against five entities and four individuals for engaging in a fraudulent scheme to solicit global customers for the purported purpose of trading illegal, off-exchange binary options.
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