Tag: Arizona
Sadai Lopez, Fentanyl Trafficking, Arizona 2023
⏱ 2 min read Sadai Lopez, a 38-year-old man from Goodyear, Arizona, has been caught in a web of deceit for trafficking fentanyl pills from Arizona to North Carolina. Between August 2023 and November 2024, Lopez used the US Postal Service to mail parcels containing the deadly pills to an accomplice in Newton Falls, Ohio,…
Ronald Steven Holt, Solicitation Fraud, Arizona 2006
Ronald Steven Holt of Mesa, Arizona, has been permanently enjoined from engaging in commodity trading after being found liable for a multi-million dollar fraud scheme, according to a consent order entered by Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on April 11, 2006. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading…
Helmut Weber, Forex Fraud, Arizona 2010
PHOENIX, AZ – Helmut H. Weber, of Scottsdale, Arizona, is facing charges of operating a fraudulent foreign currency (forex) scheme, according to a complaint filed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on March 9, 2010, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, Phoenix Division. The CFTC alleges that Weber, doing…
Anthony Linton, Fraud, Arizona 2011
Tucson, AZ – Anthony Eugene Linton, 41, is facing federal charges of fraud and misappropriation of customer funds following a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) enforcement action filed January 11, 2011, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The CFTC obtained an emergency court order on January 24, 2011, freezing Linton’s assets…
Helmut H. Weber, Forex Fraud, Arizona 2011
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Helmut H. Weber, 51, was ordered to pay over $1.1 million in restitution and penalties for operating a fraudulent foreign currency (forex) scheme, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on March 4, 2011. The judgment was entered by Judge David G. Campbell of the U.S. District Court for the District…
Anthony Eugene Linton, Fraud, Arizona 2012
TUCSON, AZ – Anthony Eugene Linton, 52, was ordered to pay $1,776,610 in penalties and restitution for operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors through off-exchange foreign currency trading, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced February 2, 2012. The order, issued by U.S. District Court Judge Frank R. Zapata of the U.S. District Court…
Ray Thomas Brown, Fraud, Arizona 2012
PHOENIX, AZ – Ray Thomas Brown, 41, of Phoenix, Arizona, has been charged with fraud by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the agency announced December 6, 2012. The complaint, filed under seal November 26, 2012, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, alleges Brown operated two separate commodity scams since…
Thomas L. Hampton, Fraud, Arizona 2013
PHOENIX, AZ – June 12, 2013 – Thomas L. Hampton, a resident of Arizona, has been charged with fraud by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), according to a complaint filed on June 11, 2013, in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Phoenix Division. Hampton is accused of operating as…
Thomas L. Hampton, Commodities Fraud, Arizona 2014
Scottsdale, Arizona resident Thomas L. Hampton was hit with a hefty penalty and lifetime trading ban after a default judgment was entered against him by the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on January 23, 2014. Judge H. Russel Holland ordered Hampton to pay a $1.5 million civil monetary penalty for operating a…
Ray Thomas Brown, Fraud, Arizona 2014
PHOENIX, AZ – Ray Thomas Brown, of Phoenix, Arizona, has been permanently banned from trading and registration in commodity markets following a judgment issued by Judge Frederick J. Martone of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on February 28, 2014. The ruling stems from a complaint filed by the U.S. Commodity Futures…
