William Hionas of Sunny Isles Beach Florida was charged by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for committing fraudulent off-exchange transactions in precious metals. Mr. Hionas was owner of companies Pan American Metals of Miami LLC and Pan American Metals of Miami Beach Inc. He solicited more than $4.7 million from customers in the U.S. and Canada. According to the release, Mr. Hionas’ companies claimed to sell and transfer ownership of precious metals to customers. Upon investigation, it was found that the Pan American Companies did not store precious metals on the behalf of costumers and, instead, Mr. Hionas used client funds for personal expenses. Mr. Hionas and his companies were ordered by the CFTC to pay restitution in the amount of $3.2 million and pay a civil monetary penalty of $1.5 million.
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The CFTC has filed many administrative proceedings actions against Sunny Isles Beach Florida -based Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs), Introducing Brokers (IBs), Commodity Pool Operators (CPOs), and Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) or filed Federal court actions against those industry members and others not registered with the agency for allegedly engaged in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) through alleged market manipulation schemes or fraudulent cash and/or leveraged coin and/or bullion transactions.
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