Richard Morello, Junior Alexis, and Florida Company Vertical Integration Group Charged With Illegal Precious Metals Transactions
Lake Worth, Florida-based company Vertical Integration Group, LLC, along with its Managing Members Richard V. Morello, also of Lake Worth, and Boynton Beach, Florida-based Junior Alexis have been ordered by a Federal Court to pay monetary sanctions for their part in illegal, off-exchange precious metals transactions. According to the Order of Default Judgment by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Vertical Integration Group, by and through Richard Morello and Junior Alexis, solicited investors to engage in off-exchange leveraged, margined, or financed precious metals transactions, executed through Hunter Wise Commodities LLC. The precious metals included gold, silver, platinum and palladium. The Order states that approximately 39 customers of Vertical Integration Group invested over $1 million and ended up losing $893,859 of their monies to trading losses, commissions, fees and other charges. The Order further states that Vertical Integration Group received commissions and fees totaling $554,566 for these precious metals transactions.
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