美国商品期货交易委员会 (CFTC) 指控北卡罗来纳州商品池运营商及其公司欺诈

美国商品期货交易委员会 (CFTC) 指控北卡罗来纳州商品池运营商及其公司欺诈美国商品期货交易委员会
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美国商品期货交易委员会 (CFTC) 指控北卡罗来纳州商品池运营商及其公司欺诈
2026 年 7 月 7 日
华盛顿——商品期货交易委员会今天宣布，它向美国北卡罗来纳州西区地方法院对 Trevor L. Vernon 及其公司 Argent Capital Management LLC 提起诉讼，Argent Capital Management LLC 是一家位于北卡罗来纳州富兰克林的特拉华州公司。
根据起诉书，被告经营一个欺诈性商品池，交易股指期货合约、股指期货期权和加密资产以及其他所谓的投资。
诉状称，至少从 2022 年 3 月到 2026 年 2 月，被告以欺诈手段向至少 60 名参与者募集了超过 1,400 万美元资金，用于投资 ACM 运营的商品池。
起诉书进一步指控被告错误地声称弗农是一位成功的交易员，并且他的商品池利润非常丰厚。事实上，他对参与者资金的交易导致了持续的灾难性损失。诉状还指控被告在每月电子邮件和季度更新中向参与者发送虚假绩效结果，显示账户余额因所谓的不存在收益而不断增加。
被告还涉嫌挪用资金池资金，部分方式是利用新参与者的资金向庞氏骗局中的现有参与者付款，以掩盖资金池的损失和欺诈行为。
此外，起诉书还称，弗农在委员会调查期间的宣誓证词中故意做出虚假陈述，被告违反了《商品交易法》和美国商品期货交易委员会法规下的多项注册规定。
根据指控，CFTC 寻求赔偿、没收非法所得、民事罚款、交易和注册禁令，以及针对进一步违反 CEA 和 CFTC 规定的行为发出永久禁令。
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CFTC Charges North Carolina Commodity Pool Operator and His Company with Fraud | CFTC
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CFTC Charges North Carolina Commodity Pool Operator and His Company with Fraud
July 07, 2026
WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina against Trevor L. Vernon and his company Argent Capital Management LLC , a Delaware company based in Franklin, North Carolina.
According to the complaint, the defendants operated a fraudulent commodity pool that traded equity index futures contracts, options on equity index futures, and crypto assets, among other purported investments.
The complaint alleges, from at least March 2022 through February 2026, the defendants fraudulently solicited over $14 million from at least 60 participants to invest in a commodity pool operated by ACM.
The complaint further alleges the defendants falsely claimed Vernon was a successful trader and his commodity pool was extraordinarily profitable. In reality, his trading of participants’ funds resulted in consistent and catastrophic losses. The complaint also alleges the defendants sent participants false performance results in monthly emails and quarterly updates showing ever-increasing account balances from purported gains that did not exist.
The defendants also allegedly misappropriated pool funds, in part by using money from new participants to make payments to existing participants in a Ponzi-like scheme to hide the pool’s losses and conceal the fraud.
In addition, the complaint alleges Vernon knowingly made false statements during sworn testimony taken as part of the Commission’s investigation, and the defendants violated multiple registration provisions under the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations.
The CFTC seeks restitution, disgorgement, civil monetary penalties, trading and registration bans, and a permanent injunction against further violations of the CEA and CFTC regulations, as charged.
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