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法院的缺席判决和永久禁令禁止被告从事违反《美国商品交易法》（CEA）

的行为，连带返还 51,155,645 美元的违法所得，并处 153,466,935 美元的民事罚

款，此外，还永久禁止被告在 CFTC 注册以及在任何 CFTC 注册实体上进行交易。

案件背景

判决认定，被告大约从 2015 年 9 月 26 日开始通过其经营和维护的互联网平

台提供非法场外二元期权。判决进一步认定，被告不仅向客户和潜在客户就二元

期权的风险水平进行了重大虚假陈述，还操纵了一些交易的结果，以造成客户亏

损并使自己获利。判决认定，通过这种欺诈计划，被告从美国客户那里非法获利

了超过 51,155,645 美元。

Federal Court Orders Binary Options Firm and Owners to Pay Over $204

Million in Monetary Sanctions for Fraudulent Binary Options Scheme

(2024/3/14)

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the U.S. District

Court for the Western District of Texas entered an order of final judgment against

Jonathan Cartu, Leeav Peretz, Nati Peretz, all believed to be residents of Israel, and

Blue Moon Investments Inc., a Seychelles corporation. The order finds them liable for

offering illegal, off-exchange binary options and committing fraud in connection with

the illegal offering. This resolves the CFTC’s September 2, 2020 case against the

defendants.

The court’s order of default judgment and permanent injunction prohibits the

defendants from engaging in conduct that violates the Commodity Exchange Act

(CEA); orders them to pay $51,155,645 in disgorgement, jointly and severally; and a

civil monetary penalty of $153,466,935. The order also permanently bans the

defendants from registering with the CFTC and from trading on any registered entity.

Case Background

The order finds that beginning approximately September 26, 2015, the

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