{"id":6596,"date":"2018-10-01T20:04:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T20:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/?p=6596"},"modified":"2018-10-01T20:04:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T20:04:15","slug":"sec-and-cftc-file-multiple-binary-options-fraud-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/sec-and-cftc-file-multiple-binary-options-fraud-complaints\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC and CFTC File Multiple Binary Options Fraud Complaints Accusing Marketers of Defrauding Investors of Millions of Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tIn multiple federal civil complaints alleging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\">binary options fraud<\/a>, the US Securities and Exchange Commission is accusing a number of marketers of defrauding at least 75,000 investors\u2014including retired investors and other retail investors, through the use videos that made false promises that they could make money fast. Investors were allegedly bilked of tens of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<h4>The regulator is charging All In Publishing, LLC, Berry Media Works, LLC, and 10 individuals. The regulator SEC that the marketers sought to \u201ctrick\u201d their targets into setting up brokerage accounts and trading in binary options, which are high risk securities.<\/h4>\n<p>The marketing campaigns promised investors they would make a lot of money if they set up the binary options account via \u201cfree or secret software systems\u201d and then traded in these securities. Meantime, every time an investor set up and put money in a brokerage account, the marketers made money.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/sec-and-cftc-file-multiple-binary-options-fraud-complaints\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading SEC and CFTC File Multiple Binary Options Fraud Complaints Accusing Marketers of Defrauding Investors of Millions of Dollars\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In multiple federal civil complaints alleging binary options fraud, the US Securities and Exchange Commission is accusing a number of marketers of defrauding at least 75,000 investors\u2014including retired investors and other retail investors, through the use videos that made false promises that they could make money fast. 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