The associated person of an introducing broker agreed to settle
CFTC and CME charges (see here and here, respectively) for fraudulent
solicitation, unauthorized trading, and violating financial market
position limits in live cattle futures contracts.
According to the CFTC, Nathan Harris, an associated person of
Kooima & Kaemingk Commodities, Inc.:
- misrepresented futures trading and
made material omissions to clients in order to open a significant
number of investment accounts on their behalf;
- engaged in speculative trading on
behalf of clients without first obtaining authorization from
customers or powers of attorneys; and
- exceeded the CME Group position
limits for the August 2014 live cattle futures contract that were
placed in a customer's account that Harris controlled.