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U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRAD. v. SOUTHERN TRUST

No. 16-16544.

880 F.3d 1252 (2018)

U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHERN TRUST METALS, INC., Loreley Overseas Corporation, Robert Escobio, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 22, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Stukes , U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, Ashley John Burden , Rosemary Hollinger , Joseph A. Konizeski , Carlin Ray Metzger , U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Peter Winslow Homer , Christopher John King , Homer Bonner Jacobs , Miami, FL, Jose Antonio Ortiz , Herron Ortiz, Coral Gables, FL, Gary M. Sinclair , Attorney at Law, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before JORDAN, HULL, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

This is a commodities-fraud case. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) began investigating Southern Trust Metals, Inc., Loreley Overseas Corporation, and Robert Escobio (collectively, the Defendants) in response to an investor's complaint. That complaint also prompted...

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