DOJ charges exec over ‘cherry picking’ scheme involving crypto futures By Cointelegraph

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The former CEO of a Miami-based investment firm has pled guilty to a conspiracy to commit commodities fraud involving crypto futures contracts and now faces up to five years in prison.

In an Oct. 12 statement, the United States Department of Justice said that Peter Kambolin, the former CEO of Systematic Alpha Management (SAM) LLC, operated a “cherry picking” scheme where he marketed his firm as offering algorithmic trading strategies involving futures contracts, including both cryptocurrencies and commodities.