CFTC Wins Jury Verdict In Commodity Pool Fraud Case - Defendant Grace Elizabeth Reisinger Is Found Responsible For Futures Fraud, Options Fraud And CPO Fraud, As Well As Registration Violations

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois foundGrace Elizabeth Reisinger of Grand Island, Nebraska, liable for operating a fraudulent commodity pool scheme between 2005 and 2008. The CFTC charged that Reisinger and her company, ROF Consulting, LLC(ROF), fraudulently solicited and accepted at least $2.75 million from participants in the NCCN commodity pool, operated by Reisinger.  The jury deliberated for less than 90 minutes before returning a liability verdict on all charges.  The trial capped off years of contentious litigation, beginning with the filing of a Complaint on June 29, 2011.  (See CFTC Complaint and Press Release 6065-11, June 30, 2011.)