# FLORIDA FEDERAL COURT ORDER ENJOINS TWO FLORIDA BUSINESSES AND FOUR EMPLOYEES FROM VIOLATING FEDERAL COMMODITIES LAW; CFTC Charged Defendants Liberty Financial Trading Corp.; Liberty Real Assets Investment Corp.; Ted Romeo; Leslie Weiner; Nader Yazdani; and Randy Bursteinwith with Fraudulently Soliciting Customers to Trade Options on Futures Contracts

> CFTC release 5032-04 · 2004-12-27 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 5032-04
- **Release date:** 2004-12-27
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** FLORIDA FEDERAL COURT ORDER ENJOINS TWO FLORIDA BUSINESSES AND FOUR EMPLOYEES FROM VIOLATING FEDERAL COMMODITIES LAW; CFTC Charged Defendants Liberty Financial Trading Corp.; Liberty Real Assets Investment Corp.; Ted Romeo; Leslie Weiner; Nader Yazdani; and Randy Bursteinwith with Fraudulently Soliciting Customers to Trade Options on Futures Contracts
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5032-04

## What this is

CFTC enforcement actions cover derivatives + commodities + crypto fraud cases. The Commission charges market participants under the Commodity Exchange Act for spoofing, manipulation, fraud, wash trades, registration violations, and pool-operator misconduct. Most actions settle with restitution + civil money penalty + a bar/suspension.


## Citation

> US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, press release 5032-04, "FLORIDA FEDERAL COURT ORDER ENJOINS TWO FLORIDA BUSINESSES AND FOUR EMPLOYEES FROM VIOLATING FEDERAL COMMODITIES LAW; CFTC Charged Defendants Liberty Financial Trading Corp.; Liberty Real Assets Investment Corp.; Ted Romeo; Leslie Weiner; Nader Yazdani; and Randy Bursteinwith with Fraudulently Soliciting Customers to Trade Options on Futures Contracts", 2004-12-27. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-18 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/5032-04.

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