# FEDERAL COURT FREEZES ASSETS OF FLORIDA FOREIGN CURRENCY FIRM AND OTHERS IN U.S. GOVERNMENT LAWSUIT CHARGING A COMMODITY OPTIONS SCAM; CFTC Charges Mercury Partners, Inc.; Mercury Financial Partners, Inc.; Mercury Management, L.C.; Bruce N. Crown; Andrew Bartos; and Michael Morgan with Fraud and Misappropriation of Customer Funds

> CFTC release 5055-05 · 2005-03-15 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 5055-05
- **Release date:** 2005-03-15
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** FEDERAL COURT FREEZES ASSETS OF FLORIDA FOREIGN CURRENCY FIRM AND OTHERS IN U.S. GOVERNMENT LAWSUIT CHARGING A COMMODITY OPTIONS SCAM; CFTC Charges Mercury Partners, Inc.; Mercury Financial Partners, Inc.; Mercury Management, L.C.; Bruce N. Crown; Andrew Bartos; and Michael Morgan with Fraud and Misappropriation of Customer Funds
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5055-05

## 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 5055-05, "FEDERAL COURT FREEZES ASSETS OF FLORIDA FOREIGN CURRENCY FIRM AND OTHERS IN U.S. GOVERNMENT LAWSUIT CHARGING A COMMODITY OPTIONS SCAM; CFTC Charges Mercury Partners, Inc.; Mercury Financial Partners, Inc.; Mercury Management, L.C.; Bruce N. Crown; Andrew Bartos; and Michael Morgan with Fraud and Misappropriation of Customer Funds", 2005-03-15. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/5055-05.

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