# Federal Court Orders Former Church Pastor Wesley Allen Brown, Maverick International, Inc., and Edward Rubin to Pay More than $8.6 Million for Commodity Fraud Scheme that Preyed on Church Congregation

> CFTC release 7707-18 · 2018-03-20 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7707-18
- **Release date:** 2018-03-20
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** Federal Court Orders Former Church Pastor Wesley Allen Brown, Maverick International, Inc., and Edward Rubin to Pay More than $8.6 Million for Commodity Fraud Scheme that Preyed on Church Congregation
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7707-18

## 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 7707-18, "Federal Court Orders Former Church Pastor Wesley Allen Brown, Maverick International, Inc., and Edward Rubin to Pay More than $8.6 Million for Commodity Fraud Scheme that Preyed on Church Congregation", 2018-03-20. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7707-18.

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