Alleged Fraudster Was on the Advisory Committee of the National Futures Association

The advisory body that advises the government on how to regulate commodities had as its advisory board a man whose attempted suicide yesterday led to a discovery. Missing is half the money invested by his clients: $200 million. His name is Russell R. Wasendorf, Sr.

This page will be pulled soon.

The original page was here. We will see how long it stays online.

http://www.nfa.futures.org/NFA-about-nfa/committees/advisory-committee.HTML

Here is how this organization describes itself.

National Futures Association (NFA) is the industrywide, self-regulatory organization for the U.S. futures industry. We strive every day to develop rules, programs and services that safeguard market integrity, protect investors and help our Members meet their regulatory responsibilities.

Managing risk by trading futures and options on futures contracts is a vital component of the global economy. Every business day tens of millions of futures contracts are traded on an increasingly broad spectrum of products, including agricultural commodities, oil, precious metals, equities, treasury bonds, financial indexes and foreign currencies.

Investor confidence is crucial to the success of the futures markets, and the best way to gain investor confidence is to ensure that the highest levels of integrity are demanded of all market participants and intermediaries.

http://www.nfa.futures.org/NFA-about-nfa/index.HTML

This phrase occurs to me: “Physician, heal thyself.”

Here is the promotional page of PFGBest, the firm that seems to have looted half of the funds of its clients. Notice the offer: Trade Risk-Free for 30 Days.

http://www.pfgbest.com/about/russsr.asp

The firm has not had time to replace this incriminating page. I have extracted it here: http://www.garynorth.com/public/9772.cfm

For details, click the link.

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