CFTC Charges Monex With $290 Million Precious-Metals Fraud One of the largest precious-metals fraud

One of the largest physical dealers.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/cftc-c...n-precious-metals-fraud-1504716489?mod=e2twfr

 

http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr7609-17

 

I wonder what's happening with Shizuoka Bank, which became the largest shareholder in Monex a few years ago. Are their shares crashing?

 

Looks to be different companies - Monex Inc and Monex Deposit Company

 

What exactly is leveraged trading in gold? Gold futures? Gold commodity options?

 

it is the same scammers, just different names - they used a variety of names

 

this is a famous long running scamming company. Look at this example from 2010:
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/20/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20101121