最新报道：According to Bijie.com, a New York man and his "Ponzi scheme" company have been ordered to pay over $228 million after a federal agency accused him of enticing millions of people to trade assets, including cryptocurrencies, and then diverting the funds to buy luxury cars. New York District Judge Valerie Caproni granted the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) motion for summary judgment on Tuesday. The CFTC had previously requested that the court allow the case to proceed based on existing statements without a trial. In 2022, the CFTC indicted Eddy Alexandre and his company, EminiFX, Inc., alleging that he raised $59 million from hundreds of people to trade forex and cryptocurrencies and misappropriated a significant amount of the funds. The CFTC also stated in its complaint that Alexandre and his company were never registered with the agency. "For the reasons set forth above, the CFTC's motion for summary judgment is granted," Judge Caproni stated on Tuesday. "Defendants Alexandre and EminiFX are jointly and severally liable to pay restitution in the aggregate amount of $228,576,962. Defendant Alexandre is liable to pay disgorgement of $15,049,500. Any restitution paid by Alexandre shall be offset against his disgorgement obligation." In his order, Caproni stated that thousands of investors committed at least $262 million to EminiFX and suffered losses totaling $49 million. The CFTC alleges that Alexandre misappropriated significant amounts of client funds. “For example, Alexandre used participant funds to make payments to BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Saks Fifth Avenue,” the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said in May 2022. “Payments were also used to cover flights, luxury hotels, clothing, and occupational and physical therapy expenses.” Alexandre also faced criminal charges, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to nine years in prison, according to prosecutors in the Southern District of New York.