The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Milton I. Shadur of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered an Order of Default Final Judgment (Order) against John D. Briner, a disbarred Canadian attorney who resides in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, and his former law firm, MetroWest Law Corporation (MetroWest), located in Vancouver, Canada, that now is under the custodianship of the Law Society of British Columbia. The Order imposes a civil monetary penalty of $280,000 and permanent registration, trading and solicitation bans on the Defendants as sanctions for their role in a money pass scheme.
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