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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONLitigation Release No. 20925 / March 5, 2009Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ray M. White and CRW Management, L.P., Civil Action No. 3-09CV0407-K (U.S.D.C./N.D. Texas, Dallas Division)Receiver Appointed and Assets Frozen In "Forex" Ponzi SchemeOn March 4, 2009, U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade, for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, appointed a receiver and froze the assets of a Mansfield, Texas resident who is alleged to have raised at least $10.9 million from over 250 investors in a purportedly lucrative foreign currency trading program. Defendant Ray M. White, on behalf of his company, defendant CRW Management, L.P., claimed to have achieved returns as high as 8.1% per week for investors. In truth, the Commission's complaint alleges that White and CRW have been operating a fraudulent scheme since at least April 2007, during which White has misappropriated several million dollars of investor funds to, among other things, finance his son's car-racing career, purchase real estate, and to make Ponzi payments to earlier investors with new investor funds.The complaint further alleges that the defendants used only $93,900 of the investors' funds to trade in the foreign-currency market, loosing the vast majority of these funds in unsuccessful trades. According to the complaint, White perpetuated his scheme by sending investors fictitious account statements reflecting, in some instances, monthly returns of over 30%. White allegedly supported these bogus returns by making approximately $4.5 in Ponzi payments to investors. White used the remaining amount of investor funds to, among other things, purchase homes and cars, and finance car-racing activities. Approximately $3.5 million was paid to third parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes. The complaint alleges that White and CRW violated the anti-fraud provisions of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. The complaint also alleges that the defendants violated the securities registration provisions of Sections 5(a) and 5(c) of the Securities Act. The complaint seeks permanent injunctions, disgorgement together with prejudgment interest, and civil penalties. The complaint also named as relief defendants, Ray White's son, Christopher R. White, and Hurricane Motor Sports, L.L.C., a purported sports car business that was funded with investor funds. The Court has frozen the defendants' and relief defendants' assets and appointed a receiver to recover and conserve assets for the benefit of defrauded investors. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed related charges against the defendants and relief defendants. The SEC acknowledges the assistance and cooperation of the CFTC in this matter. http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2009/lr20925.htm
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