Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Financial Tree

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING No. 2:20-cv-01184-TLN-AC

COMMISSION,

12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 F TI RN EA EN TC RI UA SL T T ; R FE INE A d Nba C F IAIN LA SN OC LI UA TL I ON GROUP dba FINANCIAL SOLUTION GROUP TRUST; NEW MONEY

ADVISORS, LLC; THE LAW FIRM OF

JOHN GLENN, P.C.; JOHN D. BLACK aka JOHN BARNES; CHRISTOPHER MANCUSO; JOSEPH TUFO; and JOHN

P. GLENN,

19 Defendants;

SUISSE GROUP (USA) LLC; JMC

INDUSTRIES LLC; LANDES CAPITAL

MANAGEMENT, LLC; KINGDOM

TRUST LLC; HERBERT CASWELL; ANNE MANCUSO; and TYLER MANCUSO,

Relief Defendants.

25 /// /// /// Presently before the Court are Plaintiff Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“CFTC”) multiple contempt motions filed against Defendants and Relief Defendants John D. Black (“Black”) and the three entities under his control (Financial Tree, Financial Solution Group (“Financial Solution”), and New Money Advisors, LLC (“New Money”) (collectively, the “Black Entities”)), Christopher…