CFTC v. Unregistered Florida Commodity Pool Operator and Its Chief Executive Officer (ponzi schemes, 2024)

Alleged — pending

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In September 2024 the CFTC sued Aureus Revenue Group LLC and its owner Emir Jesus Matos Camargo in the Middle District of Florida over an alleged futures fraud that solicited at least $1.5 million. In April 2026 a consent order resolved the claims against Matos, with $666,038.67 in restitution and an equal penalty; the action against Aureus remains pending.

The record

What was ordered

Civil penalty

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Disgorgement

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Prejudgment interest

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Total relief

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Alleged gain

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What is alleged to have happened

the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced this matter on September 12, 2024 as release 8964-24. The respondents named are Unregistered Florida Commodity Pool Operator and Its Chief Executive Officer (2 individuals, 0 entities). The action was brought in the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida.

This library tags the matter as ponzi schemes, based on the conduct the regulator describes. Each tag links to a page explaining how that technique works, what statute it engages, and what penalties comparable actions have attracted. The tagging is ours, not the regulator's: agencies charge statutory provisions, not technique names.

The claims remain allegations except where a court order, described below, has resolved them.

Partial outcome. The two named respondents are Aureus Revenue Group LLC and its owner and chief executive, Emir Jesus Matos Camargo. CFTC release 9212-26 (April 13, 2026) reports that the Middle District of Florida entered a consent order against Matos, ordering $666,038.67 in restitution and a $666,038.67 civil monetary penalty, each jointly and severally with any final judgment against Aureus, along with a permanent injunction and permanent trading and registration bans. The order finds that he made misrepresentations to pool participants, including a fictitious CFTC license with a forged signature, and took participant funds, and it treats him as a controlling person of Aureus, which the release describes as a defaulted defendant. The release says the claims against Matos are resolved but the action against Aureus remains pending, so we keep the record as filed and store no amounts in the structured fields. We found no judgment against Aureus on the CFTC pages we checked on 2026-10-04.

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Timeline

1. 2024-09-12 CFTC release published
2. 2026-04-13 CFTC announces consent order against Emir Jesus Matos Camargo; case against Aureus pending (release 9212-26)

Primary documents

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• CFTC release
• CFTC order or complaint
• CFTC release 9212-26 (Matos consent order)

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Record added September 10, 2026. If this matter has since resolved, been withdrawn or been dismissed, we want to know: submit a correction.