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   {"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"8e7fa46e-809d-4be3-95e7-4a17e547a474","kind":"publish","page_slug":"eminifx-eddy-alexandre","published_at":"2026-10-13T20:27:42.650Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"EminiFX / Eddy Alexandre","sections":[{"content":"Eddy Alexandre, CEO of EminiFX, was arrested in May 2022 and charged with commodities fraud and wire fraud in connection with the operation of EminiFX, which the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) described as a purported crypto and forex trading platform that took in more than $248 million from more than 25,000 investors. Alexandre pleaded guilty in February 2023 to one count of commodities fraud; the wire fraud count was dropped as part of the plea agreement. As part of the plea, he consented to a money judgment/forfeiture of $248,829,276.73. On July 18, 2023, U.S. District Judge John P. Cronan sentenced Alexandre to nine years in prison and ordered him to pay approximately $213-214 million in restitution, with three years of supervised release to follow. Cronan described the scheme as a \"massive Ponzi scheme\" and a calculated, planned, and ongoing fraud. Alexandre was ordered to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on August 18, 2023.","heading":"Criminal fraud conviction and sentencing","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Crypto Fund Fraudster Gets Nine Years in $249 Million Scheme (Bloomberg Law)","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bloomberglaw.com/crypto/crypto-fund-fraudster-gets-nine-years-for-249-million-scheme"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Haitian Times: EminiFX's Eddy Alexandre sentenced to prison","type":"news_article","url":"https://haitiantimes.com/2023/07/18/eminifx-alexandre-prison/"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Eddy Alexandre pleads guilty to EminiFX criminal fraud charge (BehindMLM)","type":"news_article","url":"https://behindmlm.com/?p=84340"}]},{"content":"On May 13, 2022, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a civil enforcement action against Eddy Alexandre of Valley Stream, New York, and his firm EminiFX, Inc., alleging fraudulent solicitation and misappropriation in connection with soliciting clients to trade forex, commodity futures, and cryptocurrencies through what was described as an \"investment club.\" The CFTC alleged that, since at least September 2021, the defendants solicited and accepted at least $59 million from hundreds of people while guaranteeing returns of \"5% per week.\" According to the complaint, only about $9 million of investor funds was actually used to trade forex and cryptocurrency, in an account held in Alexandre's name, and roughly 70% of that amount (about $6.2 million) was lost through unprofitable trading and fees. The CFTC alleged the remainder was misappropriated: funds were allegedly sent to accounts in Alexandre's name, used to pay earlier investors with new investor money in a Ponzi-like structure, and spent on personal expenses including luxury car dealerships (BMW, Mercedes-Benz), Saks Fifth Avenue, flights, hotels, clothing, and therapy, as well as EminiFX office space and promotional \"galas.\" Neither Alexandre nor EminiFX was registered with the CFTC as required for the activity alleged. On May 11, 2022, Judge Valerie E. Caproni of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York signed an ex parte statutory restraining order freezing assets and appointing a temporary receiver.","heading":"CFTC civil enforcement action and original allegations","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"CFTC Charges Long Island Resident and His Firm in Ongoing $59 Million Fraud Scheme (Press Release 8527-22)","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8527-22"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CFTC Charges American Resident in $59 Million Illegal FX Scheme (Finance Magnates)","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.financemagnates.com/forex/cftc-charges-american-resident-in-59-million-illegal-fx-scheme/"}]},{"content":"On a Tuesday reported as August 19-20, 2025, Judge Caproni granted the CFTC's motion for summary judgment in its civil case against Alexandre and EminiFX, ruling that \"Defendants Alexandre and EminiFX are jointly and severally liable to pay restitution in the total amount of $228,576,962,\" and that Alexandre individually was liable for disgorgement of $15,049,500, with restitution payments offsetting the disgorgement obligation. Following further proceedings on the civil penalty amount, Judge Caproni entered a final judgment reported on October 9, 2026, ordering Alexandre and EminiFX, jointly and severally, to pay a civil penalty of more than $45.1 million to the CFTC, in addition to the approximately $229 million in restitution. The final judgment also permanently bars Alexandre and EminiFX from entering into any transactions involving commodity interests and imposes other injunctive relief. Bloomberg Law reported that the court characterized the underlying scheme as a Ponzi scheme that \"mostly target[ed]\" Haitian-American investors in New York.","heading":"Civil restitution judgment and October 2026 final judgment","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Crypto Fraudster, Fund Owe CFTC Penalty Over $249 Million Scheme (Bloomberg Tax/Law)","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bloombergtax.com/securities-law/crypto-fraudster-fund-owe-cftc-penalty-over-249-million-scheme"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Court Orders EminiFX Founder to Repay $228M (Cointelegraph)","type":"news_article","url":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/court-orders-eminifx-founder-repay-228m-ponzi-scheme"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Judge orders $228 million penalty for NY man who used investor funds for luxury cars in crypto trading fraud (The Block)","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/367646/judge-orders-228-million-penalty-for-ny-man-who-used-investor-funds-for-luxury-cars-in-crypto-trading-fraud"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CFTC pushes for $45M penalty against EminiFX and Eddy Alexandre (FXNewsGroup)","type":"news_article","url":"https://fxnewsgroup.com/tag/eminifx/"}]},{"content":"Prosecutors and courts described EminiFX's investor base as drawn heavily from the Haitian-American community, including members of Alexandre's own church. Coverage of the July 2023 sentencing reported that most victims were Haitian-American and church members who were drawn in because of Alexandre's standing as a respected figure in that community, with some church members themselves recruiting other investors. The sentencing judge reportedly noted that many of roughly 500 letters of support submitted on Alexandre's behalf described him as a trustworthy figure, and questioned whether some letter-writers recognized themselves as victims. The October 2026 federal final judgment in the CFTC's civil case was likewise described by Bloomberg Law as concerning a scheme that \"mostly target[ed] Haitian-American investors in New York.\" These characterizations come from court statements as reported by Tier 1-2 news outlets; AVOID.NET treats the underlying community-targeting narrative as established by court record rather than an unverified allegation, given its consistent appearance in sentencing and judgment coverage.","heading":"Alleged targeting of the Haitian-American community","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Haitian Times: EminiFX's Eddy Alexandre sentenced to prison","type":"news_article","url":"https://haitiantimes.com/2023/07/18/eminifx-alexandre-prison/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Crypto Fraudster, Fund Owe CFTC Penalty Over $249 Million Scheme (Bloomberg Tax/Law)","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bloombergtax.com/securities-law/crypto-fraudster-fund-owe-cftc-penalty-over-249-million-scheme"}]},{"content":"A court-appointed receiver has overseen EminiFX's remaining assets since the 2022 restraining order, and reporting indicates the receiver identified over $100 million in cash, securities, and other assets for potential distribution to victims. A distribution plan was reportedly approved around January 2025, with the receiver beginning to return recovered funds to defrauded investors, reported by some outlets as covering roughly 31,000 EminiFX users. The scale of recovery relative to the roughly $229 million restitution judgment and $248 million forfeiture order has not been independently confirmed by AVOID.NET beyond secondary reporting; readers seeking current distribution status should consult the receiver's filings in CFTC v. Alexandre, No. 22-cv-3822 (S.D.N.Y.).","heading":"Receivership and victim restitution efforts","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Court Orders EminiFX Founder to Repay $228M (Cointelegraph)","type":"news_article","url":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/court-orders-eminifx-founder-repay-228m-ponzi-scheme"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CFTC Wins Summary Judgment in $228M Crypto Ponzi Case (Decrypt)","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/335968/cftc-wins-summary-judgment-228m-crypto-ponzi-case"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":1,"name":"CFTC Charges Long Island Resident and His Firm in Ongoing $59 Million Fraud Scheme (Press Release 8527-22)","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8527-22"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CFTC Charges American Resident in $59 Million Illegal FX Scheme (Finance Magnates)","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.financemagnates.com/forex/cftc-charges-american-resident-in-59-million-illegal-fx-scheme/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Crypto Fund Fraudster Gets Nine Years in $249 Million Scheme (Bloomberg Law)","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bloomberglaw.com/crypto/crypto-fund-fraudster-gets-nine-years-for-249-million-scheme"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Crypto Fund Fraudster Gets Nine Years in $249 Million Scheme (Bloomberg)","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-18/crypto-fund-fraudster-gets-nine-years-for-249-million-scheme"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Haitian Times: EminiFX's Eddy Alexandre sentenced to prison","type":"news_article","url":"https://haitiantimes.com/2023/07/18/eminifx-alexandre-prison/"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Eddy Alexandre pleads guilty to EminiFX criminal fraud charge (BehindMLM)","type":"news_article","url":"https://behindmlm.com/?p=84340"},{"credibility":3,"name":"EminiFX's Eddy Alexandre sentenced to 9 years in prison (BehindMLM)","type":"news_article","url":"https://behindmlm.com/mlm/regulation/eminifxs-eddy-alexandre-sentenced-to-9-years-in-prison"},{"credibility":2,"name":"FBI Arrests EminiFX Operator for Alleged Crypto, Forex Scams (CrowdFund Insider)","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2022/05/191092-fbi-arrests-eminifx-operator-for-alleged-crypto-forex-scams/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Crypto Fraudster, Fund Owe CFTC Penalty Over $249 Million Scheme (Bloomberg Tax/Law)","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bloombergtax.com/securities-law/crypto-fraudster-fund-owe-cftc-penalty-over-249-million-scheme"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Court Orders EminiFX Founder to Repay $228M (Cointelegraph)","type":"news_article","url":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/court-orders-eminifx-founder-repay-228m-ponzi-scheme"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Judge orders $228 million penalty for NY man who used investor funds for luxury cars in crypto trading fraud (The Block)","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/367646/judge-orders-228-million-penalty-for-ny-man-who-used-investor-funds-for-luxury-cars-in-crypto-trading-fraud"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CFTC pushes for $45M penalty against EminiFX and Eddy Alexandre (FXNewsGroup)","type":"news_article","url":"https://fxnewsgroup.com/tag/eminifx/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CFTC Wins Summary Judgment in $228M Crypto Ponzi Case (Decrypt)","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/335968/cftc-wins-summary-judgment-228m-crypto-ponzi-case"}],"summary":"EminiFX Inc. was a New York-based cryptocurrency and foreign-exchange \"investment club\" run by Eddy Alexandre that regulators and prosecutors say was a Ponzi scheme which raised more than $248 million from tens of thousands of investors between September 2021 and May 2022 on a promise of 5% weekly returns. Alexandre pleaded guilty to commodities fraud and was sentenced to nine years in federal prison in July 2023, and in a parallel civil case the CFTC obtained a judgment against Alexandre and EminiFX for roughly $229 million in restitution plus, per a final judgment reported in October 2026, a civil penalty of more than $45.1 million and a permanent bar from commodity-interest transactions. Courts and prosecutors described the scheme as having primarily targeted Haitian-American investors, including members of Alexandre's own church.","timeline":[{"date":"2021-09","event":"EminiFX allegedly begins soliciting investor funds for its purported forex, commodity futures, and cryptocurrency trading \"investment club,\" promising 5% weekly returns.","source":"CFTC Press Release 8527-22","source_url":"https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8527-22"},{"date":"2022-05-11","date_evidence":"On May 11, 2022, Judge Valerie E. Caproni ... signed an ex parte statutory restraining order","event":"Judge Valerie E. Caproni signs an ex parte statutory restraining order freezing EminiFX's and Alexandre's assets and appointing a temporary receiver.","source":"CFTC Press Release 8527-22","source_url":"https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8527-22"},{"date":"2022-05","date_original":"2022-05-12","event":"The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announces parallel criminal fraud charges against Eddy Alexandre; he is arrested by the FBI.","source":"CrowdFund Insider","source_url":"https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2022/05/191092-fbi-arrests-eminifx-operator-for-alleged-crypto-forex-scams/"},{"date":"2022-05","date_original":"2022-05-13","event":"The CFTC publicly announces its civil enforcement action against Eddy Alexandre and EminiFX, Inc., alleging a $59 million fraudulent solicitation and misappropriation scheme.","source":"CFTC Press Release 8527-22","source_url":"https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8527-22"},{"date":"2023-02","event":"Eddy Alexandre pleads guilty to one count of commodities fraud and consents to a money judgment of $248,829,276.73.","source":"BehindMLM","source_url":"https://behindmlm.com/?p=84340"},{"date":"2023-07-18","date_evidence":"Crypto Fund Fraudster Gets Nine Years in $249 Million Scheme... 2023-07-18 (article dateline)","event":"Judge John P. Cronan sentences Alexandre to nine years in federal prison and orders roughly $213-214 million in restitution.","source":"Bloomberg Law","source_url":"https://news.bloomberglaw.com/crypto/crypto-fund-fraudster-gets-nine-years-for-249-million-scheme"},{"date":"2023-08","date_original":"2023-08-18","event":"Alexandre is ordered to surrender to the Federal Bureau of Prisons to begin serving his nine-year sentence.","source":"BehindMLM","source_url":"https://behindmlm.com/mlm/regulation/eminifxs-eddy-alexandre-sentenced-to-9-years-in-prison"},{"date":"2025-08","date_evidence":"Defendants Alexandre and EminiFX are jointly and severally liable to pay restitution in the total amount of $228,576,962.","event":"Judge Caproni grants the CFTC summary judgment in its civil case, holding Alexandre and EminiFX jointly and severally liable for $228,576,962 in restitution and Alexandre individually liable for $15,049,500 in disgorgement.","source":"Cointelegraph","source_url":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/court-orders-eminifx-founder-repay-228m-ponzi-scheme"},{"date":"2025-09-26","date_evidence":"Published September 26, 2025, by Maria Nikolova","event":"The CFTC asks the court to impose a civil monetary penalty of roughly $45 million on Alexandre and EminiFX.","source":"FXNewsGroup","source_url":"https://fxnewsgroup.com/tag/eminifx/"},{"date":"2026-10","event":"Judge Caproni enters a final judgment ordering Alexandre and EminiFX to pay a civil penalty of more than $45.1 million to the CFTC, confirming roughly $229 million in restitution, and permanently barring both from commodity-interest transactions.","source":"Bloomberg Tax/Law","source_url":"https://news.bloombergtax.com/securities-law/crypto-fraudster-fund-owe-cftc-penalty-over-249-million-scheme"}]},"v":1}

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