In CFTC Enforcement Action, Federal Court Orders Florida Resident Martin Sommers And His Company International Monetary Metals, Inc. To Pay Over $9.8 Million For Engaging In Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions And Registration Violations

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge William J. Zloch of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida granted the CFTC’s motion for entry of final default judgment against Defendants International Monetary Metals, Inc. (IMM), a Florida corporation, and its controlling person, Florida resident Martin Sommers. Judge Zloch’s Default Final Judgment (the Judgment) requires the Defendants jointly and severally to pay disgorgement totaling $2,469,783 and a civil monetary penalty totaling $7,409,349. The Judgment also imposes permanent trading, solicitation, and registration bans against the Defendants and prohibits them from violating provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), as charged.