CFTC Charges Georgia Resident Hendrik A. Van Beuningen And His Company, Debrink Trading Fund I, LLC, With Fraud, Misappropriation, And Registration Violations In Connection With Their Commodity Pool - Defendants Solicited More Than $500,000 From Pool Participants And Fabricated Futures Commission Merchant Statements To Conceal Their Fraud - Court Order Freezes Defendantsâ Assets And Protects Records

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, charging Defendants Hendrik A. Van Beuningenof Brookhaven, Georgia, and his company, DeBrink Trading Fund I, LLC (DeBrink) of Atlanta, Georgia, with fraud, misappropriation, and issuing false statements in connection with a commodity pool they operated.