The recent arrest of Joshua “Josh” Cartu in Russia has reignited interest in one of the most notorious financial fraud cases of the past decade—the binary options scheme orchestrated by the Cartu Brothers, centered around the Irish company GreyMountain Management (GMM). Tens of thousands of victims worldwide are still seeking justice and the return of their lost funds, which allegedly financed the extravagant lifestyles of the Cartu Brothers.
According to a report published by the Times of Moscow, Russian law enforcement authorities have detained Joshua Cartu, a prominent figure in the notorious Cartu Brothers' binary options fraud scheme. Cartu, a 45-year-old Israeli-Canadian entrepreneur and racecar driver, was apprehended at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo International Airport by the Interior Ministry’s Interpol bureau. The Cartu Brothers operated the GreyMountain Management (GMM) Binary Options fraud scheme.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced a significant development in its crackdown on fraudulent binary options operations, highlighting the case against the vast binary options fraud scheme GreyMountain Management (GMM), and its three Israeli owners. This case is part of a broader action against a sophisticated binary options fraud scheme linked to the Canadian-Israeli Cartu Brothers—David, Joshua, and Jonathan Cartu.
The Canadian-Israeli brothers David Cartu and Jonathan Cartu, together with Joshua Cartu, are at the very center of a gigantic binary options fraud scheme around the Irish GreyMountain Management Ltd. The Irish Times reports that the Florida-based investor William Thomas Powers and more than 30 other investors sue David Cartu, Jonathan Cartu, and the former Irish directors Ryan Coates and Liam Grainger over more than $4 million in losses. GreyMountain Management Ltd was wound up. The court case started on 28 June 2022 before Justice Michael Twomey.
The Israeli-Canadian Cartu Brothers - David Cartu, Joshua Cartu, and Jonathan Cartu - are notorious binary options scammers and are in big trouble with regulators and law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Canada. In Toronto, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has brought a fraud complaint against the brothers. The U.S.CFCT has also sued the brothers for alleged binary options fraud in Texas. David Cartu is also notorious for his proximity to Wirecard. Insiders claim he was a major Wirecard shareholder.
The U.S. CFTC filed a fraud complaint against David Cartu, Joshua Cartu, Jonathan Cartu ("Cartu Brothers"), and others in September 2020 alleging vast binary options fraud in the amount of $165 million. The lawsuit could not be served by the CFTC or the relevant U.S. court. So, the CFTC, through paid advertisements in media outlets such as The Times of Israel, has conceded notice of the lawsuit, including notice of meetings and deadlines. Below is yesterday's advertisement from the Times of Israel. As a courtesy to the CFTC and in support of the victims, we are also posting this Legal Notice here on FinTelegram.
The Canadian-Israeli Cartu Brothers were the operators of a $165M binary options fraud scheme, according to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As a result, the U.S. regulator filed a fraud complaint against David Cartu, Joshua Cartu, Jonathan Cartu, and Nati Peretz, and Leeav Peretz. The Canadian regulator OSC has also taken action against the Cartu brothers for binary options fraud. But now, the Cartu Brothers can buy their way out of the OSC fraud charges for just CAD 300,000. A bargain the brothers will probably laugh about for a long time.
It is a court season for the fraudulent binary options industry and its perpatrators. Among the worst scammers were David Cartu and his brothers. After the Canadian regulator OSC had already sued them for binary options fraud, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action. The regulator charges six individuals and four companies with operating a fraudulent binary options trading scheme that received over $165 million via their Irish GreyMountain Management Ltd.