EMiniFX, Inc. Receivership
Pursuant to an Order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, in the case captioned Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Eddy Alexandre and EMiniFX, Inc. (May 11, 2022), David A. Castleman has been appointed as Temporary Receiver over EminiFX, Inc. The Receiver is not operating EminiFX as a trading platform of any kind. Please do NOT continue to use the EminiFX platform in any way or try to deposit any additional funds into EminiFX.
Please send all information requests to the Receiver and his staff at EMiniFX.Receiver@raineslaw.com.
The Receiver also encourages all claimants to send information only to the email address above. The Receiver is NOT asking any individual investor to pay a fee in order to submit their information.
This website will updated in the near term. Please continue to check back for updates as they become available.
May 23, 2022
The Court overseeing the Receivership has postponed the hearing on the preliminary injunction that was set for May 24, 2022. The hearing is now set for June 7, 2022 at 1:00pm. The Statutory Restraining Order appointing the Receiver has also been extended to June 7, 2022, and may be extended further at that time. No action is required by you, nor are you required to or expected to attend the hearing. Please continue to check this website for further updates.
May 19, 2022
The Receiver and his team are continuing to work diligently to fulfill the duties set forth in the Appointing Order. We understand that there have been Zoom meetings on Thursday evenings concerning EminiFX. We want all investors to understand that the Receiver has not authorized any Zoom call related to EminiFX at this time. If there is any Zoom call concerning EminiFX, nothing that it said on that call should be understood to be the position of the Receiver, and no statement should be presumed to be given with the consent or anyone acting on his behalf.
Due to the volume of emails and calls, it is not possible to respond to every email. If you send an email to the Receiver and his team at EminiFX.Receiver@raineslaw.com, the information in that email will be received and maintained.
May 16, 2022
Thank you to all investors who have sent their information into the Receiver’s team. We will continue to update this website but there is no need to email us further at this time if you have submitted your information. If you were an investor in EminiFX, please send the following to EMiniFX.Receiver@raineslaw.com:
- The full name on your account with EminiFX
- The best email address where we can reach you, and please confirm that we may communicate with you in the future via this email address
- Your cell phone number
- The amount that you invested with EminiFX (the amount of cash you paid in, but not including any promised returns)
Due to the substantial volume of communications, we cannot respond to every email or voicemail at this time.
May 13, 2022
Pursuant to an Order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, in the case captioned Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Eddy Alexandre and EMiniFX, Inc. (May 11, 2022):
David A. Castleman is appointed Temporary Receiver, with the full powers of an equity receiver for Defendant EminiFX, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries owned or controlled by Defendant EMiniFX, Inc. and all customer funds and property and other assets traceable to customers in the possession of or under the control of Eddy Alexandre (hereinafter referred to as the “Receivership Defendants”), and of all the funds, properties, premises, accounts, income, now or hereafter due or owing to the Receivership Defendants, and other assets directly or indirectly owned, beneficially or otherwise, by the Receivership Defendants.
Mr. Alexandre was taken into custody by the FBI on May 12, 2022 and charged with a fraudulent scheme involving over $59 million. For more information, please see the Department of Justice’s statement here. The Court’s appointing order can be found here and the CFTC’s Complaint against EMiniFX and Mr. Alexandre can be found here.
The Receiver is not operating EminiFX as a trading platform of any kind. Please do NOT continue to use the EminiFX platform in any way or try to deposit any additional funds into EminiFX.