An Illinois district judge sided with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and ordered an Oregon man and his company to pay over $120 million, partially in restitution, to victims in what the agency called a "Ponzi"-like scheme.
Judge Rowland's move to deem OHM and Klima as commodities may not hold that much weight at all beyond establishing the CFTC's jurisdiction over the case.
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