CFTC Charges Former CBOE Member Alvin Guy Wilkinson And His Connecticut-Based Entities With Fraud, Misappropriation, Failing To Register With The CFTC, And Making Misrepresentations To The NFA - CFTC Alleges Wilkinson And His Partnerships, Wilkinson Financial Opportunity Fund And Chicago Index Partners, Fraudulently Solicited More Than $6.9 Million From At Least 30 Investors, While Misappropriating At Least $5.2 Million Of Participantsâ Funds

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, charging Alvin Guy Wilkinson, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and his limited partnerships Chicago Index Partners, L.P. (CIP) and Wilkinson Financial Opportunity Fund, L.P. (WFOF), both located in Sharon, Connecticut, with fraud and acting as Commodity Pool Operators or Associated Persons without being registered with the CFTC, as required.