at any hedge fund model firm, ie any real prop firm, that's a possibility. every prop trader needs to know that. if you want 100% capital preservation (within SIPC limits), you trade retail.Quote from JBahn:
While I dont know any specifics of the case, it atleast sounds like everyone agrees that traders lost their capital.
Call it what you want - Scam or Not traders lost money.
trader's got back around 75% i believe of what they had in there. a good chunk of which went to paying the court appointed receiver and the settlements with the clearing firm and the introducing broker who took the opportunity to contest what they owed. so, to be clear, the receiver and his laywers, the clearing firm (penson), and the introducing brokers (glb), ended up with the rest of it.
also, there's supposedly a repayment effort going on for the remaining 25%. although i don't know the scope of it, it would seem, traders who stuck with them are being made good.
so yea, call it what you want... but i don't know many scamsters who would do that. i don't know many non-scamsters who would do that.