I feel for people who get ripped off like this, and it taints the whole industry. Your best bet is complaint with the CFTC. Litigation is probably hopeless, unless you are a lawyer or have a friend or family member who is. It's simply not economic to pursue $6500 cases, particualrlyagainst real crooks who will delay it forever, then appeal, then refuse to pay, then file some bogus bankruptcy or else just disappear.