January 7, 2020

Amended*Notice of Covered Action No. 2019-031 – Fabio Bretas De Freitas; Phy Capital Investments LLC f/k/a Phynance Capital Management LLC; Phy Global Partners Funds, LLC; Global Partners Investors LLC; Latam Eagle Fund, LLC f/k/a Phy Palme Fund; Absolute Experience, LLC d/b/a Absolute Experience Fund, LLC; Phynance Science and Technology Investments S.A. a/k/a Phynance Ciencia E Tecnologia EM Investimentos S/A; and RM Jr. Fund; Rafael Marconato

Award Claims Due No Later than April 6, 2020

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission hereby gives notice that individuals may submit whistleblower award claims within 90 days from today’s date for the following matter: 

Press Release: PR8052-19 - Federal Court Orders Managed Fund and CEO to Pay More Than $17.2 Million in a Commodities Fraud Scheme

Order: Fabio Bretas De Freitas; Phy Capital Investments LLC f/k/a Phynance Capital Management LLC; Phy Global Partners Funds, LLC; Global Partners Investors LLC; Latam Eagle Fund, LLC f/k/a Phy Palme Fund; Absolute Experience, LLC d/b/a Absolute Experience Fund, LLC; Phynance Science and Technology Investments S.A. a/k/a Phynance Ciencia E Tecnologia EM Investimentos S/A; and RM Jr. Fund (Case No. 1:19-cv-04238-JMF, S.D.N.Y, Oct. 3, 2019)

Press Release: PR8007-19 - CFTC Orders Chief Compliance Officer of Trading Firm to Pay $150,000 for Fraud and False Statements to a Self-Regulatory Organization

Order: Rafael Marconato (CFTC Docket No. 19-23, Sept. 12, 2019)

The Commission posts Notices of Covered Actions for each Commission enforcement action where a final judgment or order – by itself or together with prior judgments or orders in the same action issued after July 21, 2010 – results in monetary sanctions exceeding $1 million.

Individuals who voluntarily provided the Commission with original information after July 21, 2010 that led to the successful enforcement of a Covered Action are eligible to claim a whistleblower award.

To make an award claim, you must submit a Form WB-APP electronically, through the web portal found on the CFTC's Web site at www.cftc.gov, which is also accessible from the CFTC Whistleblower Program Web site at www.whistleblower.gov, or by mail or facsimile to the following address:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Whistleblower Office
1155 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20581
Fax:  (202) 418-5975

All award claims for this Notice must be received no later than April 6, 2020

Please note that by posting a Notice of Covered Action, the Commission has not made any determination that a whistleblower tip, complaint or referral led the Commission to open an investigation or file an enforcement action, or that an award to a whistleblower will be paid in connection with the action.

Please email any questions about this Notice to the Whistleblower Office at [email protected].

Notice No. 2019-031