GLORIA M. NAVARRO, District Judge.
Having reviewed the Complaint for Injunctive and Other Equitable Relief and Penalties Under the Commodity Exchange Act ("Complaint") against Defendants Mirko Schacke ("Schacke") and TradeMasters USA, LLC ("TradeMasters") filed by Plaintiff Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC" or "Commission"), Plaintiff's Motion for a Statutory Restraining Order ("Motion"), the Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff's Motions for a Statutory Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction submitted in support of the Motion ("Memorandum") and the declarations and attachments thereto, and being fully advised in the premises,
1. This Court has jurisdiction over Defendants and the subject matter of this action pursuant to Section 6c(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act (the "Act"), 7 U.S.C. § 13a-1(a) (2012), which authorizes this Court to enter a statutory restraining order against Defendants.
2. Venue properly lies with this Court pursuant to Section 6c(e) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. § 13a-1(e).
3. It appears that there is good cause to believe that Defendants have engaged, are engaging, and/or are about to engage in violations of the Act and CFTC Regulations. Specifically, it appears that Defendants have violated Sections 4b(a)(1)(A) and (C), 4k(3), 4m(1), 4o(1), and 6(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act ("Act"), 7 U.S.C. §§ 6b(a)(1)(A) and (C), 6k(3), 6m(1), 6o(1) and 9(1), and Commission Regulations ("Regulations") 4.41 and 180.1(a), 17 C.F.R. §§ 4.41 and 180.1(a)(2015).
4. It further appears that that there is good cause to believe immediate and irreparable harm to the Court's ability to grant effective final relief to the customers in the form of monetary redress will occur from the destruction of records unless Defendants are immediately restrained and enjoined by order of this Court. Accordingly, there is good cause to issue this Order.
For the purposes of this Order, the following definitions apply:
5. "Document" is synonymous in meaning and equal in scope to the usage of the term in FED. R. CIV. P. 34(a) and includes writings, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, audio and video recordings, computer records, and other data compilations from which information car be obtained and translated through detection devices into reasonably usable form. A draft or non-identical copy is a separate document within the meaning of the term.
6. "Defendants" refers to Schacke and TradeMasters, and all persons insofar as they are acting in the capacity of Defendants' agents, servants, successors, employees, assigns, and attorneys, and all persons insofar as they are acting in active concert or participation with Defendants who receive actual notice of this Order by personal service or otherwise, including electronic mail, facsimile, United Parcel Service, or Federal Express.
Any financial or brokerage institution, business entity, or person that receives notice of this Order by personal service or otherwise shall not, in active concert or participation with any Defendant, directly or indirectly destroy, mutilate, erase, alter, conceal or dispose of, in any manner, any records relating to the business activities and business and personal finances of any Defendant.
Defendants shall promptly provide Commission staff with:
Within 48 hours of complying with this Order to provide the Commission with immediate access to records described above, Defendants (or their counsel) shall contact Plaintiff's counsel to assert any claims of privilege to Plaintiff's review of the full contents of any computer or other electronic device containing any records that are subject to this Order and promptly cooperate with Plaintiff's counsel to develop reasonable protocols to isolate and prevent disclosure of claimed privileged materials to the Commission's attorneys and other staff who are part of the litigation team in this matter, while fully complying with this Court's Order to permit Plaintiff full and immediate access to the books and records which relate to Defendants' business activities and business and personal finances. Absent such objections, Plaintiff may review the full contents. However, Defendants' failure to assert privileges as provided herein is not intended to constitute a waiver of any claims of privilege or have any effect on the applicability of Rule 26(b)(5)(B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 502 of the Federal Rules of Evidence.
Moreover, when inspecting records that are subject to this Order contained on computer(s) and/or other electronic device(s), the Commission should undertake reasonable measures to prevent review of the Defendants' privileged communications by the Commission's attorneys and other staff who are part of the litigation team in this matter.
This Order is binding on any person who receives actual notice of this Order by personal service or otherwise and is acting in the capacity of an officer, agent, servant, employee, or attorney of the Defendants, or is in active concert or participation with Defendants.