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Jacob Wohl (Finally) Charged With Felony By California Prosecutors

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Mark Melin
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The odyssey of finance miscreant Jacob Wohl has finally led to felony fraud charges for the 21-year-old and his Montgomery Assets partner, Matthew Johnson.

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Jacob Wohl

Wohl is the high school jock turned “hedge fund manager” who made outlandish performance claims and ultimately was banned for life from the derivatives industry by its self-regulatory organization, the National Futures Association (NFA).

Wohl, who was also banned from Twitter, moved on to become a conservative activist and Trump supporting provocateur, ultimately promoting false claims of sexual misconduct against former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who was also the lead special prosecutor investigating Russian interference in...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.