A Pittsfield Township man who was banned from commodities trading for three years has been accused of violating that ban and of lose hundreds of thousands of dollars of his clients’ money while making promises that their investments were guaranteed.

Contrary to Brian Mitchell’s representations and those of his partner, a Maryland man named Kevin Mack Jr., they were not successful traders, according to a complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Both men are listed as defendants in the complaint.

In fact, between December 2020 and May 2022, their trading on behalf of pool participants through their company Young Pros Investment Group LLC “resulted in losses in the majority of months that they tr

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