Case Summary

NOTICE OF MEMBER AND ASSOCIATE RESPONSIBILITY ACTION:

On February 9, 2009, NFA issued a Member Responsibility Action ("MRA") and Associate Responsibility Action ("ARA") against Mark Evan Bloom ("Bloom") whereby:

1. Bloom is suspended from NFA membership and NFA associate membership, until further notice;

2. Bloom is prohibited from soliciting or accepting any customer or pool participant funds or placing trades for any pools that he operates or accounts that he owns or controls or which are held in his name except for liquidation of existing positions;

3. Bloom and any other person acting on his behalf are prohibited from disbursing or transferring any funds from any accounts (bank, trading, or any other types of accounts) which he owns or controls (including customer accounts) or which are held in his name, without prior approval from NFA; and

4. Bloom is required to provide copies of this MRA and ARA via overnight courier to all pool participants in any pools which Bloom operates or over which he exercises control.

These actions are effective immediately and are deemed necessary to protect the commodity futures markets, pool participants, customers and other NFA Members because Bloom has failed to cooperate with NFA in its investigation of allegations that Bloom and North Hills Management, LLC, a former CPO and commodity trading advisor Member of NFA of which Bloom was a principal, may have operated an illegal commodity pool, and exercised unlawful control over more than $8,000,000 which was given to them by a charitable trust and a corporation owned by that trust for the purpose of making investments on their behalf.

The MRA and ARA will remain in effect until such time as Bloom has demonstrated to the satisfaction of NFA that he is in complete compliance with all NFA Requirements. Bloom is required to provide copies of this MRA and ARA, by overnight courier, to all of his customers and to all banks and other financial institutions with which he has money on deposit.

REQUEST FOR HEARING:

On February 9, 2009, Bloom requested a hearing concerning the MRA and ARA.

NOTICE OF MEMBER AND ASSOCIATE RESPONSIBILITY ACTION:

On February 9, 2009, NFA issued a Member Responsibility Action ("MRA") and Associate Responsibility Action ("ARA") against Mark Evan Bloom ("Bloom") whereby:

1. Bloom is suspended from NFA membership and NFA associate membership, until further notice;

2. Bloom is prohibited from soliciting or accepting any customer or pool participant funds or placing trades for any pools that he operates or accounts that he owns or controls or which are held in his name except for liquidation of existing positions;

3. Bloom and any other person acting on his behalf are prohibited from disbursing or transferring any funds from any accounts (bank, trading, or any other types of accounts) which he owns or controls (including customer accounts) or which are held in his name, without prior approval from NFA; and

4. Bloom is required to provide copies of this MRA and ARA via overnight courier to all pool participants in any pools which Bloom operates or over which he exercises control.

These actions are effective immediately and are deemed necessary to protect the commodity futures markets, pool participants, customers and other NFA Members because Bloom has failed to cooperate with NFA in its investigation of allegations that Bloom and North Hills Management, LLC, a former CPO and commodity trading advisor Member of NFA of which Bloom was a principal, may have operated an illegal commodity pool, and exercised unlawful control over more than $8,000,000 which was given to them by a charitable trust and a corporation owned by that trust for the purpose of making investments on their behalf.

The MRA and ARA will remain in effect until such time as Bloom has demonstrated to the satisfaction of NFA that he is in complete compliance with all NFA Requirements. Bloom is required to provide copies of this MRA and ARA, by overnight courier, to all of his customers and to all banks and other financial institutions with which he has money on deposit.

REQUEST FOR HEARING:

On February 9, 2009, Bloom requested a hearing concerning the MRA and ARA.