Is there any hope for the victims of the currency broker's collapse?

He had his day job - most recently as a currency broker at Euro Brokers.

In addition to alleged criminals, the service was popular among currency brokers and multilevel marketing companies.

Currency brokers said the dollar continued to trade in a narrow range on the basis of technical factors and was not affected by external events.

Currency brokers said dollar trading was uneventful, with no financial developments to influence the currency's behavior.

Jeremy Cook, chief economist at currency broker World First, agrees.

Currency brokers can also help you with regular international transfers and allow you to lock into favourable exchange rates for up to two years.

Sterling International Brokers Limited, a currency broker, acquired February 2013.

There are alternatives in the form of currency brokers, who can save you money by offering you better rates of exchange and lower transfer fees.

Liz Phillips answers common expat queries about currency exchange with the help of foreign currency brokers.

According to currency broker Currencies.co.uk, one in 20 people have recently had a medical or dental procedure outside Britain - or are planning one.

Since retiring from motor-racing, de Cesaris has become a successful currency broker in Monte Carlo.

That was more fodder for Mr. Scalzo, 34, a former currency broker who lives in Fairfield County.

American currency brokers said that little economic news was available to influence the dollar's behavior, so the currency rose or fell marginally based on short-term trading strategies.

Currency brokers said the lower oil prices signaled lower inflation in the United States and therefore lower interest rates, making investments in dollars less attractive.

In time Mr. Torres became a currency broker, working in succession at several downtown firms until last August when he was laid off.

"All eyes are watching the Bundesbank," said Ronald Holzer, chief currency broker for Harris Trust and Company in Chicago.

Currency brokers said the central banks of the United States, West Germany and Britain intervened in the market by selling dollars to slow the currency's latest rise.

If you are sending money regularly, currency brokers like Moneycorp, provider of the Telegraph International Money Transfer service, can also help you.

"Trading was dominated by profit taking, with central bank intervention less effective," said Ronald Holzer, a currency broker with the Harris Trust and Savings Bank.

"They can't raise interest rates because that would send their stock and real estate markets into a tailspin," said Jerry Rothman, a currency broker for Elders Futures Inc.

A currency broker who spoke on condition of anonymity said some banks pressed for cash last week were now issuing certificates of deposit to other Japanese financial institutions that needed funds.

Mr. Metz, 37, a currency broker for Euro Brokers, was born in Ohio, but his family moved to the North Shore of Boston when he was young.

Currency brokers said the foreign-exchange market was stunned by the Labor Department's report, which showed an unexpectedly large rise in unemployment figures last month, to 5.5 percent of the workforce, from 5.4 percent.

Mr. Breakstone, 34, a self-employed currency broker, spent the day cooking the winning ribs, plus wings, corn, kielbasa and sautéed clams with peppers and onions, on a rented grill.