Hello,
I have a Client who fell for a ForEx currency trading scam, to the tune of many tens of thousands of dollars, on MetaTrader5.
As we all know, Casualty and Theft losses have not been a thing from 2017 forward.
However, Client DID enter this scam as an investment. Client has documentation of how much he put into the scam and exactly when, and the exact date when the program traders forced a sale on his account and wiped him out. Could his massive losses be treated as investment losses, and allowed to offset gains plus $3,000 a year in lowered income, for many years to come?