(San Jose, California, USA)
Brian Kim (also known as "Bu Yung Kim"; born 1975/1976) is a former hedge fund manager. He founded the now-defunct Liquid Capital Management LLC, which focused on futures trading. In 2011, he was found guilty of fraudulent solicitation, misappropriation, and misrepresentation to investors and regulatory organizations, and sought an injunction preventing him from trading in commodities futures and foreign currencies. A $12.5 million default judgement was entered against him, and he was banned from commodity trading. In 2012, he pleaded guilty to charges including passport fraud, grand larceny, scheme to defraud, violation of the NY General Business Law (Martin Act), and falsifying business records to further a Ponzi scheme. He was sentenced to a term between 5 years, 7 months and 15 years, 7 months in prison.