FEDERAL COURT ORDERS INTERNET PROMOTER GEORGE HEFFERNAN TO PAY $400,000 FOR FRAUDULENTLY SOLICITING CUSTOMERS TO PURCHASE COMMODITY ADVISORY SERVICES; Court Also Orders Heffernan to Disclose That He Violated the Law When Publishing Any Commodities-Related Material Fraud

Key facts

Release number

4830-03

Release date

2003-08-07

Type

Fraud

Primary source

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/4830-03

About CFTC enforcement

The CFTC charges market participants under the Commodity Exchange Act for spoofing, manipulation, fraud, wash trades, registration violations, and commodity-pool-operator misconduct. Most actions settle with restitution + civil money penalty + a bar/suspension. Crypto-asset cases have been a major share since 2019.