# CFTC and NFA Announce New Rules to Combat Fraud in the Retail Off-Exchange Forex Foreign Currency Market

> CFTC release 4833-03 · 2003-08-26 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 4833-03
- **Release date:** 2003-08-26
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** CFTC and NFA Announce New Rules to Combat Fraud in the Retail Off-Exchange Forex Foreign Currency Market
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/4833-03

## What this is

CFTC enforcement actions cover derivatives + commodities + crypto fraud cases. The Commission charges market participants under the Commodity Exchange Act for spoofing, manipulation, fraud, wash trades, registration violations, and pool-operator misconduct. Most actions settle with restitution + civil money penalty + a bar/suspension.


## Citation

> US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, press release 4833-03, "CFTC and NFA Announce New Rules to Combat Fraud in the Retail Off-Exchange Forex Foreign Currency Market", 2003-08-26. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/4833-03.

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