# FLORIDA FEDERAL COURT ORDERS HUSBAND AND WIFE THOMAS CHILCOTT AND LEONA WESTBROOK TO REPAY MORE THAN $2.1 MILLION TO CUSTOMERS INJURED IN COMMODITY FRAUD SCHEME; Court Also Orders Couple and Another Defendant To Pay $2.42 Million in Civil Penalties

> CFTC release 4878-04 · 2004-01-15 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 4878-04
- **Release date:** 2004-01-15
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** FLORIDA FEDERAL COURT ORDERS HUSBAND AND WIFE THOMAS CHILCOTT AND LEONA WESTBROOK TO REPAY MORE THAN $2.1 MILLION TO CUSTOMERS INJURED IN COMMODITY FRAUD SCHEME; Court Also Orders Couple and Another Defendant To Pay $2.42 Million in Civil Penalties
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/4878-04

## 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 4878-04, "FLORIDA FEDERAL COURT ORDERS HUSBAND AND WIFE THOMAS CHILCOTT AND LEONA WESTBROOK TO REPAY MORE THAN $2.1 MILLION TO CUSTOMERS INJURED IN COMMODITY FRAUD SCHEME; Court Also Orders Couple and Another Defendant To Pay $2.42 Million in Civil Penalties", 2004-01-15. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/4878-04.

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