# FEDERAL COURT ORDERS PORTLAND RESIDENTS TO PAY MORE THAN $1.3 MILLION TO SETTLE FOREIGN CURRENCY FUTURES AND OPTIONS FRAUD CHARGES; Court Orders Nancy Hoyt, April Duffy, and Samantha Vorachith to Repay a Total of $596,337 to Investors and to Pay Contingent Civil Penalties Totaling $720,000

> CFTC release 4986-04 · 2004-09-13 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 4986-04
- **Release date:** 2004-09-13
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** FEDERAL COURT ORDERS PORTLAND RESIDENTS TO PAY MORE THAN $1.3 MILLION TO SETTLE FOREIGN CURRENCY FUTURES AND OPTIONS FRAUD CHARGES; Court Orders Nancy Hoyt, April Duffy, and Samantha Vorachith to Repay a Total of $596,337 to Investors and to Pay Contingent Civil Penalties Totaling $720,000
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/4986-04

## 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 4986-04, "FEDERAL COURT ORDERS PORTLAND RESIDENTS TO PAY MORE THAN $1.3 MILLION TO SETTLE FOREIGN CURRENCY FUTURES AND OPTIONS FRAUD CHARGES; Court Orders Nancy Hoyt, April Duffy, and Samantha Vorachith to Repay a Total of $596,337 to Investors and to Pay Contingent Civil Penalties Totaling $720,000", 2004-09-13. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/4986-04.

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