# FEDERAL COURT ORDERS ALABAMA RESIDENT RANDALL NELSON TO PAY OVER $800,000 TO SETTLE COMMODITY POOL FRAUD CHARGES; In Joint Federal/State Action, Court Orders Nelson to Repay a Total of $680,000 to Investors and to Pay Civil Penalties Totaling $125,000

> CFTC release 5012-04 · 2004-10-18 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 5012-04
- **Release date:** 2004-10-18
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** FEDERAL COURT ORDERS ALABAMA RESIDENT RANDALL NELSON TO PAY OVER $800,000 TO SETTLE COMMODITY POOL FRAUD CHARGES; In Joint Federal/State Action, Court Orders Nelson to Repay a Total of $680,000 to Investors and to Pay Civil Penalties Totaling $125,000
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5012-04

## 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 5012-04, "FEDERAL COURT ORDERS ALABAMA RESIDENT RANDALL NELSON TO PAY OVER $800,000 TO SETTLE COMMODITY POOL FRAUD CHARGES; In Joint Federal/State Action, Court Orders Nelson to Repay a Total of $680,000 to Investors and to Pay Civil Penalties Totaling $125,000", 2004-10-18. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/5012-04.

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