CALIFORNIA FOREIGN CURRENCY FIRM AND ITS PRINCIPAL AGREE TO PAY OVER $1 MILLION IN SETTLEMENT OF U.S. GOVERNMENT FOREIGN CURRENCY FRAUD ACTION; In Settling Charges by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Defendants Ben Ouyang and Victco Financial Services, Inc. Consented to Release over $1 Million in Frozen Funds as Restitution to Defrauded Customers; Consent Order also Imposes Civil Penalty of $120,000 and a Permanent Injunction Fraud

CFTC release 5060-05 · 2005-03-23 · view on cftc.gov ↗

Key facts

Release number: 5060-05
Release date: 2005-03-23
Type: Fraud
Primary source: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5060-05

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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.