# CFTC AND STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE BRING SALES FRAUD CLAIMS AGAINST FLORIDA TRADING FIRM CROMWELL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. AND OTHERS; Complaint by U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the New Hampshire Secretary of State, Bureau of Securities Regulation, Charges Cromwell Financial Services, Inc. and Certain Employees with Defrauding Customers and Failure to Supervise

> CFTC release 5083-05 · 2005-06-16 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 5083-05
- **Release date:** 2005-06-16
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** CFTC AND STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE BRING SALES FRAUD CLAIMS AGAINST FLORIDA TRADING FIRM CROMWELL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. AND OTHERS; Complaint by U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the New Hampshire Secretary of State, Bureau of Securities Regulation, Charges Cromwell Financial Services, Inc. and Certain Employees with Defrauding Customers and Failure to Supervise
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5083-05

## 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 5083-05, "CFTC AND STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE BRING SALES FRAUD CLAIMS AGAINST FLORIDA TRADING FIRM CROMWELL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. AND OTHERS; Complaint by U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the New Hampshire Secretary of State, Bureau of Securities Regulation, Charges Cromwell Financial Services, Inc. and Certain Employees with Defrauding Customers and Failure to Supervise", 2005-06-16. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/5083-05.

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