# CFTC FREEZES OVER $1.5 MILLION OF HEDGE FUND'S ASSETS IN FRAUD CASE; CFTC Charges Stuart Pippin, Individually And Doing Business As Pippin Investments, With Fraud For Issuing False Trading Results To Pool Participants

> CFTC release 5112-05 · 2005-08-30 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 5112-05
- **Release date:** 2005-08-30
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** CFTC FREEZES OVER $1.5 MILLION OF HEDGE FUND'S ASSETS IN FRAUD CASE; CFTC Charges Stuart Pippin, Individually And Doing Business As Pippin Investments, With Fraud For Issuing False Trading Results To Pool Participants
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5112-05

## 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 5112-05, "CFTC FREEZES OVER $1.5 MILLION OF HEDGE FUND'S ASSETS IN FRAUD CASE; CFTC Charges Stuart Pippin, Individually And Doing Business As Pippin Investments, With Fraud For Issuing False Trading Results To Pool Participants", 2005-08-30. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/5112-05.

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