# CFTC CHARGES OHIO FUTURES BROKER TODD DELAY WITH MANIPULATION OF THE FEEDER CATTLE MARKET; CFTC Action Also Charges Nebraska Feedlot Managers Jack McCaffery and John Lawless with Assisting Scheme by Delivering False Cattle Sales Reports to USDA

> CFTC release 5120-05 · 2005-09-29 · **Market manipulation** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 5120-05
- **Release date:** 2005-09-29
- **Type:** Market manipulation
- **Title:** CFTC CHARGES OHIO FUTURES BROKER TODD DELAY WITH MANIPULATION OF THE FEEDER CATTLE MARKET; CFTC Action Also Charges Nebraska Feedlot Managers Jack McCaffery and John Lawless with Assisting Scheme by Delivering False Cattle Sales Reports to USDA
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5120-05

## 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 5120-05, "CFTC CHARGES OHIO FUTURES BROKER TODD DELAY WITH MANIPULATION OF THE FEEDER CATTLE MARKET; CFTC Action Also Charges Nebraska Feedlot Managers Jack McCaffery and John Lawless with Assisting Scheme by Delivering False Cattle Sales Reports to USDA", 2005-09-29. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-04 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/5120-05.

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