CFTC CHARGES TWO GEORGIA CORPORATIONS AND FIVE OTHERS IN $4.6 MILLION COMMODITY OPTIONS FRAUD SCHEME; CFTC Complaint Names American Derivatives Corp., Brokerage Management Corp., Layne David Gerstel, Devereux Decatur Booth and David N. Mittler as Participants In Alleged Fraudulent Solicitations Of More Than 274 Customers; Futures Commission Merchants National Commodities Corp., Inc. and International Commodity Clearing, LLP Also Charged; Court Enters Asset Freeze Order Fraud

CFTC release 5125-05 · 2005-10-05 · view on cftc.gov ↗

Key facts

Release number: 5125-05
Release date: 2005-10-05
Type: Fraud
Primary source: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5125-05

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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.