CFTC Issues Consumer Advisory Warning About Promises of Easy Profits from Commodity Futures and Options Trading Based on Seasonal Demand and Other Well-Known Public Information Other enforcement

CFTC release 5146-05 · 2005-12-20 · view on cftc.gov ↗

Key facts

Release number: 5146-05
Release date: 2005-12-20
Type: Other enforcement
Primary source: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5146-05

About CFTC enforcement

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.