# CFTC Charges Las Vegas, Nevada, Resident Richard McCall With Fraud, Alleging that McCall, Doing Business As The Mastery Group International, Fraudulently Solicited Clients for Futures Trading Workshops on the Internet

> CFTC release 5170-06 · 2006-03-21 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 5170-06
- **Release date:** 2006-03-21
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** CFTC Charges Las Vegas, Nevada, Resident Richard McCall With Fraud, Alleging that McCall, Doing Business As The Mastery Group International, Fraudulently Solicited Clients for Futures Trading Workshops on the Internet
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5170-06

## 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 5170-06, "CFTC Charges Las Vegas, Nevada, Resident Richard McCall With Fraud, Alleging that McCall, Doing Business As The Mastery Group International, Fraudulently Solicited Clients for Futures Trading Workshops on the Internet", 2006-03-21. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/5170-06.

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