# Defendants Ordered to Pay $1.6 Million in Government's Attempted Manipulation Case against Concord Energy, LLC and Natural Gas Energy Traders Shawn McLaughlin and Darrell Danyluk

> CFTC release 5300-07 · 2007-03-15 · **Market manipulation** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 5300-07
- **Release date:** 2007-03-15
- **Type:** Market manipulation
- **Title:** Defendants Ordered to Pay $1.6 Million in Government's Attempted Manipulation Case against Concord Energy, LLC and Natural Gas Energy Traders Shawn McLaughlin and Darrell Danyluk
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5300-07

## 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 5300-07, "Defendants Ordered to Pay $1.6 Million in Government's Attempted Manipulation Case against Concord Energy, LLC and Natural Gas Energy Traders Shawn McLaughlin and Darrell Danyluk", 2007-03-15. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/5300-07.

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