CFTC Charges Optiver Holding BV, Two Subsidiaries, and High-Ranking Employees with Manipulation of NYMEX Crude Oil, Heating Oil, and Gasoline Futures Contracts Market manipulation

CFTC release 5521-08 · 2008-07-25 · view on cftc.gov ↗

Key facts

Release number: 5521-08
Release date: 2008-07-25
Type: Market manipulation
Primary source: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5521-08

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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.