Former Enserco Energy Trader Matthew Reed to Pay $475,000 to Settle CFTC Charges of False Reporting and Attempted Manipulation of Natural Gas Prices Market manipulation

CFTC release 5570-08 · 2008-11-18 · view on cftc.gov ↗

Key facts

Release number: 5570-08
Release date: 2008-11-18
Type: Market manipulation
Primary source: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5570-08

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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.