CFTC Obtains Disgorgement of Ill-Gotten Gains From Christopher Smithers, Jack Smithers and Prosperity Consultants, Inc. Other enforcement

CFTC release 5702-09 · 2009-08-22 · view on cftc.gov ↗

Key facts

Release number
5702-09
Release date
2009-08-22
Type
Other enforcement
Primary source
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5702-09

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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.