Charlottesville, Virginia-based Defendants Ordered to Pay More than $4.6 Million in Disgorgement and Civil Penalties to Settle 2009 CFTC Anti-Fraud Action Fraud

Key facts

Release number

5802-10

Release date

2010-03-30

Type

Fraud

Primary source

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5802-10

About CFTC enforcement

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.