CFTC Charges California Resident Scott Bottolfson with Operating a $14 Million Commodity Pool Ponzi Scheme Ponzi scheme

CFTC release 5962-11 · 2011-01-12 · view on cftc.gov ↗

Key facts

Release number
5962-11
Release date
2011-01-12
Type
Ponzi scheme
Primary source
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5962-11

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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.