CFTC Charges Alan James Watson, Michael S. Potts and Cash Flow Financial LLC with Defrauding Customers in $45 Million Commodity Pool Ponzi Scheme Ponzi scheme

Key facts

Release number

6002-11

Release date

2011-03-16

Type

Ponzi scheme

Primary source

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/6002-11

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.