CFTC Orders Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc. to Pay $350,000 Civil Penalty for Violating Cotton Futures Speculative Position Limits Other enforcement

Key facts

Release number

6154-11

Release date

2011-12-08

Type

Other enforcement

Primary source

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/6154-11

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.