# Federal Court Orders Illinois Resident Brant L. Rushton and his Company, Summit Trading & Capital LLC, to Pay over $4.8 Million for Fraud and other Violations in Commodity Pool Scheme

> CFTC release 6556-13 · 2013-04-06 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 6556-13
- **Release date:** 2013-04-06
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** Federal Court Orders Illinois Resident Brant L. Rushton and his Company, Summit Trading & Capital LLC, to Pay over $4.8 Million for Fraud and other Violations in Commodity Pool Scheme
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/6556-13

## What this is

CFTC enforcement actions cover derivatives + commodities + crypto fraud cases. The Commission charges market participants under the Commodity Exchange Act for spoofing, manipulation, fraud, wash trades, registration violations, and pool-operator misconduct. Most actions settle with restitution + civil money penalty + a bar/suspension.


## Citation

> US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, press release 6556-13, "Federal Court Orders Illinois Resident Brant L. Rushton and his Company, Summit Trading & Capital LLC, to Pay over $4.8 Million for Fraud and other Violations in Commodity Pool Scheme", 2013-04-06. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/6556-13.

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