# Federal Court Orders California Defendants CTI Group, LLC, Cooper Trading, Stephen Craig Symons, and James David Kline to Pay Over $29 Million in Disgorgement and Fines for Fraudulent Sale of Automated Trading Systems

> CFTC release 6839-14 · 2014-01-25 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 6839-14
- **Release date:** 2014-01-25
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** Federal Court Orders California Defendants CTI Group, LLC, Cooper Trading, Stephen Craig Symons, and James David Kline to Pay Over $29 Million in Disgorgement and Fines for Fraudulent Sale of Automated Trading Systems
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/6839-14

## 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 6839-14, "Federal Court Orders California Defendants CTI Group, LLC, Cooper Trading, Stephen Craig Symons, and James David Kline to Pay Over $29 Million in Disgorgement and Fines for Fraudulent Sale of Automated Trading Systems", 2014-01-25. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-06 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/6839-14.

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