CFTC Seeks to Revoke the Registrations of Abdul Sultan Walji and His Company, Arista LLC, Based on Court’s Permanent Injunction Order Prohibiting Them from Committing Fraud and on Walji’s Conviction for Criminal Commodities Fraud Fraud
Key facts
- Release number
- 6863-14
- Release date
- 2014-02-21
- Type
- Fraud
- Primary source
- https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/6863-14
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.