# Federal Court Orders Illinois CPA Michael Tunney and His Accounting Firm, Tunney & Associates, P.C., to Pay a $100,000 Penalty for Improper Audits of a Commodity Futures Firm

> CFTC release 6916-14 · 2014-04-29 · **Other enforcement** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 6916-14
- **Release date:** 2014-04-29
- **Type:** Other enforcement
- **Title:** Federal Court Orders Illinois CPA Michael Tunney and His Accounting Firm, Tunney & Associates, P.C., to Pay a $100,000 Penalty for Improper Audits of a Commodity Futures Firm
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/6916-14

## 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 6916-14, "Federal Court Orders Illinois CPA Michael Tunney and His Accounting Firm, Tunney & Associates, P.C., to Pay a $100,000 Penalty for Improper Audits of a Commodity Futures Firm", 2014-04-29. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/6916-14.

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