CFTC Orders Florida Resident Louis J. Ferone to Pay Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty Totaling More than $155,000 for Engaging in Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions Other enforcement

Key facts

Release number

7012-14

Release date

2014-09-26

Type

Other enforcement

Primary source

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7012-14

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.