# Federal Court Permanently Bans North Carolina Resident Neal Hall from Trading and Registration and Imposes a $210,000 Penalty for Violating the CFTC’s Registration and Consumer Notice Provisions

> CFTC release 7045-14 · 2014-10-28 · **Registration / supervisory violation** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7045-14
- **Release date:** 2014-10-28
- **Type:** Registration / supervisory violation
- **Title:** Federal Court Permanently Bans North Carolina Resident Neal Hall from Trading and Registration and Imposes a $210,000 Penalty for Violating the CFTC’s Registration and Consumer Notice Provisions
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7045-14

## 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 7045-14, "Federal Court Permanently Bans North Carolina Resident Neal Hall from Trading and Registration and Imposes a $210,000 Penalty for Violating the CFTC’s Registration and Consumer Notice Provisions", 2014-10-28. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7045-14.

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