# CFTC Charges California Resident Thomas Gillons with Fraud and Acting as an Unregistered Futures Commission Merchant

> CFTC release 7067-14 · 2014-11-26 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7067-14
- **Release date:** 2014-11-26
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** CFTC Charges California Resident Thomas Gillons with Fraud and Acting as an Unregistered Futures Commission Merchant
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7067-14

## 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 7067-14, "CFTC Charges California Resident Thomas Gillons with Fraud and Acting as an Unregistered Futures Commission Merchant", 2014-11-26. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7067-14.

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