# CFTC Charges Matthew J. Marcus and His California Company, Tech Power, Inc., and John D. Briner and His Canadian Law Firm, MetroWest Law Corp., with a Money Pass Scheme Involving More than 1,200 Single Stock Futures Trades

> CFTC release 7154-15 · 2015-04-18 · **Other enforcement** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7154-15
- **Release date:** 2015-04-18
- **Type:** Other enforcement
- **Title:** CFTC Charges Matthew J. Marcus and His California Company, Tech Power, Inc., and John D. Briner and His Canadian Law Firm, MetroWest Law Corp., with a Money Pass Scheme Involving More than 1,200 Single Stock Futures Trades
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7154-15

## 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 7154-15, "CFTC Charges Matthew J. Marcus and His California Company, Tech Power, Inc., and John D. Briner and His Canadian Law Firm, MetroWest Law Corp., with a Money Pass Scheme Involving More than 1,200 Single Stock Futures Trades", 2015-04-18. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-07 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7154-15.

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