# Federal Court Orders North Carolina Resident James Harvey Mason to Pay a Civil Penalty and Restitution Totaling $5.5 Million for Commodity Pool Fraud

> CFTC release 7164-15 · 2015-04-30 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7164-15
- **Release date:** 2015-04-30
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** Federal Court Orders North Carolina Resident James Harvey Mason to Pay a Civil Penalty and Restitution Totaling $5.5 Million for Commodity Pool Fraud
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7164-15

## 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 7164-15, "Federal Court Orders North Carolina Resident James Harvey Mason to Pay a Civil Penalty and Restitution Totaling $5.5 Million for Commodity Pool Fraud", 2015-04-30. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7164-15.

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