# Federal Court Orders California Residents Christopher Valois and Cynthia Wong and Their Companies to Pay over $1.1 Million for Fraud and Registration Violations

> CFTC release 7165-15 · 2015-05-01 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7165-15
- **Release date:** 2015-05-01
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** Federal Court Orders California Residents Christopher Valois and Cynthia Wong and Their Companies to Pay over $1.1 Million for Fraud and Registration Violations
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7165-15

## 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 7165-15, "Federal Court Orders California Residents Christopher Valois and Cynthia Wong and Their Companies to Pay over $1.1 Million for Fraud and Registration Violations", 2015-05-01. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7165-15.

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