# CFTC Charges North Carolina Resident Barry C. Taylor and His Companies with Commodity Pool Fraud in a Multi-Million Dollar Fraudulent Forex Scheme and with Registration Violations

> CFTC release 7167-15 · 2015-05-01 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7167-15
- **Release date:** 2015-05-01
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** CFTC Charges North Carolina Resident Barry C. Taylor and His Companies with Commodity Pool Fraud in a Multi-Million Dollar Fraudulent Forex Scheme and with Registration Violations
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7167-15

## 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 7167-15, "CFTC Charges North Carolina Resident Barry C. Taylor and His Companies with Commodity Pool Fraud in a Multi-Million Dollar Fraudulent Forex Scheme and with Registration Violations", 2015-05-01. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7167-15.

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