# Federal Court in North Carolina Enters Judgment against Ron Earl McCullough and David Christopher Mayhew in Foreign Currency Ponzi Scheme

> CFTC release 7220-15 · 2015-08-29 · **Ponzi scheme** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7220-15
- **Release date:** 2015-08-29
- **Type:** Ponzi scheme
- **Title:** Federal Court in North Carolina Enters Judgment against Ron Earl McCullough and David Christopher Mayhew in Foreign Currency Ponzi Scheme
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7220-15

## 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 7220-15, "Federal Court in North Carolina Enters Judgment against Ron Earl McCullough and David Christopher Mayhew in Foreign Currency Ponzi Scheme", 2015-08-29. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7220-15.

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