# CFTC Approves Final Regulation Requiring All Registered Introducing Brokers and Commodity Pool Operators, and Certain Registered Commodity Trading Advisors to Be Members of a Registered Futures Association

> CFTC release 7225-15 · 2015-09-11 · **Commodity pool fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7225-15
- **Release date:** 2015-09-11
- **Type:** Commodity pool fraud
- **Title:** CFTC Approves Final Regulation Requiring All Registered Introducing Brokers and Commodity Pool Operators, and Certain Registered Commodity Trading Advisors to Be Members of a Registered Futures Association
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7225-15

## 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 7225-15, "CFTC Approves Final Regulation Requiring All Registered Introducing Brokers and Commodity Pool Operators, and Certain Registered Commodity Trading Advisors to Be Members of a Registered Futures Association", 2015-09-11. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7225-15.

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