# CFTC Charges California Resident Hannes Tulving, Jr., through his company, The Tulving Company, Inc., with Misappropriation and Fraudulent Solicitation in a $17.8 Million Precious Metals Scheme

> CFTC release 7228-15 · 2015-09-12 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7228-15
- **Release date:** 2015-09-12
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** CFTC Charges California Resident Hannes Tulving, Jr., through his company, The Tulving Company, Inc., with Misappropriation and Fraudulent Solicitation in a $17.8 Million Precious Metals Scheme
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7228-15

## 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 7228-15, "CFTC Charges California Resident Hannes Tulving, Jr., through his company, The Tulving Company, Inc., with Misappropriation and Fraudulent Solicitation in a $17.8 Million Precious Metals Scheme", 2015-09-12. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7228-15.

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