# CFTC Orders Florida Resident Barbara Cohen and Her Company, Pure Reason, LLC, to Pay a $140,000 Penalty for Cohen’s False Statements to the CFTC and for Not Disclosing that Profitable Trading Results Were Based on Hypothetical Trading

> CFTC release 7253-15 · 2015-09-30 · **Other enforcement** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7253-15
- **Release date:** 2015-09-30
- **Type:** Other enforcement
- **Title:** CFTC Orders Florida Resident Barbara Cohen and Her Company, Pure Reason, LLC, to Pay a $140,000 Penalty for Cohen’s False Statements to the CFTC and for Not Disclosing that Profitable Trading Results Were Based on Hypothetical Trading
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7253-15

## 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 7253-15, "CFTC Orders Florida Resident Barbara Cohen and Her Company, Pure Reason, LLC, to Pay a $140,000 Penalty for Cohen’s False Statements to the CFTC and for Not Disclosing that Profitable Trading Results Were Based on Hypothetical Trading", 2015-09-30. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-16 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7253-15.

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