# CFTC Charges California Resident David Bryant with Fraud and Acting as an Unregistered Commodity Pool Operator

> CFTC release 7287-15 · 2015-12-05 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7287-15
- **Release date:** 2015-12-05
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** CFTC Charges California Resident David Bryant with Fraud and Acting as an Unregistered Commodity Pool Operator
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7287-15

## 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 7287-15, "CFTC Charges California Resident David Bryant with Fraud and Acting as an Unregistered Commodity Pool Operator", 2015-12-05. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7287-15.

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