# CFTC Orders Chicago-based Cunningham Commodities, LLC and its Controller Salvatore Carmen Russo Jointly to Pay a $150,000 Penalty for Failing to Immediately Report a Customer Segregated Account Deficiency

> CFTC release 7366-16 · 2016-05-10 · **Other enforcement** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7366-16
- **Release date:** 2016-05-10
- **Type:** Other enforcement
- **Title:** CFTC Orders Chicago-based Cunningham Commodities, LLC and its Controller Salvatore Carmen Russo Jointly to Pay a $150,000 Penalty for Failing to Immediately Report a Customer Segregated Account Deficiency
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7366-16

## 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 7366-16, "CFTC Orders Chicago-based Cunningham Commodities, LLC and its Controller Salvatore Carmen Russo Jointly to Pay a $150,000 Penalty for Failing to Immediately Report a Customer Segregated Account Deficiency", 2016-05-10. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-07 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7366-16.

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