# Federal Court in Illinois Orders Matthew J. Marcus and His California Company Tech Power Inc. to Pay a $250,000 Penalty for Engineering a Money Pass Scheme Involving More than 1,200 Single Stock Futures Trades

> CFTC release 7403-16 · 2016-07-08 · **Other enforcement** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7403-16
- **Release date:** 2016-07-08
- **Type:** Other enforcement
- **Title:** Federal Court in Illinois Orders Matthew J. Marcus and His California Company Tech Power Inc. to Pay a $250,000 Penalty for Engineering a Money Pass Scheme Involving More than 1,200 Single Stock Futures Trades
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7403-16

## 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 7403-16, "Federal Court in Illinois Orders Matthew J. Marcus and His California Company Tech Power Inc. to Pay a $250,000 Penalty for Engineering a Money Pass Scheme Involving More than 1,200 Single Stock Futures Trades", 2016-07-08. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7403-16.

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