# CFTC Orders Atlantas Group, Inc. and Edmund Hysni to Pay in Total $7.2 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty for Solicitation Fraud and for Making False Statements to the National Futures Association

> CFTC release 7407-16 · 2016-07-15 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7407-16
- **Release date:** 2016-07-15
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** CFTC Orders Atlantas Group, Inc. and Edmund Hysni to Pay in Total $7.2 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty for Solicitation Fraud and for Making False Statements to the National Futures Association
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7407-16

## 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 7407-16, "CFTC Orders Atlantas Group, Inc. and Edmund Hysni to Pay in Total $7.2 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty for Solicitation Fraud and for Making False Statements to the National Futures Association", 2016-07-15. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7407-16.

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