# CFTC Orders Georgia Resident Jonathan A. Parker and His Company QuantX Capital, LLC to Pay a Civil Monetary Penalty and Restitution Totaling More than $1 Million for Engaging in Foreign Exchange Commodity Pool Fraud

> CFTC release 7417-16 · 2016-08-04 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7417-16
- **Release date:** 2016-08-04
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** CFTC Orders Georgia Resident Jonathan A. Parker and His Company QuantX Capital, LLC to Pay a Civil Monetary Penalty and Restitution Totaling More than $1 Million for Engaging in Foreign Exchange Commodity Pool Fraud
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7417-16

## 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 7417-16, "CFTC Orders Georgia Resident Jonathan A. Parker and His Company QuantX Capital, LLC to Pay a Civil Monetary Penalty and Restitution Totaling More than $1 Million for Engaging in Foreign Exchange Commodity Pool Fraud", 2016-08-04. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7417-16.

---

*[CFTC actions dataset](/datasets/cftc-actions) · CC0 1.0*