CFTC Charges Purported Hedge Fund Capitol Equity FX LLC and California Residents Robert Leland Johnson IV and Marisa Elena Johnson with Fraud, Misappropriation, and Registration Violations Fraud

CFTC release 7550-17 · 2017-04-21 · view on cftc.gov ↗

Key facts

Release number: 7550-17
Release date: 2017-04-21
Type: Fraud
Primary source: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7550-17

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The CFTC charges market participants under the Commodity Exchange Act for spoofing, manipulation, fraud, wash trades, registration violations, and commodity-pool-operator misconduct. Most actions settle with restitution + civil money penalty + a bar/suspension. Crypto-asset cases have been a major share since 2019.