# CFTC Charges Arizona Resident Cory Williams and His Company, Williams Advisory Group, LLC, with Fraudulently Soliciting and Receiving at Least $13 Million in Commodity Pool Scheme

> CFTC release 7556-17 · 2017-05-04 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7556-17
- **Release date:** 2017-05-04
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** CFTC Charges Arizona Resident Cory Williams and His Company, Williams Advisory Group, LLC, with Fraudulently Soliciting and Receiving at Least $13 Million in Commodity Pool Scheme
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7556-17

## 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 7556-17, "CFTC Charges Arizona Resident Cory Williams and His Company, Williams Advisory Group, LLC, with Fraudulently Soliciting and Receiving at Least $13 Million in Commodity Pool Scheme", 2017-05-04. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7556-17.

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