Federal Court Orders Florida-Based North American Asset Management, LLC, Alexi Bethel, and Steven Labadie to Pay More than $1.6 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty for Engaging in Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions Other enforcement
Key facts
- Release number
- 7572-17
- Release date
- 2017-06-14
- Type
- Other enforcement
- Primary source
- https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7572-17
About CFTC enforcement
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.