# Federal Court in Florida Orders Anthony J. Klatch II, Lindsey Heim, and their Company Assurance Capital Management, LLC to Pay More than $2.4 Million in Restitution and Civil Monetary Penalties for Commodity Pool Fraud and Misappropriation

> CFTC release 7589-17 · 2017-07-12 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7589-17
- **Release date:** 2017-07-12
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** Federal Court in Florida Orders Anthony J. Klatch II, Lindsey Heim, and their Company Assurance Capital Management, LLC to Pay More than $2.4 Million in Restitution and Civil Monetary Penalties for Commodity Pool Fraud and Misappropriation
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7589-17

## 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 7589-17, "Federal Court in Florida Orders Anthony J. Klatch II, Lindsey Heim, and their Company Assurance Capital Management, LLC to Pay More than $2.4 Million in Restitution and Civil Monetary Penalties for Commodity Pool Fraud and Misappropriation", 2017-07-12. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-15 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7589-17.

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