# CFTC Charges South Carolina Resident Thomas Lanzana, Florida Resident Nikolay Masanko, and Their Companies Blackbox Pulse, LLC and White Cloud Mountain, LLC with Fraud, Misappropriation, and Registration Violations

> CFTC release 7605-17 · 2017-08-25 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7605-17
- **Release date:** 2017-08-25
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** CFTC Charges South Carolina Resident Thomas Lanzana, Florida Resident Nikolay Masanko, and Their Companies Blackbox Pulse, LLC and White Cloud Mountain, LLC with Fraud, Misappropriation, and Registration Violations
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7605-17

## 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 7605-17, "CFTC Charges South Carolina Resident Thomas Lanzana, Florida Resident Nikolay Masanko, and Their Companies Blackbox Pulse, LLC and White Cloud Mountain, LLC with Fraud, Misappropriation, and Registration Violations", 2017-08-25. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-05 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7605-17.

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