CFTC Issues First Pump-and-Dump Virtual Currency Customer Protection Advisory Other enforcement

CFTC release 7697-18 · 2018-02-15 · view on cftc.gov ↗

Key facts

Release number
7697-18
Release date
2018-02-15
Type
Other enforcement
Primary source
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7697-18

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.