# Federal Court Orders Jody Dupont of Anderson, South Carolina, and His Company, Open Range Trading LLC, to Pay $192,000 for Defrauding Customers in Connection with Offering and Selling Futures Trading System

> CFTC release 7743-18 · 2018-06-25 · **Other enforcement** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7743-18
- **Release date:** 2018-06-25
- **Type:** Other enforcement
- **Title:** Federal Court Orders Jody Dupont of Anderson, South Carolina, and His Company, Open Range Trading LLC, to Pay $192,000 for Defrauding Customers in Connection with Offering and Selling Futures Trading System
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7743-18

## 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 7743-18, "Federal Court Orders Jody Dupont of Anderson, South Carolina, and His Company, Open Range Trading LLC, to Pay $192,000 for Defrauding Customers in Connection with Offering and Selling Futures Trading System", 2018-06-25. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7743-18.

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