# CFTC Orders R.J. O’Brien & Associates LLC to Pay a $600,000 Civil Monetary Penalty for Supervisory Failures and Violation of a Prior Commission Order

> CFTC release 7764-18 · 2018-07-30 · **Other enforcement** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7764-18
- **Release date:** 2018-07-30
- **Type:** Other enforcement
- **Title:** CFTC Orders R.J. O’Brien & Associates LLC to Pay a $600,000 Civil Monetary Penalty for Supervisory Failures and Violation of a Prior Commission Order
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7764-18

## 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 7764-18, "CFTC Orders R.J. O’Brien & Associates LLC to Pay a $600,000 Civil Monetary Penalty for Supervisory Failures and Violation of a Prior Commission Order", 2018-07-30. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7764-18.

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