# Federal Court Orders Husband and Wife Team and Their Company to Pay Defrauded Customers More Than $1 Million in Connection with a Futures Trading Scheme

> CFTC release 7868-19 · 2019-02-08 · **Other enforcement** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7868-19
- **Release date:** 2019-02-08
- **Type:** Other enforcement
- **Title:** Federal Court Orders Husband and Wife Team and Their Company to Pay Defrauded Customers More Than $1 Million in Connection with a Futures Trading Scheme
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7868-19

## 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 7868-19, "Federal Court Orders Husband and Wife Team and Their Company to Pay Defrauded Customers More Than $1 Million in Connection with a Futures Trading Scheme", 2019-02-08. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7868-19.

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