# Federal Court Permanently Enjoins Defendants and Orders Them to Pay Penalties and Restitution for Bitcoin Solicitation Fraud, Impersonating a CFTC Investigator, and Sending Forged CFTC Documents

> CFTC release 7965-19 · 2019-07-10 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 7965-19
- **Release date:** 2019-07-10
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** Federal Court Permanently Enjoins Defendants and Orders Them to Pay Penalties and Restitution for Bitcoin Solicitation Fraud, Impersonating a CFTC Investigator, and Sending Forged CFTC Documents
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7965-19

## 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 7965-19, "Federal Court Permanently Enjoins Defendants and Orders Them to Pay Penalties and Restitution for Bitcoin Solicitation Fraud, Impersonating a CFTC Investigator, and Sending Forged CFTC Documents", 2019-07-10. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/7965-19.

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