# Federal Court Orders Pennsylvania Man Pay $7.4 Million in Restitution for Multi-Million Dollar Bitcoin Fraud

> CFTC release 8272-20 · 2020-10-02 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 8272-20
- **Release date:** 2020-10-02
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** Federal Court Orders Pennsylvania Man Pay $7.4 Million in Restitution for Multi-Million Dollar Bitcoin Fraud
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8272-20

## 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 8272-20, "Federal Court Orders Pennsylvania Man Pay $7.4 Million in Restitution for Multi-Million Dollar Bitcoin Fraud", 2020-10-02. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/8272-20.

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