# CFTC Orders United States Commodity Funds LLC to Pay $2.5 Million for Failure to Fully Disclose Information Relating to Trading Limitations to Commodity Pool Participants

> CFTC release 8457-21 · 2021-11-08 · **Commodity pool fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 8457-21
- **Release date:** 2021-11-08
- **Type:** Commodity pool fraud
- **Title:** CFTC Orders United States Commodity Funds LLC to Pay $2.5 Million for Failure to Fully Disclose Information Relating to Trading Limitations to Commodity Pool Participants
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8457-21

## 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 8457-21, "CFTC Orders United States Commodity Funds LLC to Pay $2.5 Million for Failure to Fully Disclose Information Relating to Trading Limitations to Commodity Pool Participants", 2021-11-08. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/8457-21.

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