# CFTC Imposes $250,000 Penalty Against bZeroX, LLC and Its Founders and Charges Successor Ooki DAO for Offering Illegal, Off-Exchange Digital-Asset Trading, Registration Violations, and Failing to Comply with Bank Secrecy Act

> CFTC release 8590-22 · 2022-09-22 · **Registration / supervisory violation** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 8590-22
- **Release date:** 2022-09-22
- **Type:** Registration / supervisory violation
- **Title:** CFTC Imposes $250,000 Penalty Against bZeroX, LLC and Its Founders and Charges Successor Ooki DAO for Offering Illegal, Off-Exchange Digital-Asset Trading, Registration Violations, and Failing to Comply with Bank Secrecy Act
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8590-22

## 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 8590-22, "CFTC Imposes $250,000 Penalty Against bZeroX, LLC and Its Founders and Charges Successor Ooki DAO for Offering Illegal, Off-Exchange Digital-Asset Trading, Registration Violations, and Failing to Comply with Bank Secrecy Act", 2022-09-22. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/8590-22.

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