# CFTC Charges Digital Asset Derivatives Platform and Miami Resident with Facilitating Unlawful Futures Transactions, Failing to Register, and Attempted Manipulation of Native Token

> CFTC release 8605-22 · 2022-10-03 · **Market manipulation** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 8605-22
- **Release date:** 2022-10-03
- **Type:** Market manipulation
- **Title:** CFTC Charges Digital Asset Derivatives Platform and Miami Resident with Facilitating Unlawful Futures Transactions, Failing to Register, and Attempted Manipulation of Native Token
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8605-22

## 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 8605-22, "CFTC Charges Digital Asset Derivatives Platform and Miami Resident with Facilitating Unlawful Futures Transactions, Failing to Register, and Attempted Manipulation of Native Token", 2022-10-03. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/8605-22.

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