# CFTC Charges Commodity Pool Operators and Their Co-Chief Investment Officer with Deception and Manipulation in Connection with Swaps and Supervision Failures

> CFTC release 8640-22 · 2022-12-15 · **Market manipulation** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 8640-22
- **Release date:** 2022-12-15
- **Type:** Market manipulation
- **Title:** CFTC Charges Commodity Pool Operators and Their Co-Chief Investment Officer with Deception and Manipulation in Connection with Swaps and Supervision Failures
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8640-22

## 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 8640-22, "CFTC Charges Commodity Pool Operators and Their Co-Chief Investment Officer with Deception and Manipulation in Connection with Swaps and Supervision Failures", 2022-12-15. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-07 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/8640-22.

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