CFTC Charges California-based Company and Its CEO with Fraudulent Solicitation and Misappropriation of Digital Asset Commodities Fraud

CFTC release 8660-23 · 2023-02-16 · view on cftc.gov ↗

Key facts

Release number
8660-23
Release date
2023-02-16
Type
Fraud
Primary source
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8660-23

About CFTC enforcement

The CFTC charges market participants under the Commodity Exchange Act for spoofing, manipulation, fraud, wash trades, registration violations, and commodity-pool-operator misconduct. Most actions settle with restitution + civil money penalty + a bar/suspension. Crypto-asset cases have been a major share since 2019.