CFTC Charges Alleged Bitcoin Seller and Former Attorney with Multi-Million Dollar Bitcoin Fraud, Imposes Over $5 Million in Restitution Fraud

CFTC release 8743-23 · 2023-07-06 · view on cftc.gov ↗

Key facts

Release number
8743-23
Release date
2023-07-06
Type
Fraud
Primary source
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8743-23

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.