# CFTC Customer Advisory Alerts App and Social Media Users to Financial Romance Fraud

> CFTC release 8859-24 · 2024-02-07 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 8859-24
- **Release date:** 2024-02-07
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** CFTC Customer Advisory Alerts App and Social Media Users to Financial Romance Fraud
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8859-24

## 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 8859-24, "CFTC Customer Advisory Alerts App and Social Media Users to Financial Romance Fraud", 2024-02-07. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/8859-24.

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