# Federal Court Orders International Enterprise to Pay Over $451 Million for Global Binary Options Fraud

> CFTC release 9040-25 · 2025-01-29 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 9040-25
- **Release date:** 2025-01-29
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** Federal Court Orders International Enterprise to Pay Over $451 Million for Global Binary Options Fraud
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9040-25

## 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 9040-25, "Federal Court Orders International Enterprise to Pay Over $451 Million for Global Binary Options Fraud", 2025-01-29. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/9040-25.

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