# Florida Court Orders Brazilian Nationals to Pay Over $128 Million for Fraudulent Commodity Pool Scheme

> CFTC release 9045-25 · 2025-02-04 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 9045-25
- **Release date:** 2025-02-04
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** Florida Court Orders Brazilian Nationals to Pay Over $128 Million for Fraudulent Commodity Pool Scheme
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9045-25

## 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 9045-25, "Florida Court Orders Brazilian Nationals to Pay Over $128 Million for Fraudulent Commodity Pool Scheme", 2025-02-04. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-07 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/9045-25.

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