# Federal Court Orders Recovery of Nearly $2.3M for Victims of an Online Romance Scam

> CFTC release 9058-25 · 2025-03-21 · **Other enforcement** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 9058-25
- **Release date:** 2025-03-21
- **Type:** Other enforcement
- **Title:** Federal Court Orders Recovery of Nearly $2.3M for Victims of an Online Romance Scam
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9058-25

## 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 9058-25, "Federal Court Orders Recovery of Nearly $2.3M for Victims of an Online Romance Scam", 2025-03-21. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/9058-25.

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