# Federal Court Orders Texas Firm to Pay Over $100 Million to Customers Defrauded in Cattle Fraud Scheme

> CFTC release 9087-25 · 2025-06-16 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 9087-25
- **Release date:** 2025-06-16
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** Federal Court Orders Texas Firm to Pay Over $100 Million to Customers Defrauded in Cattle Fraud Scheme
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9087-25

## 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 9087-25, "Federal Court Orders Texas Firm to Pay Over $100 Million to Customers Defrauded in Cattle Fraud Scheme", 2025-06-16. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-18 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/9087-25.

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