CFTC enforcement actions + press releases

Dataset · US Commodity Futures Trading Commission · primary source ↗

Every CFTC press release with enforcement-action keyword classification. 4,400+ releases from 2003-2026 (2,500+ enforcement). Covers derivatives + commodities + crypto fraud, spoofing, market manipulation, wash trades, Ponzi schemes, and commodity-pool-operator misconduct. Hidden behind a paginated Drupal table on cftc.gov with no API — most KYC vendors only cover the headline cases.

Source agency
US Commodity Futures Trading Commission
License
CC0 / US public domain
Coverage
4,400+ releases (2,500+ enforcement)
API endpoint

Keywords

CFTCcommoditiesderivativescrypto fraudspoofingmarket manipulationwash tradesPonzicommodity pool

Provenance

Every record in this dataset can be traced back to its primary source at https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases. Underlying content is a US federal government work (public domain under 17 USC §105); our derived data is licensed CC0 1.0.

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