Enforcement Actions

The CFTC Division of Enforcement investigates and prosecutes alleged violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and Commission regulations. The CFTC takes enforcement actions against individuals and firms registered with the Commission, those who are engaged in commodity futures and option trading on designated domestic exchanges, and those who improperly market futures and options contracts.

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View Opinions and Adjudicatory Orders

Enforcement Advisory: Updated Advisory on Self Reporting and Full Cooperation

Enforcement Advisory: Cooperation Factors in Enforcement Division Sanction Recommendations for Individuals

Enforcement Advisory: Cooperation Factors in Enforcement Division Sanction Recommendations for Companies

Enforcement Advisory: Advisory on Self Reporting and Cooperation for CEA Violations Involving Foreign Corrupt Practices

See CFTC Press Release 7518-17 (January 19, 2017) and
Speech of James McDonald, Director of the Division of Enforcement Commodity Futures Trading Commission Regarding Perspectives on Enforcement: Self-Reporting and Cooperation at the CFTC (September 25, 2017)

Date ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
FEDERAL COURT ORDERS NEW YORK FOREIGN CURRENCY FIRM TO PAY OVER $100 MILLION IN U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION ANTI-FRAUD ACTION; International Financial Services (New York) Inc. Ordered to Pay Civil Penalties and Repay Customers
CALIFORNIA COURT SANCTIONS FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FIRM ACRO INFORMATION SERVICE, INC. AND ITS EMPLOYEES FOR FRAUD AND ILLEGAL COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
THE U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION PREVAILS AGAINST FLORIDA RESIDENTS AND THEIR THREE COMPANIES; Court Orders Defendants Bernard Sevilla, Staci Petok, Jack Pomeroy, First Bristol Group, Inc., Alliance Equity Group, Inc., and Great Minster Group, Inc., to Repay More Than $450,000 to Investors and to Pay Contingent Civil Penalties Totaling $1,920,000 for Fraud Claims
CFTC FILES FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST A NORTH CAROLINA FOREIGN CURRENCY TRADER AND HIS FIRM, WHO SOLICITED $1.2 MILLION FROM RETAIL INVESTORS; CFTC Alleges that Defendants James Darren Moore and JDM Investments Concealed Trading Losses of Almost $500,000 by Issuing False Account Statements to Customers
THE U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION CHARGES COLORADO MAN AND HIS FIRM, Qi2 TECHNOLOGIES, WITH INTERNET FRAUD; Company Website Marketed to the Public a Trading Manual Entitled, How I Double My Money Annually In The Market
CFTC FILES AND SETTLES CLAIMS AGAINST FLOOR BROKER MICHAEL H. VARNER; CFTC Orders Varner to Pay Civil Penalty and Prohibits Him from Trading for Customers for Five Years
THE U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION FILES AND SETTLES ENFORCEMENT ACTION INVOLVING TENNESSEE COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR TERRY EDWARD JONES; Jones Touted Hypothetical Trading Results as Real
CFTC Finds That Florida Residents Fraudulently Marketed a Commodity Futures Trading Method on E-Bay
FLORIDA FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FIRM CHARGED WITH FRAUD FOR INTERNET SWINDLE; CFTC Files Action Against Giovanni Fleury Investments, Inc. of Sunrise, Florida, and Owner Giovanni Fleury
FEDERAL COURT ORDERS LOS ANGELES FOREIGN CURRENCY FIRMS AND THEIR PRESIDENT TO PAY $759,956 IN CFTC ACTION; Rego Gainer Financial, Inc., Rego Gainer, Inc. and Kwok Lun Lam Ordered to Pay Restitution and Civil Penalties