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
CFTC Charges Ray Thomas Brown with Fraud, Misappropriation, and Registration Violations in Operating Two Commodity Pool Scams
CFTC Charges Hunter Wise Commodities, Lloyds Commodities, C.D. Hopkins Financial, United States Capital Trust, Newbridge Alliance, Blackstone Metals Group, and their Principals in Multi-Million Dollar Fraudulent Precious Metals Scheme
Federal Court in Idaho Orders CFTC Defendant Trigon Group, Inc. to Return More than $20.6 million of Ill-Gotten Gains to Victims of its Fraud
Federal Court in New York Orders Defendants Forex Capital Trading Group, Forex Capital Trading Partners, and Highland Stone Capital Management to Pay over $1.8 Million for Fraud in Off-Exchange Foreign Currency Scheme
CFTC Settles Charges against Deepak Singhal and Meera Singhal for Engaging in Illegal Trading Scheme
CFTC Files Complaint in Federal Court against Eric Moncada, BES Capital LLC, and Serdika LLC Alleging Attempted Manipulation of Wheat Futures Contract Prices, Fictitious Sales, and Non-Competitive Transactions
Federal Court Orders MBF Clearing Corp. to Pay $650,000 for Violating Customer Fund Segregation Requirements
Federal Court in New York Orders Marc Perlman and iGlobal Strategic Management, LLC to Pay over $2 Million for Solicitation Fraud and Misappropriation Involving Off-Exchange Foreign Currency and a Commodity Pool Ponzi Scheme
CFTC Orders Benjamin Hutchen, Formerly of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, to Pay a $300,000 Civil Monetary Penalty for Engaging in Unlawful Noncompetitive Futures Trades
CFTC Charges Connecticut Resident Feisal Sharif with Operating a $5.4 Million Commodity Pool Ponzi Scheme and Misappropriating at least $900,000 of Pool Participants’ Funds