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 Orders Mark Adrian of Florida to Pay $140,000 Civil Penalty in Fraudulent Foreign Currency Scheme
CFTC Charges Juvenal Machado and Florida-based Invers Forex, LLC with Defrauding Foreign Currency Customers of Almost $800,000 in Ponzi Scheme
CFTC Obtains Default Judgment and Permanent Injunction against ForInvest Group aka ForInvests Group LLC for Violating Multiple CFTC Registration Requirements
Federal Court in Florida Orders Capital Blu Management, LLC, Donovan Davis Jr., Damien Bromfield, Blayne Davis and DD International Holdings, LLC to Pay More than $17 Million for Committing Fraud
CFTC Charges Victor E. Cilli and his company, Progressive Investment Funds LLC, with Operating a Commodity Pool Ponzi Scheme and Misappropriating Customer Funds
CFTC Revokes Registrations of Texas-based M25 Investments, Inc. and M37 Investments, LLC
CFTC Charges Neal E. Hall of North Carolina with Registration and Disclosure Violations
Federal Court Orders Moroccan Resident Richmond Hamilton, Jr., and Chicago Commodity Pool Operator Raleigh Capital Management, Inc. to Pay More than $4 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty for Misappropriation & False Statements to the NFA
Federal Court in Texas Orders Richard D. Theye to Pay More than $6.2 Million for Defrauding Investors in a Multi-Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme
CFTC Charges Nebraska Residents Jonathan W. Arrington, Michael B. Kratville and Michael J. Welke and their Companies with $4.7 Million Fraud