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 Sanctions Cadent Financial Services LLC $125,000 for Supervision Violations
CFTC Charges Parnon Energy Inc., Arcadia Petroleum Ltd. and Arcadia Energy (Suisse) SA with Price Manipulation in the Crude Oil Market
CFTC Charges Florida Firm, American Precious Metals, LLC, and Principals, Sammy J. Goldman and Harry Robert Tanner, Jr., with Fraud
CFTC Charges Puerto Rico Resident Angel F. Collazo and ACJ Capital, Inc. with Solicitation Fraud and Issuing False Statements in Off-Exchange Leveraged Foreign Currency Scheme
CFTC Settles Charges against FX Trading, LLC for Failing to Maintain Minimum Net Capital Required for Futures Commission Merchants
Federal Court Orders Russian National Marat Yunusov to Pay $500,000 Civil Monetary Penalty for Illegal Commodity Futures Trading Scheme
CFTC Charges Michigan Man Jeffrey L. Groendyke with Operating a Foreign Currency Ponzi Scheme and Misappropriating Customer Funds
CFTC Permanently Bars Former CME Floor Broker Thorbjorn Haveman from Trading for Misappropriation and Fictitious, Noncompetitive and Unauthorized Trading
CFTC Sanctions New York Resident Howard Winell and His Companies, Winell Associates, Inc., and Maxie Partners GP, LLC, More than $5.2 Million for Fraud
CFTC Files Anti-Fraud Action against California Companies 20/20 Trading Company, Inc. and 20/20 Precious Metals, Inc. and their Employees, Bharat Adatia, Sharief McDowell and Todd Krejci