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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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
Michigan Federal Court Orders Florida Corporations Millenium Trading Group LLC and Worldwide Clearing LLC, and Florida Resident Cedric Stanton, to Pay More Than $10 Million in Sanctions
California Federal Court Orders Resident Brett E. Lovett to Pay More Than $635,000 in Sanctions in Fraud Action Brought by the CFTC
CFTC Charges Elizabeth Baldwin, Of Newport, Rhode Island, With Fraudulently Soliciting & Obtaining More Than $500,000 To Trade Commodity Futures
CFTC Obtains Permanent Injunction in Fraud Action Against New York Hedge Fund Operator Cornerstone Capital Management, LLC and its Principal, Atlanta Resident Joseph T. Profit II
Five Current and Former Coral Energy Traders Settle CFTC Charges for False Reporting and Attempted Manipulation in Natural Gas Market; Defendants Ordered to Pay $1 Million Penalty
CFTC Settles Natural Gas False Reporting and Attempted Manipulation Lawsuit with Energy Trader; Defendant Paul Atha, a Former Trader at Mirant Americas Energy Marketing, L.P. (Mirant), Ordered to Pay a $200,000 Penalty
Florida Federal Court Imposes Sanctions of More Than $20 Million Against a South Florida Firm Cromwell Financial Services, Inc., and Five Area Residents in a Commodity Options Fraud and Failure to Supervise Case
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Files Action Against Atlanta Company Saxon Financial Services, Inc.
Former BP Trader Paul Kelly Agrees to Pay $400,000 Civil Penalty to Settle U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Charges of Attempted Manipulation of the NYMEX Unleaded Gasoline Futures Contract
BP Agrees to Pay a Total of $303 Million in Sanctions to Settle Charges of Manipulation and Attempted Manipulation in the Propane Market