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
U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION SETTLES CHARGES AGAINST FIVE INDIVIDUALS FOR TAKING PART IN ARTIFICIAL TRADING SCHEME; CFTC Order Finds That Illinois Residents Daniel J. Collins, Thomas M. Gianos, Bernard Miraglia and John R. Wade, and Wisconsin Resident Edward M. Collins Participated in Illegal Transfer Trades During the 1980s
NATURAL GAS TRADER HUNTER SHIVELY AGREES TO COOPERATE WITH U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION IN SETTLING MANIPULATION CASE
ENRON SETTLES CFTC COMPLAINT CHARGING IT WITH MANIPULATING NATURAL GAS PRICES IN JULY 2001; Federal District Court Enters Consent Order of Permanent Injunction Against Enron
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADER ORDERED TO PAY MORE THAN $1 MILLION TO DEFRAUDED CUSTOMERS; Federal Court Bans Utah Man, Stanley E. Varner from Trading Commodities for Five Years and Imposes $575,000 Civil Penalty
CFTC FILES ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST FORMER CEO OF ANICOM, INC.; Pending Federal Criminal Charges Against Scott C. Anixter Alleged As Grounds for Suspending His CFTC Floor Trader Registration
CFTC SETTLES CHARGES AGAINST THREE FORMER AGENTS OF CONVICTED FELON JOHN WHEELER; Defendants Michael Fagan, Robert Mendoza, and Gary Wood Agree to Turn Over Money They Received from Wheeler as Commissions
CFTC SETTLES RECORDKEEPING CHARGES AGAINST UNITED ENERGY, INC. AND DANA CHRISTOPHER BRAY RELATING TO TRADING IN NATURAL GAS FUTURES; United Energy, Inc. Also Settles Charges of Failure to Supervise Bray
FEDERAL COURT ORDERS FLORIDA RESIDENTS TO PAY MORE THAN $22 MILLION IN CFTC FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) FUTURES FRAUD ACTION; Court Orders Defendant Donald O'Neill and His Companies to Repay Over $12 Million to Investors and Pay Civil Monetary Penalties Totaling $10.6 Million
CFTC ORDERS PONZI SCHEME PARTICIPANTS WILLIAM ROGERS, MARIA TOCZYLOWSKI, AND HAROLD LUDWIG TO PAY MILLIONS; Two Former Officers of Republic New York Securities Corp. and Former Director of Princeton Global Management, Ltd., Ordered to Pay Over $14 Million in Restitution and Penalties
CFTC IMPOSES $7 MILLION CIVIL PENALTY ON DENVER-BASED ENERGY FIRM; Western Gas Resources, Inc. Charged With False Reporting and Attempted Manipulation in Violation of the Commodity Exchange Act