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
09/28/2018	CFTC Charges Two Defendants with Fraudulent Solicitation, Impersonation of a CFTC Investigator, and Forging CFTC Documents, All in Attempt to Steal Bitcoin Complaint: Morgan Hunt
09/28/2018	CFTC Charges Georgia-Based Company and Its Chief Executive with Forex Fraud Involving Thirty Customers Complaint: Lucrative Pips Corporation and Kevin Perry
09/28/2018	CFTC Charges Block Trade Broker with Insider Trading Complaint: EOX Holdings LLC and Andrew Gizienski
09/27/2018	CFTC Charges Trading Platform with Illegal Transactions Margined in Bitcoin, Failing to Implement Procedures to Prevent Money-Laundering, and Failing to Register with the CFTC Complaint: 1POOL LTD. and PATRICK BRUNNER Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road,…
09/27/2018	CFTC Files Nine Enforcement Actions Addressing Fraudulent Binary Options Solicitations and One Addressing Cross-Exchange Manipulation
09/27/2018	CFTC Charges Eleven Individuals and Five Entities in Nationwide Binary Options Fraud Ring Complaint: Timothy Joseph Atkinson, Jay Passerino, All In Publishing, LLC, & Ga… Complaint: Ronald Montano, Montano Enterprises, LLC, & Michael Wright Order: Grayson Brookshire Order: Antonio Giacca Order: Travis Stephenson Order: Justin Blake Barrett Order: Shmuel Pollen, Aka Mike Williams Order: William Earl Berry and Berry Media Works Order: Martin Schranz and GSD Master Ag
09/27/2018	CFTC Charges Futures Trader with Cross-Exchange Manipulation Order: Davis Ramsey
09/26/2018	CFTC Files Two Enforcement Actions Addressing Attempted Manipulation, Unauthorized Trading, and Fraud
09/26/2018	CFTC Charges Two Commodity Traders with Attempted Manipulation of Agricultural Markets Order: Peter Grady Order: Adam Flavin
09/26/2018	CFTC Orders an Iowa Introducing Broker and Its Principals to Pay $11.9 Million in Restitution to Farmers and a $1.25 Million Civil Monetary Penalty for Fraud, Unauthorized Trading, and False Statements to the CME, Among Other Violations Order: Kooima Kaemingk et.al.

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