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
Federal Court Imposes $1.4 Million Civil Penalty against David A. Owen
CFTC Charges Two California Men, Ruben Gonzalez and Jose Naranjo, and Their Company, New Golden Investment Group, LLC, with Running a Multi-Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme
CFTC Files Anti-Fraud Action against Jeffrey Shalhoub and Jeff Shalhoub Investments for Operating a Futures Ponzi Scheme
Federal Court Orders More than $3.8 Million in Sanctions against North Carolina Defendant Tyrone McCall and Two Entities He Controlled to Settle a CFTC Anti-Fraud Action
The CFTC Sanctions Noble Americas Corp. $130,000 for Wash Sales Trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange and Causing Non Bona Fide Prices to Be Reported
Hedge Fund Moore Capital Management, LP, and Its Affiliates Moore Capital Advisors, LLC and Moore Advisors, Ltd., Ordered to Pay a $25 Million Penalty to Settle CFTC Charges of Attempted Manipulation of Platinum and Palladium Futures Settlement Prices
Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc. to Pay a $14 Million Civil Penalty to Settle CFTC Charges that the Company Concealed a Large Block Crude Oil Trade
San Diego Gas & Electric Company Agrees to Pay a Civil Penalty to Settle CFTC Charge that it Engaged in Wash Sales in the Natural Gas Futures Markets
CFTC Charges Carmine Garofalo with Illegal Trading on a U.S. Exchange
CFTC Files Enforcement Action against Singapore National Kuen Cheol Song for Engaging in an Illegal Trading Scheme