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
U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION CHARGES IOWA MAN WITH FRAUD; CFTC Alleges that Victor Lochmann Misappropriated Customer Funds and Engaged in Unauthorized Trading
FEDERAL COURT ENTERS JUDGMENTS AGAINST MICHIGAN AND NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS AND TWO PANAMANIAN COMPANIES IN MARQUIS COMMODITY POOL FRAUD CASE; Court Orders Payments To Customers And Penalties Totaling More Than $2.5 Million
CFTC OBTAINS PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION PREVENTING FLORIDA COMMODITY TRADING FIRM, UNITED INVESTORS GROUP, INC. AND FIVE EMPLOYEES, FROM VIOLATING THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT; Nearly 98 Percent Of Accounts Opened At UIG Between August 2003 And June 2004 Lost Money Trading Commodity Options; Customers Lost More Than $6.1 Million, While UIG Charged Over $4.25 Million In Commissions And Fees
CFTC CHARGES ILLINOIS RESIDENT CAMERON CHARLES WITH DEFRAUDING HIS EMPLOYER, WATSEKA FARMERS GRAIN CO. COOPERATIVE
CFTC OBTAINS FEDERAL COURT FREEZE OF ASSETS OF PHILADELPHIA COMPANY AND ITS PRESIDENT IN FRAUD ACTION INVOLVING HEDGE FUND AND $230 MILLION COMMODITY POOL; CFTC Charges Philadelphia Alternative Asset Management Co., LLC, And Its President, Paul M. Eustace, With Issuing False Trading Results To Pool Participants; National Futures Association Assists CFTC In Its Action
U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION SANCTIONS UK AND GERMAN TRADING COMPANIES FOR ILLEGALLY PREARRANGING FUTURES TRADES THAT REPRESENTED FICTITIOUS SALES ON U.S. MARKETS
FEDERAL COURT FREEZES ASSETS OF FIVE FLORIDA FOREIGN CURRENCY (FOREX) BOILER ROOMS AND FIVE INDIVIDUALS CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING CUSTOMERS OF OVER $17 MILLION; U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Charges Fraudulent Solicitation of Customers to Trade Foreign Currency Options Contracts By Defendants World Market Advisors, Inc., U.S. Capital Management, Inc., United Equity Group, Inc., Liberty One Advisors, LLC, Lighthouse Capital Management, LLC, Jason T. Dean, Steven D. Knowles, Paul F. Plunkett, Joseph D. Valko and Jeffrey Paul Jedlicki; Universal Options, Inc., Qualified Leverage Providers, Inc. and Safeguard FX, LLC Also Charged With Liability As Principals; Complaint Charges More Than 96 Percent of Customers Lost Money While Paying Defendants $8.6 Million in Commission
FEDERAL COURT FREEZES ASSETS OF FLORIDA ILLEGAL OFF-EXCHANGE METALS OPTIONS FIRM AND TWO CORPORATE OFFICERS; CFTC Charges E-Metal Merchants, Inc., Benji Dayan, And Andrew Stern With Illegal Metals Options Trading
CFTC CHARGES FLORIDA FIRM COMMODITY INVESTMENT GROUP AND ITS PRINCIPALS WITH FRAUD RESULTING IN OVER $9 MILLION IN LOSSES TO CUSTOMERS; CFTC Alleges That Linda and Michael Kuhney Fraudulently Solicited Customers To Trade Commodity Options Contracts
ILLINOIS MAN SANCTIONED FOR UNAUTHORIZED COMMODITY TRADING; CFTC Imposes Trading Ban and Monetary Penalty on David J. Mueller