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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Date ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
Federal Court in South Carolina Imposes Lifetime Ban from Commodities Industry on Robert Stanley Harrison
CFTC Revokes Registrations of John G. Wilkins and His Company, Altamont Global Partners LLC, Based on Federal Court’s Permanent Injunction Order and on Wilkins’s Related Criminal Conviction
CFTC Orders Marubeni America Corporation to Pay $800,000 for Inaccurately Reporting Positions in Multiple Grains
CFTC Orders ICE Futures U.S., Inc. to Pay a $3 Million Civil Monetary Penalty for Recurring Data Reporting Violations
CFTC Charges Michigan Resident Jerry Stauffer with Commodity Pool Fraud and Other Violations
Federal Court in New York Imposes a $26 Million Civil Monetary Penalty against Mark Evan Bloom and his Company, North Hills Management, LLC, for Commodity Pool Fraud
Kevin G. White Sentenced to over Eight Years in Federal Prison for $7.4 Million Commodity Pool Investment Scam
Federal Court Orders Scott M. Ross and his Companies to Pay More than $6.7 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty for Defrauding Investors in His Commodity Pools, Mishandling Customer Funds, and Failing to Properly Register as a Commodity...
CFTC Orders Florida Residents Isaiah Goldman and Brock Catronio and their Companies, Paramount Metals Exchange and Paramount Credit, to Pay More than $2.5 Million in Sanctions for Engaging in Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions
CFTC Orders Florida-Based Midwest Metals Exchange and Its Owner, Brian S. Ekasala, to Pay Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty Totaling More than $522,000 for Engaging in Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions