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CFTC Releases Annual Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2015
November 9th, 2015
Agency Filed 69 Enforcement Cases and Achieved a Record $3.14 Billion in Civil Monetary Penalties Ordered The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released the agency’s enforcement results for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which included a record $3.144 ...
CFTC charges individial for fraud involving a Futures Trading System and Advisory Service
October 22nd, 2015
Gramalegui also Charged with Violating a CFTC Administrative Order Entered in 2001, Settling Prior Fraud Charges Brought against Him The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District ...
CFTC extends conditional relief for Australian-based trading platform Yieldbroker
October 16th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today announced it has issued a no-action letter extending conditional time-limited relief for Australian-based trading platform Yieldbroker Pty Limited (Yieldbroker). This no-action letter will allow Yieldbroker additional ...
CFTC Orders Deutsche Bank AG to Pay a $2.5 Million Civil Monetary Penalty
October 2nd, 2015
CFTC Orders Deutsche Bank AG to Pay a $2.5 Million Civil Monetary Penalty for Swaps Reporting Violations and Related Supervision Failures CFTC Finds that Deutsche Bank Did Not Diligently Address and Correct Errors until after Bank Was Notified of ...
CFTC Orders Michael E. Simmons and Global Consortiums, LLC to Pay More than $589,000
September 29th, 2015
CFTC Orders Georgia Resident Michael E. Simmons and His Company Global Consortiums, LLC to Pay Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty Totaling More than $589,000 for Engaging in Foreign Exchange Commodity Pool Fraud The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ...
CFTC charged FOREXNPOWER for Forex Fraud Scheme
September 28th, 2015
CFTC Charges New York Corporations Safety Capital Management, Inc. and GNS Capital, Inc., both d/b/a FOREXNPOWER, and New York City Residents John Won, Sungmi Kang, and Tae Hung (“Kevin”) Kang with Fraudulently Soliciting More than $1.5 Million in a ...
CFTC Settles with TeraExchange LLC
September 25th, 2015
CFTC Settles with TeraExchange LLC, a Swap Execution Facility, for Failing to Enforce Prohibitions on Wash Trading and Prearranged Trading in Bitcoin Swap The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges ...
CFTC imposed monetary penalty on trading scheme involving contracts traded on NYMEX
September 18th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Robert M. McMahon of Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania, for engaging in a deceptive trading scheme involving Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures (NG) contracts, traded on the New ...
CFTC Charges Hannes Tulving, Jr., through his company for a $17.8 Million Precious Metals Scheme
September 15th, 2015
At Least 381 Customers Nationwide Allegedly Defrauded in the Scheme The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed a civil Complaint against Defendants Hannes Tulving, Jr. of Newport Beach, California, and his company, The Tulving Company, Inc., charging them with ...
CFTC Grants Temporary Approval to Bitcoin Startup LedgerX
September 14th, 2015
LedgerX has received temporary approval from the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission to act as a swap execution facility. The bitcoin options startup applied for licensure last year and has received backing from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Google Ventures. ...