Search Results for: Commodity Exchange Act
Oden Capital Management ordered to Pay a $100,000 Penalty
February 10th, 2017
CFTC Orders John B. Oden and His Company, Oden Capital Management, LLC, to Pay a $100,000 Penalty for Failure to Register with the CFTC and Failure to Comply with Certain Pool Operator Requirements The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ...
FXCM and its founding partners ordered to pay a $7 Million Penalty
February 7th, 2017
CFTC Orders Forex Capital Markets, LLC (FXCM), Its Parent Company, FXCM Holdings, LLC and FXCM’s Founding Partners, Dror Niv and William Ahdout, to Pay a $7 Million Penalty for FXCM’s Defrauding of Retail Forex Customers FXCM, Niv, and Ahdout ...
CFTC General Counsel Jonathan L. Marcus to Depart Agency
January 27th, 2017
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo today announced that General Counsel Jonathan L. Marcus will depart the agency. Mr. Marcus joined the agency in 2011 as Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, and ...
E*TRADE ordered to pay a $280,000 penalty
January 27th, 2017
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against E*TRADE Securities LLC (E*TRADE Securities), an Introducing Broker, and E*TRADE Clearing LLC (E*TRADE Clearing), a Futures Commission Merchant, for non-compliance with applicable record-keeping ...
CFTC Orders Citigroup Global Markets to Pay $25 Million
January 20th, 2017
CFTC Orders Citigroup Global Markets Inc. to Pay $25 Million for Spoofing in U.S. Treasury Futures Markets and for Related Supervision Failures Five Traders at Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Placed More Than 2,500 Orders with the Intent to Cancel ...
CFTC Grants Order to LCH.Clearnet Limited
January 17th, 2017
CFTC Grants Order to LCH.Clearnet Limited Permitting Portfolio Margining of Customer Positions in Futures, Foreign Futures, and Cleared Swaps The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an order to LCH.Clearnet Limited (LCH), a CFTC-registered derivatives clearing organization, ...
Company and individuals to pay over $11.6 million for Forex Fraud Scheme
January 10th, 2017
Federal Court Orders Defendants EJS Capital Management, LLC, Alex Vladimir Ekdeshman, and Edward J. Servider to Pay $11.6 Million in Sanctions for Forex Fraud Scheme Relief Defendants Alisa Ekdeshman, Executive Services of Florida, LLC, Executive Management of Montana, Inc., ...
Individual charged for soliciting at least $906,000 in a Forex fraud
December 29th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charging Brett G. Hartshorn of Sarasota, Florida, with fraudulently soliciting and/or managing at least $906,000 ...
Trader and a trading company ordered to pay $2.5 Million Penalty
December 21st, 2016
Federal Court Orders Chicago Trader Igor B. Oystacher and 3Red Trading LLC to Pay $2.5 Million Penalty for Spoofing and Employment of a Manipulative and Deceptive Device, while Trading Futures Contracts on Multiple Futures Exchanges The Court’s Order Finds ...
CFTC Orders Convergent Wealth Advisors LLC to Pay an $800,000
December 20th, 2016
CFTC Orders Convergent Wealth Advisors LLC to Pay an $800,000 Civil Monetary Penalty for Fraudulent Omissions and False Statements in Connection with an Employee’s Commodity Pool David Zier made fraudulent representations and issued false statements to clients in connection ...
