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US Regulators Charge FTX’s Senior Executive Nishad Singh with Fraud

  • Associates Caroline Elison and Gary Wang pleaded guilty in December last year.
  • Samuel Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to eight count charges in early January.
Tuesday, 28/02/2023 | 20:51 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
Retail FX

CFTC Busts $145M FX Ponzi Schemes, Charges Masterminds

  • The three schemes were interconnected.
  • The agency already received a court order to freeze the defendants' assets.
Friday, 24/02/2023 | 05:19 GMT by Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency

CFTC Busts California Firm and CEO for $7M Crypto Ponzi Scheme

  • The scheme offered the investors a daily return of at least 2.5 percent.
  • It claimed to be using "Robot Traders" to trade with customers' digital assets.
Friday, 17/02/2023 | 08:06 GMT by Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency

CFTC Charges Mango Markets Manipulator with Fraud

  • It is the first regulatory enforcement action for decentralization platform manipulation.
  • The defendant is already facing criminal charges brought by the DoJ.
Tuesday, 10/01/2023 | 05:29 GMT by Arnab Shome
Retail FX

CFTC Fines CHS Hedging $6.5 Million for AML Breaches

  • The penalty was related to the activities of one of FCM's customers.
  • The customer paid $167 million in margin calls over four years.
Wednesday, 21/12/2022 | 06:23 GMT by Arnab Shome
Institutional FX

CFTC Charges Glen Point Capital for FX Market Manipulation

  • Its Co-CIO manipulated USD/ZAR prices for receiving payouts from two binary options contracts.
  • He even explicitly revealed his market manipulation intentions to the bank salesperson.
Friday, 16/12/2022 | 05:56 GMT by Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency

US’ CFTC Charges Bankman-Fried, FTX.com and Alameda with Fraud

  • The regulator said the defendants' action resulted in a loss of over $8 billion.
  • The CFTC accused Bankman-Fried of manipulating FTX.com's codes to favour Alameda Research.
Tuesday, 13/12/2022 | 19:24 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
Retail FX

CTAX Pool and Introducing Broker to Pay over $2.3 Million for Fraud

  • CTAX operated between July 2014 and March 2019.
  • Reckless trading with the pool funds resulted in an 89 percent loss of pool assets.
Wednesday, 26/10/2022 | 06:49 GMT by Arnab Shome
Retail FX

MIAX-Owner Completes CFTC-Regulated FCM Dorman Trading

  • The financial terms of the deal are not known yet.
  • It will expand the offerings of the holding company.
Monday, 24/10/2022 | 09:41 GMT by Arnab Shome
Retail FX

US Watchdog CFTC Slams $720k Fine on 2 Chinese Firms for Wash Trading

  • The companies were charged with position limit violations and reporting failures.
  • The violations occurred between April 22 and May 1, 2020.
Friday, 23/09/2022 | 19:38 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
CryptoCurrency

The SEC and CFTC Propose Amending Form PF, Cryptocurrency Exposure to Be Included

  • Material events will require reporting within one business day.
  • Withdrawal and redemption rights, inflows and outflows must now be reported.
Thursday, 11/08/2022 | 08:46 GMT by Matti Williamson
Institutional FX

CFTC Grants Swap Execution Facility Registration to AEGIS SEF

  • The company applied for permission in March.
  • Now, the CFTC registers 20 SEFs.
Thursday, 21/07/2022 | 05:48 GMT by Arnab Shome
News

CFTC Ends McAfee’s Crypto Pump-and-Dump Charges, Fined Bodyguard $290K

  • Watson assisted McAfee in pulling off the pump-and-dump schemes.
  • McAfee committed suicide under mysterious circumstances in July 2021.
Tuesday, 19/07/2022 | 07:44 GMT by Arnab Shome
Retail FX

US Court Hits FX and Binary Options Pool Fraud with $29M in Penalty

  • The scheme operated for five years.
  • The operators misappropriated funds and made Ponzi payments.
Monday, 18/07/2022 | 06:14 GMT by Arnab Shome
Regulation

CFTC Adds 34 Illegal FX and Binary Options Platforms to the RED List

  • These platforms are operating in the US without a license.
  • Several of these platforms are now down.
Friday, 15/07/2022 | 06:06 GMT by Arnab Shome
Retail FX

CFTC Sanctions Commodity Pool Operator with $13 Million

  • David Seibert was ordered to pay $10,794,508 in restitution to victims of his scheme.
  • He allegedly accepted over $10 million from 11 participants in his scheme.
Thursday, 07/07/2022 | 23:28 GMT by Felipe Erazo
Institutional FX

CFTC Fines JPMorgan for Swap Reporting Failures

  • The financial services provider failed to comply with its reporting obligations as a swap dealer.
  • The CFTC also highlighted the importance of timely reporting of swap transactions.
Wednesday, 06/07/2022 | 10:00 GMT by Bilal Jafar
Retail FX

CFTC Charges South African Pool Operator in Its Largest BTC Fraud Case

  • Steynberg and MTI defrauded investors of more than $1.7 billion.
  • The investors were non-eligible contract participants (ECPs).
Thursday, 30/06/2022 | 19:29 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
Institutional FX

CFTC Slams $1.37m Fine on Starberry for Acting as FCM without a Permit

  • Starberry accepted more than $400 million from a foreign customer.
  • The corporation is to disgorge the 'unlawful' earnings.
Friday, 24/06/2022 | 20:10 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
News

CFTC Sues Crypto Exchange Gemini for Sharing Misleading Information

  • The shared information was related to a Bitcoin futures product.
  • The exchange has decided to flight the legal battle in the court.
Friday, 03/06/2022 | 08:20 GMT by Arnab Shome
Regulation

CFTC Commissioner Seeks Crypto Regulation after Terra Collapse

  • The Terra collapse has expedited the need for crypto regulations.
  • Regulators and lawmakers are evaluating if stablecoins fall under derivatives.
Wednesday, 01/06/2022 | 07:10 GMT by Arnab Shome
Institutional FX

Glencore Settles US Market Manipulation Charges Paying $1.18 Billion

  • The company is now facing two criminal charges in the country.
  • It also indicated pleading guilty to bribery charges in the UK.
Wednesday, 25/05/2022 | 06:17 GMT by Arnab Shome
Retail FX

CFTC Busts $44 Million Ponzi Crypto Investment Scheme

  • The alleged perpetrators defrauded at least 170 investors.
  • They have targeted investors at least since January 2021.
Friday, 20/05/2022 | 05:50 GMT by Arnab Shome
Executives

CFTC Commissioner Announces Three Staff Appointments

  • Chris Lucas, Terry Arbit and Elizabeth Mastrogiacomo were appointed by the CFTC.
  • The CFTC Commissioner made the announcement.
Monday, 16/05/2022 | 23:38 GMT by Felipe Erazo
Retail FX

CFTC Charges American Resident in $59 Million Illegal FX Scheme

  • The authority has charged Eddy Alexandre and his company.
  • Alexandre guaranteed 5% weekly returns to customers.
Saturday, 14/05/2022 | 07:59 GMT by Bilal Jafar
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