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US CFTC Grants Its Biggest Award to a Single Whistleblower to Date
2021-10-21T21:15:08.000+02:00
The whistleblower collaborated with critical information that led to successful enforcement actions in two cases.
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CFTC Charges Texas Man for $3.9M Forex and Crypto Fraud
2021-10-21T08:18:44.000+02:00
The man used his company to dupe at least 61 clients.
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Bitfinex and Tether Fined $42.5 Million for Misleading Claims on USDT
2021-10-15T23:35:55.000+02:00
Tether was accused by the CFTC of making 'untrue or misleading' claims about USDT stablecoin being backed by the US dollar.
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US CFTC Charges North Carolina Companies in a $1 Million Forex Fraud Case
2021-10-08T23:38:09.000+02:00
The owners were charged individually as part of the civil enforcement action filed by the CFTC.
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Regulation
US CFTC Orders ICE Clear Europe to Pay a $450,000 Penalty
2021-10-06T23:56:52.000+02:00
The ICEU allegedly failed to obtain written acknowledgment letters from a depository.
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CFTC Charges PrimeFX.org Operators for $1.2 Million Fraud
2021-10-01T08:40:11.000+02:00
They misappropriated funds of almost all Prime FX customers.
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CFTC Flags 14 Binary Options Platforms Offering FX, Crypto Trading
2021-09-30T08:39:11.000+02:00
These platforms are falsely claiming to have been registered and authorized in the country.
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CFTC Orders Societe Generale to Pay $1.5 Million for Supervision Failures
2021-09-30T00:40:00.000+02:00
The French financial services provider allegedly committed such violations between 2013 and July 2021.
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Regulation
CFTC Orders Interactive Brokers to Pay Restitution of $82.57M to Customers
2021-09-29T00:50:39.000+02:00
The brokerage was ordered to pay restitution of around $82.57 Million to its customers.
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CFTC Fines Refinitiv US $650K for Reporting Violations
2021-09-28T08:43:54.000+02:00
The company continued to submit erroneous reports for more than four years.
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CFTC Orders Citi to Pay $1 Million Penalty for Swap Data Reporting Failures
2021-09-27T22:07:47.000+02:00
Citi failed to comply with a previous CFTC order issued against them.
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CFTC Charges Forex Trading Fraud for $426K Solicitation
2021-09-17T08:48:53.000+02:00
He promised monthly returns of around 60 to 80 percent from trading activities.
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US Court of Florida Orders Man to Pay $2.5M on a Binary Options Fraud Case
2021-09-15T22:06:50.000+02:00
The individual's company was included in the permanent injunction issued by a judge of a US District Court.
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CFTC Charges Texas Resident and Costa Rican Firms for Running Forex Fraud
2021-09-14T23:57:11.000+02:00
The US CFTC seeks restitution, disgorgement, civil monetary penalties, permanent trading and registration bans.
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CFTC Orders Idaho Man to Pay a Fine for Commodity Pool Operator Violations
2021-08-26T22:45:08.000+02:00
Cody Malosi Wilson should pay around $150,000 as a civil monetary penalty.
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CFTC Fines Silver Star FX and Trading Bot Creator with $15.6 Million
2021-08-26T08:42:47.000+02:00
The trading software claimed to double the money of the traders.
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CFTC Charges Individual Who Ran an Unregistered Forex Firm in Michigan
2021-08-17T23:16:07.000+02:00
The authority stated that Welther Oaks, LLC, entered a guilty plea in a separate criminal action filed in Michigan.
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BitMEX Settles with US CFTC and FinCEN, Agrees to Pay $100 Million
2021-08-11T00:15:22.000+02:00
The company stated that such settlement marks a 'new chapter' for the firm.
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CFTC Orders Three Individuals to Pay $1.75 Million in Crypto Scheme Case
2021-08-10T21:31:50.000+02:00
The defendants represented a business named Global Trading Club which claimed to trade cryptos on behalf of its customers.
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US Federal Court Imposes Permanent Trading Ban on PaxForex
2021-07-10T03:07:55.000+02:00
The court order seeks the defendant to pay a civil monetary penalty of $374,864.
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US CFTC Charges Three Individuals Involved in a Commodities Fraud Scheme
2021-07-02T01:18:46.000+02:00
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed separate criminal charges against them.
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US CFTC Charges Texas Man for Allegedly Running a Forex Trading Pool Fraud
2021-06-23T23:49:19.000+02:00
The CFTC is looking for full restitution to defrauded clients, civil monetary penalties, plus trading and registration bans.
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CFTC Slaps Two Commodity Pool Operators with Fraud Charges
2021-05-28T08:35:26.000+02:00
The firms mislead investors with false statements about their worst losses.
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CFTC Orders Binary Options Fraud to Pay $1 Million
2021-04-07T13:12:20.000+02:00
He has to disgorge $241,070 from ill-gotten funds and additional $846,405 as restitution.
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Institutional FX
CFTC Charges Nomura Trader for Price Manipulation
2021-02-02T14:33:25.000+02:00
He provided false statements to the regulator during an investigation.
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