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July 28, 2016

State Street Bank and Trust Company (State Street) will return $75 million in profits to resolve allegations it provided misleading information as to how it priced foreign exchange transactions, Massachusetts announced. The agreement is part of a $382 million federal-state global resolution in conjunction with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Department of Labor, along with three class action lawsuits. The agreement with the AG’s Office requires State Street to provide $75 million in disgorgement, along with a payment of $500,000 to the Commonwealth. Additional disgorgement and penalties will be paid by State Street through separate agreements with federal enforcement entities. MA

July 28, 2016

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ordered Vault Options, Ltd. and Global Trader 365, two Israeli web-based binary options firms, to pay over $4.5 million in penalties and restitution for unlawful off-exchange binary options trading, fraud, and registration violations.  CFTC

July 14, 2016

The CFPB ordered Santander Bank, N.A. to pay a $10 million fine for using a telemarketing vendor to deceptively market their overdraft service and sign certain bank customers up for the service without their consent.  CFPB

July 14, 2016

Atlantas Group, Inc. and its sole owner and president, Edmund Hysni, of Waterford, Michigan, agreed to pay $7.2 million in restitution and penalties to resolve allegations that they engaged in solicitation fraud and made false statements to the National Futures Association in connection with its investigation of the alleged fraud.  CFTC

July 14, 2016

Following a public comment period, the FTC has approved a final consent order against Progressive Chevrolet Company and Progressive Motors Inc., of Massillon, Ohio, which the FTC charged with deceiving consumers by using advertising that touted low monthly car lease payments and down payments but failed to disclose other key terms of the offers. FTC

July 11, 2016

Agrocorp International Pte Ltd., a commodities trading and distribution company headquartered in Singapore, agreed to pay a $150,000 penalty to resolve charges that it failed to disclose its call cotton purchases and sales.  CFTC

July 11, 2016

Golden Agri International Pte Ltd., a private limited company formed in Singapore that operates as a processor and trader of crude palm oil, which it hedges with soybean oil futures contracts, agreed to pay a $150,000 penalty to resolve charges that it failed to report its cash positions.  CFTC

July 11, 2016

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc. has settled FTC charges that it deceived consumers during a marketing campaign for the video game Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, by failing to adequately disclose that it paid online “influencers,” including the wildly popular “PewDiePie,” thousands of dollars to post positive gameplay videos on YouTube and social media. Over the course of the campaign, the sponsored videos were viewed more than 5.5 million times. FTC

July 7, 2016

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a consent order requiring Matthew Marcus of California and his company, Tech Power Inc., a Nevada corporation located in California, to pay a $250,000 penalty for instigating a money pass scheme involving more than 1,200 single stock futures trades.  CFTC

July 6, 2016

Barclays Bank PLC agreed to pay a $560,000 penalty to resolve charges that it failed to submit accurate large trader reports for physical commodity swap positions.  CFTC