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CFTC Enforcement Actions

					
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is the United States agency with primary responsibility for enforcing the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and regulating commodity futures and related markets. Whistleblowers with knowledge of violations of laws and regulations enforced by the CFTC can submit a claim under the CFTC Whistleblower Reward Program, and may be eligible to receive a monetary reward and protection against retaliation by employers.


Below are summaries of recent CFTC settlements or successful enforcement actions. If you believe you have information about fraud which could give rise to a CFTC enforcement action and claim under the CFTC Whistleblower Reward Program, please contact us to speak with one of our experienced whistleblower attorneys.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
October 20, 2015

				 The CFTC ordered BNP Paribas Securities Corp. to pay a $140,000 penalty on charges that the company improperly invested customer segregated funds.  CFTC				 					 

						
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October 19, 2015

				 The CFTC filed a lawsuit against Igor B. Oystacher and his proprietary trading company, 3 Red Trading LLC, both of Chicago, Illinois, charging the defendants with spoofing and employment of a manipulative and deceptive device while trading futures on four different futures exchanges.  CFTC				 					 

						
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October 14, 2015

				 The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio entered judgment against Bradley A. Miklovich of Stow, Ohio, resolving charges that Miklovich, a former Associated Person of Rice Investment Company made unauthorized trades for two customers’ accounts and falsified a customer’s account statements and Rice’s internal documents. The order requires Miklovich to make full restitution to Rice in the amount of $566,360 and to pay a $100,000 civil monetary penalty.  CFTC				 					 

						
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October 5, 2015

				 Alexander Glytenko and his company, Direct Investment Products, Inc., will pay over $3.8 million in restitution and penalties in connection with a commodity pool fraud scheme.  CFTC				 					 

						
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September 30, 2015

				 Alfred C. Toepfer International, Inc., a global merchandiser of agricultural commodities, will pay a $400,000 penalty for failing to comply with its legal obligation to submit accurate monthly CFTC Form 204 Reports regarding the composition of Toepfer’s fixed price cash grain purchases and sales.  CFTC				 					 

						
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September 30, 2015

				 The CFTC filed charges against Guardian Asset Group, LLC and its owner and principal, Andrew Kurzbard, both of West Palm Beach, Florida, alleging that the defendants engaged in illegal, off-exchange transactions in precious metals with retail customers on a leveraged, margined, or financed basis.  CFTC				 					 

						
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September 30, 2015

				 The CFTC ordered Deutsche Bank AG to pay a $2.5 million penalty for swaps reporting violations and related supervision failures.  CFTC				 					 

						
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September 29, 2015

				 The CFTC ordered Barbara Cohen of Tarpon Springs, Florida, to pay a $140,000 penalty on charges that she made false statements of material fact to CFTC staff and that the website of Cohen’s company, Pure Reason, LLC promoted Pure Reason’s trading software by demonstrating profitable trading results without disclosing that these results were based on hypothetical, and not actual, trades.  CFTC				 					 

						
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September 29 ,2015

				 American Portfolio Asset Management, Inc. and its owner, Alan M. Kneller, both of Boca Raton, Florida, will pay over $578,000 in restitution and penalties to settle charges that they illegally offering off-exchange financed transactions in precious metals to retail customers.  CFTC				 					 

						
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September 29, 2015

				 The CFTC ordered Daniel Bowman of Lisle, Illinois, to pay a $35,000 penalty to settle charges that he exceeded the spot month speculative position limit for the Live Cattle futures contract traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  CFTC
				 					 

						
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													  Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			


											

						

								

									
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