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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
September 17, 2015

				 Terry Lee Phillips of Indianapolis, Indiana, and his two companies, Phillips Investment & Trust LLC and Corporate I Communications & Technology Inc., will pay over $200,000 to settle charges that they defrauded 11 investors out of at least $113,000.  CFTC				 					 

						
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September 17, 2015

				 The CFTC has issued a cease and desist order against Coinflip, Inc. d/b/a Derivabit and its chief executive officer Francisco Riordan for conducting activity related to commodity options transactions without complying with the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulations.  CFTC				 					 

						
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September 11, 2015

				 The CFTC has charged Hannes Tulving, Jr. of Newport Beach, California, and his company, The Tulving Company, Inc., with fraudulent solicitation and misappropriation of at least $17.8 million from over 380 customers for the purchase and sale of precious metals.  CFTC				 					 

						
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September 9, 2015

				 Donovan Davis Jr., a former principal of Capital Blu Management, LLC, was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison on multiple counts of criminal conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with the operation of a fraudulent $17 million commodity pool.  CFTC				 					 

						
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September 8, 2015

				  Forex Capital Markets, LLC has agreed to pay $843,000 to settle charges that it failed to diligently supervise its officers’, employees’, and agents’ handling of accounts held in the name of a fraudulent foreign currency exchange pool, Revelation Forex Fund, LP. CFTC				 					 

						
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September 8, 2015

				 The CFTC has charged Rodney Scott Phelps, Jason T. Castenir, and the companies they control - Maverick Asset Management, LLC and Maverick Investment Holdings, LLC – with fraudulently soliciting at least $1.2 million from members of the public to trade commodity futures in a pool, misappropriating more than $800,000 of pool participants’ funds for their personal use, and misrepresenting the profitability of their trading.  CFTC				 					 

						
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August 28, 2015

				 Ron Earl McCullough and David Christopher Mayhew, both from Raleigh, North Carolina, have been ordered to pay $3.7 million for their roles in a Ponzi scheme involving at least 11 investors.  CFTC				 					 

						
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August 25, 2015

				 An Illinois federal court has ordered Charles Mosley, a former senior vice president at Sentinel Management Group, Inc., to pay over $2 million to resolve charges of misusing customer funds.  CFTC				 					 

						
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August 19, 2015

				 INTL FCStone Markets, LLC, a provisionally registered swap dealer, has agreed to pay a $200,000 penalty to settle allegations that it failed to diligently supervise traders in its Kansas City Energy Group.  CFTC				 					 

						
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August 7, 2015

				 The CFTC has filed an enforcement action against Gary Creagh and Wall Street Pirate Management, LLC, both of New York, for making false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or omissions to the National Futures Association.  CFTC
				 					 

						
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