Have a Claim?

Click here for a confidential contact or call:

1-212-350-2774

November 22, 2017

Posted  November 22, 2017

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released the agency’s enforcement results for fiscal year (FY) 2017. In the fiscal year that ended September 30, 2017, the CFTC brought 49 enforcement-related actions, which included significant actions to root out manipulation and spoofing and to protect retail investors from fraud. The CFTC also pursued significant and complex litigation, including cases charging manipulation, spoofing, and unlawful use of customer funds. The CFTC obtained orders totaling $412,726,307 in restitution, disgorgement and penalties. Specifically, in the fiscal year, the CFTC obtained $333,830,145 in civil monetary penalties and $78,896,162 million in restitution and disgorgement orders. Of the civil monetary penalties imposed, the CFTC collected and deposited at the U.S. Treasury more than $265 million. In addition to its enforcement actions, the CFTC also implemented enhancements to increase the effectiveness and strength of the agency’s enforcement program. New rules and procedures were put in place to better protect whistleblowers and to further incentivize whistleblowers to come forward. The CFTC also realigned the market surveillance unit under the Division of Enforcement (DOE). Under the new alignment, the market surveillance unit conducts market analysis to confirm market integrity and identifies areas that may warrant enforcement inquiry. DOE also issued new cooperation advisories, which brings DOE’s cooperation program in line with other law enforcement agencies and will serve as a powerful enforcement tool going forward. Each of these developments will substantially strengthen the CFTC’s enforcement program. CFTC

Tagged in: Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets,