CFTC manipulation enforcement actions

This library records 334 market manipulation enforcement actions brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

These are the CFTC actions our ingest has classified as involving a manipulation technique. Actions that do not allege manipulation are outside this library's scope and are not recorded, so this is not a complete mirror of CFTC enforcement.

Actions: 100
Total penalties: $1.5bn
Median penalty: $750k
Largest: $866m
Criminal parallel: 30%

Action	Agency	Filed	Technique	Penalty	Status
CFTC v. Gabriel Perez (insider trading, 2026)	CFTC	2026-08-28	Insider Trading	$65k	judgment
CFTC v. Goliath Ventures, Inc. and Christopher Delgado (ponzi schemes, 2026)	CFTC	2026-08-11	Ponzi Schemes	—	filed
CFTC v. George Santos (price manipulation, 2026)	CFTC	2026-07-31	Price Manipulation	$17.5k	settled
CFTC v. Trevor L. Vernon and Argent Capital Management LLC (ponzi schemes, 2026)	CFTC	2026-07-07	Ponzi Schemes	—	filed
CFTC v. Google Employee (insider trading, 2026)	CFTC	2026-05-27	Insider Trading	—	filed
CFTC v. Sidney Lebental (spoofing, 2026)	CFTC	2026-05-06	Spoofing	$200k	judgment
CFTC v. U.S. Service Member (insider trading, 2026)	CFTC	2026-04-23	Insider Trading	—	filed
CFTC v. Matthew Clark (insider trading, 2026)	CFTC	2026-02-02	Insider Trading	—	settled
CFTC v. Gregg Smith and Michael Nowak (spoofing, 2026)	CFTC	2026-01-16	Spoofing	$350k	judgment
CFTC v. Shinhan Securities Co. Ltd. (wash trading, 2025)	CFTC	2025-09-17	Wash Trading	$213k	judgment
CFTC v. Brett Falloon and Flatiron Futures Traders LLC (spoofing, 2025)	CFTC	2025-09-09	Spoofing	$200k	judgment
CFTC v. Agridime LLC (ponzi schemes, 2025)	CFTC	2025-06-16	Ponzi Schemes	—	judgment
CFTC v. Rashawn Russell (ponzi schemes, 2025)	CFTC	2025-02-10	Ponzi Schemes	—	judgment
CFTC v. Storm Bryant, Elijah Bryant III and three companies (ponzi schemes, 2024)	CFTC	2024-12-11	Ponzi Schemes	$3.9m	judgment
CFTC v. Francier Obando Pinillo, Solano Partners Ltd. and Solano Capital Investments (ponzi schemes, 2024)	CFTC	2024-12-10	Ponzi Schemes	—	filed
CFTC v. NOLA FX Capital Management, LLC, Meteor, LLC and Michael B. DePetrillo (ponzi schemes, 2024)	CFTC	2024-10-28	Ponzi Schemes	—	filed
CFTC v. Yueyu Bao (matched orders, 2024)	CFTC	2024-10-24	Matched Orders	$260k	judgment
CFTC v. Traders Domain FX LTD., Fredirick Safranko and others (ponzi schemes, 2024)	CFTC	2024-10-15	Ponzi Schemes	—	filed
CFTC v. Taishin Securities Co., Ltd. (wash trading, 2024)	CFTC	2024-10-01	Wash Trading	$200k	judgment
CFTC v. Rudy Avila (ponzi schemes, 2024)	CFTC	2024-09-25	Ponzi Schemes	$1.5m	judgment
CFTC v. Texas Associated Person (insider trading, 2024)	CFTC	2024-09-25	Insider Trading	—	judgment
CFTC v. Unregistered Florida Commodity Pool Operator and Its Chief Executive Officer (ponzi schemes, 2024)	CFTC	2024-09-12	Ponzi Schemes	—	filed
CFTC v. Sam Ikkurty (ponzi schemes, 2024)	CFTC	2024-09-03	Ponzi Schemes	$111m	judgment
CFTC v. TOTSA TotalEnergies Trading SA (price manipulation, 2024)	CFTC	2024-08-27	Price Manipulation	$48m	settled
CFTC v. Raizen Energia SA and Raizen Trading SA (wash trading, 2024)	CFTC	2024-08-19	Wash Trading	$750k	judgment
CFTC v. Abner Alejandro Tinoco (ponzi schemes, 2024)	CFTC	2024-07-26	Ponzi Schemes	$18.8m	judgment
CFTC v. Sam Ikkurty (ponzi schemes, 2024)	CFTC	2024-07-03	Ponzi Schemes	—	judgment
CFTC v. Dwight A. Foster (ponzi schemes, 2024)	CFTC	2024-07-02	Ponzi Schemes	$1.6m	judgment
CFTC v. Trafigura (insider trading, 2024)	CFTC	2024-06-17	Insider Trading , Price Manipulation	$55m	judgment
CFTC v. Agridime LLC, Joshua Link and Jed Wood (ponzi schemes, 2024)	CFTC	2024-05-14	Ponzi Schemes	—	judgment
CFTC v. Darren Robinson (ponzi schemes, 2024)	CFTC	2024-04-26	Ponzi Schemes	$5.9m	judgment
CFTC v. Eshaq M. Nawabi and Hyperion Consulting Inc. (ponzi schemes, 2024)	CFTC	2024-04-15	Ponzi Schemes	$4.5m	judgment
CFTC v. Daniel Shak (spoofing, 2024)	CFTC	2024-04-11	Spoofing	$750k	settled
CFTC v. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (supervision failures, 2024)	CFTC	2024-04-02		$500k	judgment
CFTC v. Yueyu Bao (matched orders, 2024)	CFTC	2024-01-16	Matched Orders	$260k	judgment
CFTC v. Freepoint Commodities LLC (insider trading, 2023)	CFTC	2023-12-14	Insider Trading	$91m	judgment
CFTC v. Chicago-based Phillip Galles (ponzi schemes, 2023)	CFTC	2023-11-15	Ponzi Schemes	$16m	judgment
CFTC v. Ceres Global Ag Corp. (price manipulation, 2023)	CFTC	2023-10-23	Price Manipulation	$3m	settled
CFTC v. Regal Assets LLC, Tyler G. Gallagher and Leah Donoso (2023)	CFTC	2023-09-28		$27.3m	judgment
CFTC v. Darren Robinson and The QYU Holdings Inc. (ponzi schemes, 2023)	CFTC	2023-09-28	Ponzi Schemes	$5.9m	judgment
CFTC v. Dichao Xie (insider trading, 2023)	CFTC	2023-09-27	Insider Trading	$350k	judgment
CFTC v. Patrick Wonsey (ponzi schemes, 2023)	CFTC	2023-09-26	Ponzi Schemes	—	filed
CFTC v. Jie "Elaine" Yu (matched orders, 2023)	CFTC	2023-09-22	Matched Orders	$300k	judgment
CFTC v. Logista Advisors LLC and Andrew Serotta (spoofing, 2023)	CFTC	2023-09-07	Spoofing	—	filed
CFTC v. Walter Dunning Larrick, III and Cambridge Financial Advisors, LLC (2023)	CFTC	2023-08-23		—	filed
CFTC v. Adam Cobb-Webb (spoofing, 2023)	CFTC	2023-08-01	Spoofing	$150k	judgment
CFTC v. Michael Griffis and Amanda Griffis (2023)	CFTC	2023-07-25		$1.4m	settled
CFTC v. Adam Todd and Digitex entities (price manipulation, 2023)	CFTC	2023-07-12	Price Manipulation	$11.7m	judgment
CFTC v. Dwight A. Foster and K.E.L. Enterprises, Inc. (ponzi schemes, 2023)	CFTC	2023-07-06	Ponzi Schemes	$1.6m	settled
CFTC v. HSBC Bank USA (spoofing, 2023)	CFTC	2023-05-12	Spoofing	$45m	judgment
CFTC v. Tyche Asset Management, LLC and Phillip Galles (ponzi schemes, 2023)	CFTC	2023-05-11	Ponzi Schemes	—	judgment
CFTC v. Precious Metals Dealers and Their Owner (2023)	CFTC	2023-04-25		—	filed
CFTC v. Rashawn Russell (2023)	CFTC	2023-04-11		—	settled
CFTC v. Chinese National (insider trading, 2023)	CFTC	2023-03-28	Insider Trading	$176k	settled
CFTC v. Coquest Inc. (insider trading, 2023)	CFTC	2023-03-08	Insider Trading	$2.5m	settled
CFTC v. Marcus Todd Brisco, Tin Quoc Tran and others (ponzi schemes, 2023)	CFTC	2023-02-23	Ponzi Schemes	$350k	settled
CFTC v. Vista Network Technologies and Armen Temurian (ponzi schemes, 2023)	CFTC	2023-02-16	Ponzi Schemes	—	filed
CFTC v. Ramon Salvador Delgado-Gomez, FX Latino and others (ponzi schemes, 2023)	CFTC	2023-02-13	Ponzi Schemes	—	filed
CFTC v. Avraham Eisenberg (oracle manipulation, 2023)	CFTC	2023-01-09	Oracle Manipulation	—	filed
CFTC v. Glen Point Capital and Neil Phillips (price manipulation, 2022)	CFTC	2022-12-15	Price Manipulation	—	filed
CFTC v. Walleye Capital LLC (spoofing, 2022)	CFTC	2022-12-12	Spoofing	$550k	judgment
CFTC v. Jeremy Spence (ponzi schemes, 2022)	CFTC	2022-12-01	Ponzi Schemes	—	judgment
CFTC v. Stephen Walsh and Paul Greenwood (ponzi schemes, 2022)	CFTC	2022-10-17	Ponzi Schemes	—	judgment
CFTC v. Adam Todd and Digitex entities (price manipulation, 2022)	CFTC	2022-10-03	Price Manipulation	—	judgment
CFTC v. Randy Chen and Tanius Technology, LLC (spoofing, 2022)	CFTC	2022-09-26	Spoofing	$750k	judgment
CFTC v. COFCO Corp. and Chinatex Corp., Ltd. (wash trading, 2022)	CFTC	2022-09-23	Wash Trading	$720k	judgment
CFTC v. Tae Hung Kang (ponzi schemes, 2022)	CFTC	2022-09-08	Ponzi Schemes	—	judgment
CFTC v. Natixis (mismarking, 2022)	CFTC	2022-09-06	Mismarking	$2.8m	settled
CFTC v. Swapnil Rege and SwapStar Capital LLC (ponzi schemes, 2022)	CFTC	2022-09-02	Ponzi Schemes	$200k	judgment
CFTC v. Eric Schwartz (spoofing, 2022)	CFTC	2022-08-24	Spoofing	$100k	judgment
CFTC v. Daniel Shak (spoofing, 2022)	CFTC	2022-08-05	Spoofing	$750k	settled
CFTC v. Jimmy Gale Watson (pump and dump, 2022)	CFTC	2022-07-18	Pump And Dump	$146k	judgment
CFTC v. Glencore International A.G., Glencore Ltd. and Chemoil Corporation (price manipulation, 2022)	CFTC	2022-05-24	Price Manipulation	$866m	settled
CFTC v. Sam Ikkurty, Ravishankar Avadhanam and Jafia LLC (2022)	CFTC	2022-05-19		$111m	judgment
CFTC v. Long Island Resident and His Firm (ponzi schemes, 2022)	CFTC	2022-05-13	Ponzi Schemes	—	filed
CFTC v. Eshaq M. Nawabi, Nawabi Enterprise and Hyperion Consulting Inc. (ponzi schemes, 2022)	CFTC	2022-05-10	Ponzi Schemes	$4.5m	settled
CFTC v. David Skudder, Global Ag LLC and Nesvick Trading Group LLC (spoofing, 2022)	CFTC	2022-04-14	Spoofing	—	filed
CFTC v. Danish (ponzi schemes, 2022)	CFTC	2022-04-08	Ponzi Schemes	$3.6m	judgment
CFTC v. James Vorley and Cedric Chanu (spoofing, 2022)	CFTC	2022-04-07	Spoofing	$300k	judgment
CFTC v. Abner Alejandro Tinoco and Kikit & Mess Investments, LLC (2022)	CFTC	2022-03-29		—	settled
CFTC v. Dro Kholamian and Blue Star Trading, LLC (2022)	CFTC	2022-03-22		$150k	judgment
CFTC v. Four Operators (ponzi schemes, 2022)	CFTC	2022-03-08	Ponzi Schemes	—	filed
CFTC v. William S. Evans III (ponzi schemes, 2022)	CFTC	2022-01-19	Ponzi Schemes	—	judgment
CFTC v. New Jersey-Based Entities and Individuals (2021)	CFTC	2021-12-28		—	unknown
CFTC v. Kunal Bansal, Vinit Agarwal, Aralia Securities, Ltd. and Vintage Bullion DMCC (wash trading, 2021)	CFTC	2021-12-27	Wash Trading	$100k	judgment
CFTC v. Peter Miller and Omerta Capital LLC (block trade information misuse, 2021)	CFTC	2021-12-10		$200k	settled
CFTC v. Roman Banoczay Jr., Roman Banoczay Sr. and BAZUR Spol. S.R.O. (spoofing, 2021)	CFTC	2021-12-08	Spoofing	$750k	settled
CFTC v. Daniel Fingerhut and others (binary options and digital asset solicitation fraud, 2021)	CFTC	2021-11-17		$3.6m	judgment
CFTC v. Swapnil Rege and SwapStar Capital LLC (2021)	CFTC	2021-10-27		$200k	settled
CFTC v. El Paso Resident and His Firm (ponzi schemes, 2021)	CFTC	2021-10-20	Ponzi Schemes	$18.8m	judgment
CFTC v. Craig L. Clavin and Lighthouse Futures, Ltd. (2021)	CFTC	2021-10-12		$25k	judgment
CFTC v. Storm Bryant, Elijah Bryant III, et al. (2021)	CFTC	2021-10-08		$4m	judgment
CFTC v. Gregory Demetrius Bryant, Jr. (ponzi schemes, 2021)	CFTC	2021-09-16	Ponzi Schemes	—	filed
CFTC v. Ronald Montano and Montano Enterprises LLC (binary options solicitation fraud, 2021)	CFTC	2021-09-15		$1.7m	judgment
CFTC v. Rudy Avila and six companies (fraudulent solicitation schemes, 2021)	CFTC	2021-09-14	Ponzi Schemes	—	judgment
CFTC v. Glen Galemmo (ponzi schemes, 2021)	CFTC	2021-08-27	Ponzi Schemes	—	settled
CFTC v. Classic Energy LLC and Mathew D. Webb (block trade information misuse, 2021)	CFTC	2021-06-15		—	settled
CFTC v. Zhao (spoofing, 2021)	CFTC	2021-06-11	Spoofing	—	settled
CFTC v. SummerHaven Investment Management LLC (wash trading, 2021)	CFTC	2021-05-18	Wash Trading	$500k	judgment
CFTC v. Cipolla (ponzi schemes, 2021)	CFTC	2021-05-14	Ponzi Schemes	—	judgment