CFTC v. Ron Eibschutz (2013)

Settled

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In May 2013 the CFTC added commodity broker Ron Eibschutz as a defendant, charging him with aiding and abetting NYMEX employees' disclosure of confidential customer trade information to him. A consent order entered on February 19, 2021 resolved the charges against him with a $75,000 penalty and trading and registration prohibitions. No trading on the information was alleged.

The record

What was ordered

Civil penalty

$75k

Disgorgement

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Prejudgment interest

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Total relief

$75k

Alleged gain

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A dash means the release did not state a figure we could extract, not that the figure is zero. Penalty and disgorgement are stored separately so aggregates across the library do not double-count the same dollars.

What is alleged to have happened

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced the amended complaint on May 8, 2013 as release 6584-13.

The amended complaint repeats the allegations that two NYMEX employees disclosed material non-public customer information on dozens of occasions to Eibschutz, an outside broker not entitled to it, and charges him with aiding and abetting the violations.

The conduct is unauthorised disclosure and receipt of customer information, not dealing on inside information, so the insider-trading tag has been removed.

For the regulator's own account of the facts, read the primary document linked above. This page deliberately summarises the structured record rather than reproducing the release.

Outcome. The Southern District of New York entered a consent order against Eibschutz on February 19, 2021, settling the aiding-and-abetting claim in the amended complaint without a trial. He consented without admitting or denying the allegations. The order permanently enjoins him from further violations of the relevant Commodity Exchange Act provisions, prohibits him from trading commodity interests and from registering with the CFTC, and requires a $75,000 civil monetary penalty. The order text shows no disgorgement. The employees and NYMEX settled separately in August 2020; that outcome is recorded on the NYMEX page.

Timeline

1. 2013-05-08 CFTC release published
2. 2021-02-19 Consent order entered against Eibschutz (S.D.N.Y.)

Primary documents

Everything on this page derives from the documents below. Where our summary and the primary document disagree, the primary document is right.

• CFTC release
• Consent order against Eibschutz (S.D.N.Y. 13 Civ. 1174)

The linked release is a work of the United States government and is not subject to copyright. Our summary and narrative above are our own writing.

Record added September 10, 2026. submit a correction.