Enforcement Actions

The CFTC Division of Enforcement investigates and prosecutes alleged violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and Commission regulations. The CFTC takes enforcement actions against individuals and firms registered with the Commission, those who are engaged in commodity futures and option trading on designated domestic exchanges, and those who improperly market futures and options contracts.

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Date ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
CFTC ACCEPTS SETTLEMENT OFFER FROM MICHAEL SINGER IN CASE INVOLVING TRADE PRACTICE FRAUD; Settlement Agreement Revokes Singer’s Registration, Prohibits Him From Trading For Five Years, and Imposes a $75,000 Civil Monetary Penalty, Among Other Sanctions
MICHIGAN FEDERAL COURT ENTERS PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST THOMAS LAMAR, OF WATERFORD, MICHIGAN, IN CFTC ENFORCEMENT ACTION CHARGING FRAUDULENT OPERATION OF A COMMODITY POOL; Court Orders Lamar to Pay Over $2.8 Million In Restitution and Disgorgement to Defrauded Customers and Permanently Bars Him from the Commodity Industry
CFTC FILES ENFORCEMENT ACTION ALLEGING COMMODITY FUTURES AND OPTIONS FRAUD AGAINST MAX E. WALTERS; Walters Allegedly Defrauded Limited Partnership And Limited Partner Out Of $1 Million By Making Misrepresentations Concerning Profits And Misappropriating Funds
CFTC FILES AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST AND ACCEPTS OFFER OF SETTLEMENT FROM WOLCOTT & LINCOLN L.L.C. AND DAVID GIBSON; CFTC Finds That Wolcott & Lincoln, An FCM, Improperly Handled Customer Money, Violated Recordkeeping Requirements, Filed False Reports and Failed To Supervise Diligently; Gibson, As Manager of Wolcott & Lincoln, Is Also Found Liable
New York Court Bars Oscar A. Klitin and Klitin Associates II, L.P. from the Futures Industry and Orders Klitin to Disgorge Misappropriated Investors' Funds In CFTC Enforcement Action; Injunction Stems from a 1997 CFTC Action Charging Fraud
CFTC FILES COMPLAINT IN MINNESOTA FEDERAL COURT AGAINST COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR, PELTON STREET PUBLISHING, INC., AND ITS PRINCIPAL, ROGER MARTIN HOY, CHARGING FRAUD IN SOLICITING CUSTOMERS FOR COMMODITY TRADING COURSE; CFTC Seeks Injunctive and Other Equitable Relief, Including Disgorgement of Ill-Gotten Gains, Restitution to Defrauded Customers, and Civil Monetary Penalties
CFTC ACCEPTS SETTLEMENT OFFERS OF KEVIN JACKAM, MICHAEL THOMAS AND NEW MILLENIUM PROMOTIONS IN CASE INVOLVING THE FRAUDULENT SOLICITATION OF CUSTOMERS; CFTC Finds That Jackam Committed Fraud In Soliciting Customers To Trade Options On Commodity Futures Contracts And Failed To Supervise, and That Thomas And New Millenium Failed To Supervise And Acted In An Unregistered Capacity While Operating An Introducing Broker
CFTC FINDS THAT JAMES L. CONNELLY, A FLOOR BROKER AT THE CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, IS SUBJECT TO STATUTORY DISQUALIFICATION AND ISSUES CONSENT ORDER RESTRICTING CONNELLY'S REGISTRATION
FLORIDA FEDERAL COURT ENTERS PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST MICHAEL INDIHAR, COMPUTER WAREHOUSE, INC. AND AUTOMATED TRADING SYSTEMS INC., IN CFTC ANTI-FRAUD ACTION FILED IN 1996; CFTC Alleged that the Defendants Cheated and Defrauded Florida Investors in a Commodity Pool, and Converted Customer Funds to Personal Use, Among Other Violations of Federal Commodity Law
CFTC FILES AND SETTLES SIX-COUNT INJUNCTIVE ACTION AGAINST MORRIS J. BENUN, CHARGING THAT HE COMMITTED FRAUD AND CONVERTED FUNDS WHILE OPERATING TWO COMMODITY POOLS; Benun Ordered To Pay Over $1 Million In Restitution To Pool Participants and Is Permanently Barred From the Commodities Industry By Consent Permanent Injunction