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Testimony Before the House Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
… trading authority and operate pools with respect to retail forex would also be required to register, either as … ensure the financial integrity of firms engaging in retail forex transactions and robust customer protections. All retail forex counterparties and intermediaries under CFTC …
Statement of Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson Regarding CFTC Charges in “Pig Butchering” Case
… CFTC, Time to Take Action Against Digital Asset and Forex Romance Scam (June 22, 2023), … Romance Scam Involving Digital Asset Commodities and Forex (June 22, 2023), … in customer funds intended for digital asset commodity and forex trading. On December 7, 2023, a U.S. District Court …
Remarks before the National Grain Trade Council's Mid-Year Meeting
… energy products and the retail sale of foreign-exchange or Forex contracts. Given the critical nature of energy as a … of Appeals found the CFTC had no jurisdiction over retail forex contracts known as “rolling spots”. These contracts, … bills would only fix the Zelener problem for Forex. Given the ingenuity of criminals committing …
Statement of Commissioner Kristin Johnson Regarding the CFTC Charging South African Commodity Pool Operator and CEO with $1.7 Billion Fraud Involving Bitcoin
… billion to trade off-exchange, retail foreign currency (forex) on a leveraged, margined and/or financed basis.  … from the United States. Instead of trading forex as represented, Defendants misappropriated pool funds, …
Remarks, "Focus. Forecast. Forward. A Look at the Year Ahead," before the Commodity Markets Council
… clarified the CFTC’s jurisdiction over these contracts for forex, it did not provide a similar fix for other … on the Commission’s jurisdiction, off-exchange retail forex markets continue to be significant sources of fraud. I think Congress should require these retail forex futures markets to trade on a fully regulated …
Statement of Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson Regarding Enforcement Action to Stop Fraud Targeting the Spanish-Speaking Community
… U.S. mail, to trade, among other things, commodity futures, forex and options. Defendants solicited customers by making … CFTC, Statement Regarding CFTC Action Against Retail Forex Ponzi Scheme Targeting Spanish Speakers in Puerto Rico …
Statement of Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson: Enforcement Action To Stop Bitcoin Fraud Targeting the Spanish-Speaking Community
… Kristin N. Johnson Regarding CFTC Action Against Retail Forex Ponzi Scheme Targeting Spanish Speakers in Puerto Rico … Kristin N. Johnson Regarding CFTC Action Against Retail Forex Ponzi Scheme Targeting Spanish Speakers in Puerto Rico … of investors’ funds for the purported purpose of trading forex.  See, e.g. , Compl.,  CFTC v. Yang , No. …
Presentation at National Grain and Feed Association’s 111th Annual Meeting
… energy products and the retail sale of foreign-exchange or Forex contracts could make it very difficult to get a … of Appeals found the CFTC had no jurisdiction over retail forex contracts known as “rolling spots.” These contracts, … bills would only fix the Zelener problem for Forex. Given the ingenuity of criminals committing …
Statement of Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson Regarding Proposed Consent Order against Empires Consulting Corp.
… Kristin N. Johnson Regarding CFTC Action Against Retail Forex Ponzi Scheme Targeting Spanish Speakers in Puerto Rico … Kristin N. Johnson Regarding CFTC Action Against Retail Forex Ponzi Scheme Targeting Spanish Speakers in Puerto Rico …
Keynote Address of Chairman Rostin Behnam at the Futures Industry Association Expo 2023, Chicago, Illinois
… to uncover and vigorously prosecute retail fraud and in FOREX.  Putting an end to a years-long matter and following … charging an individual and his companies operated as “My Forex Funds” with defrauding more than 135,000 customers who … Court Orders South African CEO to Pay Over $3.4 Billion for Forex Fraud (April 27, 2023), Federal Court Orders South …