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<p><span>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today it has issued an order simultaneously filing and settling charges against registered futures commission merchant (FCM) CHS Hedging LLC, of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, for anti-money laundering (AML), risk management, recordkeeping, and supervision violations. These violations are primarily a result of CHS Hedging failing to implement an adequate AML program, particularly as applied to a futures and options...

<p><span>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against </span><span>Emerson Pires </span><span>and </span><span>Flavio Goncalves</span><span>, both Brazilian citizens who previously resided in Port Saint Lucie, Florida; </span><span>Joshua Nicholas </span&g...

Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ......   The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Steven C. Seeger of

<p><span>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that Judge Steven C. Seeger of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued final judgments and consent orders against </span><span>James Vorley </span><span>and </span><span>Cedric Chanu</span><span>, former precious metals traders, for spoofing and engaging in a deceptive or manipulative scheme, in violation of the Comm...

<p><span>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today that Chief Judge Stanley A. Bastian of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington issued an order granting a permanent injunction against Easterday Ranches, Inc., and requiring it to pay a combined $263 million in restitution and civil monetary penalty in connection with a phantom cattle fraud scheme.</span></p>

CFTC Charges Washington State Rancher And Feedyard With $233 Million Phantom Cattle Fraud Scheme Date 01/04/2021 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today filed a civil enforcement action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington charging Easterday Ranches, Inc., a Pasco, Washington based cattle feedyard, and Cody Easterday, co-owner and formerly president of Easterday Ranches, for engaging in fraud in connection with the sale of more than 200,000 no...