CFTC Issues Charges in Ongoing Crypto, Precious Metals Fraud
The CFTC has charged individuals in Florida and elsewhere in a scheme involving cryptocurrency and precious metals fraud.
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The CFTC has charged individuals in Florida and elsewhere in a scheme involving cryptocurrency and precious metals fraud.
<p><span>Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Binance Holdings Limited, Binance Holdings (“IE”) Limited, Binance (“Services”) Holdings Limited (collectively, “Binance”), and Binance’s CEO, Changpeng Zhao (“Zhao”or “CZ”), and former Chief Compliance Officer, Samuel Lim (“Lim”).</span><span> &nbs...
The agency seeks disgorgement, civil monetary penalties, permanent trading and registration bans.
<p><span xml:lang="EN" lang="EN">The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has filed a civil enforcement action </span><span>in the U.S. District Court for the </span><span xml:lang="EN" lang="EN">Northern District of Illinois charging <span>Changpeng Zhao</span> and three entities that operate the Binance platform with numerous violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations. The complaint also charges <span>Samuel Lim...
<p>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and settling charges against Glencore International A.G. of Switzerland, Glencore Ltd. of New York, and Chemoil Corporation of New York (collectively, Glencore), an energy and commodities trading firm, for manipulative and deceptive conduct. The conduct, which spanned from least 2007 to 2018, involved manipulation and foreign corruption in the U.S. and global oil markets, including manipulation or attempted manipulation of four U.S. based S&...