Commodities
Get the latest news involving commodities fraud, violations of the Commodity Exchange Act, and enforcement by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
CFTC Accepting Whistleblower Award Applications for New Jersey Fraud Case
On September 7, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) for an enforcement...
Total Profit of CFTC Whistleblower Program Exceeds $2.6 Billion, New Research Shows
New research shows that since its establishment with the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010, the U.S. Commodity Futures...
CFTC Accepting Whistleblower Award Applications for 3 New Cases
On July 7, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Office posted three new Notices of Covered Actions (NCAs). These...
CFTC OIG’s Semiannual Report to Congress Shares Data from Whistleblower Office; No Whistleblower Retaliation Found in Past Year
The Semiannual Report sent to Congress from A. Roy Lavik, the Inspector General for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC)...
CFTC Announces Largest Settlement in Agency History
On May 24, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced settled charges against Glencore International A.G. of Switzerland, Glencore...
CFTC Accepting Whistleblower Award Claims for $16 Million Kraft Foods Case
On May 18, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Office issued a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) for...
CFTC Whistleblower Office Posts NCAs for Forex Fraud Cases
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Office recently posted two new Notices of Covered Actions (NCAs) which both cover...
CFTC Chairman Highlights Whistleblower Program and Cryptocurrency in Speech
Update: On March 31, Chairman Behnam delivered testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture on the “State...
Four CFTC Whistleblowers Receive $650,000, Five Award Applicants Denied
Four whistleblowers who provided the CFTC with support will receive an award of $625,000. One whistleblower will receive a higher...
CFTC Whistleblower Nets $10 Million
A whistleblower who provided the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission with "useful information at the earliest stages of the investigation"...
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