Commodities
Get the latest news involving commodities fraud, violations of the Commodity Exchange Act, and enforcement by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
CFTC Chair Tells Senate that Whistleblower Fund Needs Fix
On March 8, Rostin Behnam, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on...
CFTC Issues First Whistleblower Award of Fiscal Year 2023
On February 21, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a whistleblower award, the first of the 2023 Fiscal...
CFTC Commissioner Says Crypto Whistleblowers Are “Critical” and Qualify for “Very Big” Awards
In the wake of FTX’s collapse, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner commented on the critical role whistleblowers play...
CFTC Releases Report on History-Making Year for Whistleblower Program
On November 1, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released its 2022 Annual Report on its whistleblower program. The...
CFTC Highlights Whistleblower Program Success in 2022 Enforcement Results
On October 20, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the agency’s enforcement results for Fiscal Year 2022. The CFTC...
CFTC Accepting Whistleblower Award Claims for $710 Million Settlement over Recordkeeping Failures
On September 29, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued eleven Notices of Covered Actions (NCAs) covering a $710...
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)...
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