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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 report details a historic fiscal year for the whistleblower program, which included a record whistleblower award and a dramatic increase...
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 reports that it filed 82 enforcement actions over the course of the fiscal year and imposed over $2.5 billion in...
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 million settlement with eleven major financial institutions including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Deutsche Bank. The CFTC charged the...
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 action taken against a New Jersey resident and his company. On September 2, the agency announced that a Federal Court...
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 Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Program has had a total profit of over $2.6 billion. Whistleblower attorney Stephen M. Kohn of...
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 NCAs signal that individuals may now submit whistleblower award claims for the relevant enforcement actions. The first NCA covers an...
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) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), contains information about the CFTC’s Whistleblower Program. The report covers the time between October...
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 Ltd. of New York, and Chemoil Corporation of New York (collectively, Glencore), an energy and commodities trading firm, for manipulation...
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 an enforcement action taken against Kraft Foods Group, Inc. and Mondelēz Global LLC. The CFTC charged the companies with manipulating...
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 forex fraud cases. The NCAs signal that individuals may now submit whistleblower award claims for the cases. The first NCA...
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