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Get the latest news involving commodities fraud, violations of the Commodity Exchange Act, and enforcement by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
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 of the CFTC.” Behnam once again highlighted the success of the CFTC Whistleblower Program and the key role it plays...
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 percentage of the total because they “provided the highest level of ongoing assistance and cooperation to the Division of Enforcement,”...
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" and supplemental information later on will be awarded $10 million. The CFTC's Whistleblower Program was created with the passage of...
First CFTC Awards of 2022: Whistleblowers to Receive $500,000
On March 10, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced two whistleblower awards totaling approximately $500,000. The CFTC issued the awards to two whistleblowers who separately made disclosures which contributed to the success of an enforcement action. The awards...
CFTC Whistleblower Office Accepting Award Applications for Spoofing Case
On March 4, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Program posted a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) for enforcement actions charging an Australian-based proprietary trading firm, Propex Derivatives Pty Ltd, and trader, Jiongsheng Zhao, with spoofing in the Chicago...
CFTC Accepting Whistleblower Award Claims for $263 Million Cattle Fraud Case
On December 21, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) posted a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) relating to an enforcement action against Easterday Ranches in Washington. Earlier in December, Easterday Ranches was ordered to pay a combined $263 million...
CFTC Whistleblower Awards in 2021
In 2021, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Program received widespread attention for issuing a record-setting $200 million whistleblower award. That record award was not the only whistleblower award issued by the CFTC in 2021, however. Over the course...
CFTC Whistleblowers Receive $1 Million Award
On November 22, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that two whistleblowers received approximately $1 million for the “significant information and substantial assistance” they provided to the agency “during the underlying investigation.” The whistleblowers’ help “led the CFTC...
CFTC Whistleblower Program Details 2021 Fiscal Year in Annual Report
On October 29, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Program released its annual report to Congress. The report details the whistleblower tips received by the agency and the whistleblower awards paid out through the program during the 2021...
CFTC Awards Whistleblower Almost $200 Million
On October 21, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a whistleblower award of nearly $200 million. The whistleblower offered “specific, credible, and timely original information” that “significantly contributed to an already open investigation and led to a successful...
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