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Data Volumes Are Growing Rapidly, and so is the Need to Archive Them
Record-Keeping Requirements Continue to Intensify.
4 digital archiving trends that will shape the remainder of 2023.
Thursday, 23/03/2023 | 20:05 GMT
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Harriet Christie
CryptoCurrency
US Regulators Charge FTX’s Senior Executive Nishad Singh with Fraud
Associates Caroline Elison and Gary Wang pleaded guilty in December last year.
Samuel Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to eight count charges in early January.
Tuesday, 28/02/2023 | 20:51 GMT
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Solomon Oladipupo
Retail FX
CFTC Busts $145M FX Ponzi Schemes, Charges Masterminds
The three schemes were interconnected.
The agency already received a court order to freeze the defendants' assets.
Friday, 24/02/2023 | 05:19 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency
CFTC Busts California Firm and CEO for $7M Crypto Ponzi Scheme
The scheme offered the investors a daily return of at least 2.5 percent.
It claimed to be using "Robot Traders" to trade with customers' digital assets.
Friday, 17/02/2023 | 08:06 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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CryptoCurrency
CFTC Charges Mango Markets Manipulator with Fraud
It is the first regulatory enforcement action for decentralization platform manipulation.
The defendant is already facing criminal charges brought by the DoJ.
Tuesday, 10/01/2023 | 05:29 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
Retail FX
CFTC Fines CHS Hedging $6.5 Million for AML Breaches
The penalty was related to the activities of one of FCM's customers.
The customer paid $167 million in margin calls over four years.
Wednesday, 21/12/2022 | 06:23 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
Institutional FX
CFTC Charges Glen Point Capital for FX Market Manipulation
Its Co-CIO manipulated USD/ZAR prices for receiving payouts from two binary options contracts.
He even explicitly revealed his market manipulation intentions to the bank salesperson.
Friday, 16/12/2022 | 05:56 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency
US’ CFTC Charges Bankman-Fried, FTX.com and Alameda with Fraud
The regulator said the defendants' action resulted in a loss of over $8 billion.
The CFTC accused Bankman-Fried of manipulating FTX.com's codes to favour Alameda Research.
Tuesday, 13/12/2022 | 19:24 GMT
by
Solomon Oladipupo
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Retail FX
CTAX Pool and Introducing Broker to Pay over $2.3 Million for Fraud
CTAX operated between July 2014 and March 2019.
Reckless trading with the pool funds resulted in an 89 percent loss of pool assets.
Wednesday, 26/10/2022 | 06:49 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
Retail FX
MIAX-Owner Completes CFTC-Regulated FCM Dorman Trading
The financial terms of the deal are not known yet.
It will expand the offerings of the holding company.
Monday, 24/10/2022 | 09:41 GMT
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Arnab Shome
Retail FX
US Watchdog CFTC Slams $720k Fine on 2 Chinese Firms for Wash Trading
The companies were charged with position limit violations and reporting failures.
The violations occurred between April 22 and May 1, 2020.
Friday, 23/09/2022 | 19:38 GMT
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Solomon Oladipupo
CryptoCurrency
The SEC and CFTC Propose Amending Form PF, Cryptocurrency Exposure to Be Included
Material events will require reporting within one business day.
Withdrawal and redemption rights, inflows and outflows must now be reported.
Thursday, 11/08/2022 | 08:46 GMT
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Matti Williamson
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Institutional FX
CFTC Grants Swap Execution Facility Registration to AEGIS SEF
The company applied for permission in March.
Now, the CFTC registers 20 SEFs.
Thursday, 21/07/2022 | 05:48 GMT
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Arnab Shome
News
CFTC Ends McAfee’s Crypto Pump-and-Dump Charges, Fined Bodyguard $290K
Watson assisted McAfee in pulling off the pump-and-dump schemes.
McAfee committed suicide under mysterious circumstances in July 2021.
Tuesday, 19/07/2022 | 07:44 GMT
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Arnab Shome
Retail FX
US Court Hits FX and Binary Options Pool Fraud with $29M in Penalty
The scheme operated for five years.
The operators misappropriated funds and made Ponzi payments.
Monday, 18/07/2022 | 06:14 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
Regulation
CFTC Adds 34 Illegal FX and Binary Options Platforms to the RED List
These platforms are operating in the US without a license.
Several of these platforms are now down.
Friday, 15/07/2022 | 06:06 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
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Retail FX
CFTC Sanctions Commodity Pool Operator with $13 Million
David Seibert was ordered to pay $10,794,508 in restitution to victims of his scheme.
He allegedly accepted over $10 million from 11 participants in his scheme.
Thursday, 07/07/2022 | 23:28 GMT
by
Felipe Erazo
Institutional FX
CFTC Fines JPMorgan for Swap Reporting Failures
The financial services provider failed to comply with its reporting obligations as a swap dealer.
The CFTC also highlighted the importance of timely reporting of swap transactions.
Wednesday, 06/07/2022 | 10:00 GMT
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Bilal Jafar
Retail FX
CFTC Charges South African Pool Operator in Its Largest BTC Fraud Case
Steynberg and MTI defrauded investors of more than $1.7 billion.
The investors were non-eligible contract participants (ECPs).
Thursday, 30/06/2022 | 19:29 GMT
by
Solomon Oladipupo
Institutional FX
CFTC Slams $1.37m Fine on Starberry for Acting as FCM without a Permit
Starberry accepted more than $400 million from a foreign customer.
The corporation is to disgorge the 'unlawful' earnings.
Friday, 24/06/2022 | 20:10 GMT
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Solomon Oladipupo
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News
CFTC Sues Crypto Exchange Gemini for Sharing Misleading Information
The shared information was related to a Bitcoin futures product.
The exchange has decided to flight the legal battle in the court.
Friday, 03/06/2022 | 08:20 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
Regulation
CFTC Commissioner Seeks Crypto Regulation after Terra Collapse
The Terra collapse has expedited the need for crypto regulations.
Regulators and lawmakers are evaluating if stablecoins fall under derivatives.
Wednesday, 01/06/2022 | 07:10 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
Institutional FX
Glencore Settles US Market Manipulation Charges Paying $1.18 Billion
The company is now facing two criminal charges in the country.
It also indicated pleading guilty to bribery charges in the UK.
Wednesday, 25/05/2022 | 06:17 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
Retail FX
CFTC Busts $44 Million Ponzi Crypto Investment Scheme
The alleged perpetrators defrauded at least 170 investors.
They have targeted investors at least since January 2021.
Friday, 20/05/2022 | 05:50 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
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Executives
CFTC Commissioner Announces Three Staff Appointments
Chris Lucas, Terry Arbit and Elizabeth Mastrogiacomo were appointed by the CFTC.
The CFTC Commissioner made the announcement.
Monday, 16/05/2022 | 23:38 GMT
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Felipe Erazo
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