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By Aaron Nicodemus2023-10-19T11:33:00
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will consider increasing its enforcement penalties in certain cases to deter future violations of commodities law and punish repeat offenders.
Defendants should also no longer assume no-admit, no-deny resolutions are the default but will instead be a part of the negotiation.
The CFTC’s Division of Enforcement issued an enforcement advisory Tuesday stating the agency will assess “appropriate penalties” to deter misconduct, which “may result in the division recommending higher penalties in resolutions than may have been imposed in similar cases previously.”
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2023-11-07T19:35:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission solidified its view that it should be a primary regulator of cryptocurrencies with a record amount of cases regarding the digital asset space in fiscal year 2023.
2023-10-30T14:26:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and France’s Autorité des marchés financiers signed a new agreement to continue collaboration regarding the supervision and oversight of firms that operate on a cross-border basis in the United States and France.
2023-10-12T14:00:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
After four enforcement cases against Goldman Sachs in 18 months, CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero accused the firm of perpetuating a corporate culture that tolerates repeated violations of the agency’s rules.
2024-07-02T20:35:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Three former executives of Chicago-based Outcome Health, a healthcare technology company, were sentenced for misleading an auditor, clients, lenders, and investors about a scheme to sell $45 million in overbilled advertisements.
2024-07-02T14:42:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A home health company operating in Indiana, Ohio, and Texas agreed to pay nearly $4.5 million to settle allegations it filed false claims by giving sports tickets and other kickbacks to assisted living facilities in exchange for referrals.
2024-07-02T13:50:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank will pay a total of $63 million penalties to California and the Federal Reserve Board to settle charges that its anti-money laundering program failed to properly monitor more than $1 trillion worth of customer transactions.
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