CFTC Wins $31 Million Fine In Crypto Fraud Case – Details
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has won a massive fine against fraudulent crypto investor Abner Alejandro Tinoco and his company Kikit & Mess Investments, LLC. This development marks the end of a three-year legal suit. Related Reading: CFTC Chair: Illinois Court Affirms Bitcoin And Ether As Commodities, 80% Of Cryptos Are Not Securities […]
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged Mirror Trading International (MTI) and its operator with a $1.7 billion fraud involving bitcoin. This action is the regulator’s largest fraud scheme case involving the cryptocurrency.
CFTC Takes Action Against MTI
The CFTC announced Thursday that it has charged a “South African pool operator and CEO with $1.7 billion fraud involving bitcoin.” The regulator added:
This action is CFTC’s largest fraud scheme case involving bitcoin.
The derivatives watchdog has filed a civil....
The CFTC continues its roll of crypto announcements this week in a recent fraud bust-up. On Friday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission made a fraudster pay back $7.4 million to investors while vowing to protect the Bitcoin market.Per the CFTC's announcement, James McDonald, Director of the commission's enforcement division, said The CFTC will continue working to protect our markets, including the burgeoning markets for digital assets such as Bitcoin, from fraudulent schemes, and will work in parallel with our criminal law enforcement colleagues where appropriate.Today's announcement....
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has ordered a “decentralized” prediction market platform to shut down non-compliant markets and pay a fine of $1.4 million. “Polymarket had been operating an illegal unregistered or non-designated facility for event-based binary options online trading contracts, known as ‘event markets,'” said the derivatives regulator.
CFTC Takes First Crypto Enforcement Action of the Year
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken the first crypto enforcement action of the year in the U.S.....