In the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, a pair of affiliated interdealer brokers settled CFTC fraud charges related to fictitious bids that had not been made and reported trades that had not occurred.

The CFTC filed charges against five entities and three individuals for owning and operating an unregistered platform for the trading of derivatives on cryptocurrencies.

OFAC designated a Chinese company and two individuals to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. The designations were linked to human rights abuse in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Industry groups offered recommendations on a CFTC proposal to "comprehensively update" its bankruptcy regulations.

The DOJ issued updated guidance to prosecutors regarding how to evaluate the compliance programs of corporations undergoing a criminal investigation or prosecution.

The Cabinet Regulatory Tracker is a list of upcoming comment deadlines, delayed actions, effective dates and expiration dates.

OFAC made minor technical amendments to two Nicaragua-related general licenses.

In a briefing before the Energy and Environmental Market Advisory Committee, the CFTC's Market Intelligence Branch concluded that "the derivatives markets appear resilient in the face of lower liquidity and historic volatility and volume."

In a new report on the Small Business Administration 7(A) Loan Guaranty Program, the Congressional Research Service summarized pending legislation to assist small businesses adversely affected by COVID-19.

OFAC extended the expiration date for two Ukraine-related General Licenses.

OFAC designated a subsidiary of a Russian state-controlled oil company for "operating in the oil sector of the Venezuela economy." In addition, OFAC amended several general licenses and two FAQs.

The MSRB reported that the trading of municipal securities declined substantially in 2019.

A mutual fund and its CEO settled CFTC and SEC charges for making materially misleading statements regarding the fund's risk management practices.

A Miami-based Ecuadorian citizen pleaded guilty to DOJ charges of bribery and money laundering involving public officials at a state-owned and state-controlled oil company in Ecuador.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut entered a judgment against the former CEO of a payment systems company for insider trading.

The DOJ charged several Russian and Italian nationals and a U.S. citizen for attempting to evade U.S. trade sanctions.

The SEC charged an entity and several associated individuals with misleading 100 investors - most of whom were seniors - resulting in $4.9 million in losses.

The organizers of an allegedly unregistered offering of digital asset securities settled SEC charges of defrauding investors out of millions of dollars.

CFTC LabCFTC will now operate as an independent office.

A financial advisor pleaded guilty to conspiracy, money laundering, and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

A broker-dealer firm and its CEO settled SEC charges for enabling Ukraine-based customers to conduct a manipulative trading scheme.

The SEC charged the former CEO and president of a Nasdaq-traded security technology company and three other individuals in a fraudulent broker bribery scheme. The DOJ filed charges against one of the individuals in a parallel action.

The SEC proposed rescinding certain exceptions to national market system regulations concerning fee changes to a national market system plan.

In comments supporting a CFPB proposal to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act, the FTC recommended that the CFPB require collectors to adopt procedures to ensure consumers receive notices.

The House Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit raised concerns over potential European "encroachment" on U.S. clearinghouse oversight.