The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut ordered a former precious metals trader to pay a civil monetary penalty for placing orders with the intention of canceling them prior to execution.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York determined that the CFTC failed to prove that a Chicago trader and his firm had either manipulated or attempted to manipulate the price of certain interest rate swaps.
A U.S. District Court ruled in favor of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. from allegations that they conspired to stop the CFTC from approving the application of a competing exchange.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York acquitted three foreign exchange traders on charges of conspiracy to manipulate benchmark currency rates after a jury determination.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that cryptocurrencies fall within the definition of a "commodity" under the Commodity Exchange Act.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered two Ireland-based companies that operate an online "prediction market" trading website to pay a $3 million penalty for violating a 2005 cease and desist order and illegally trading binary options.
A former Venezuelan official pled guilty to conspiracy in an international money laundering scheme involving U.S.-based companies and a Venezuelan state-owned oil company.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Analisa Torres, dismissed the CFTC's argument that it did not prove the intent to create an artificial price in order for it to establish a manipulation claim against an investment firm and the firm's CEO.
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara sent a letter to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists asking for information that could assist in a new criminal investigation concerning "matters to which the 'Panama Papers' are relevant."
