The CFTC added 21 non-registered foreign entities to its Registration Deficient List.
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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 CFTC Order authorizing the members of an Indian Exchange to use U.S. customer funds in certain transactions without having to register with the CFTC was published in the Federal Register.
The CFTC added 21 names to a list of foreign entities that are not registered with the CFTC. These entities are suspected of soliciting and accepting funds from U.S. retail investors for trading in binary options or foreign currency.
A federal district court entered an Order of Final Judgment by Default that requires two web-based binary options firms to jointly and severally pay a $3 million civil monetary penalty and $1,587,731 in restitution to their defrauded customers.