Category: Fines

Interactive Brokers to pay over $38 million penalty to settle charges with SEC, CFTC and FINRA
August 11, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Interactive Brokers to pay over $38 million penalty to settle charges with regulators

The CFTC filed charges against Interactive Brokers for failing to supervise its officers’, employees’, and agents’ handling of several commodity trading accounts and not implementing adequate procedures to detect and report suspicious transactions as required under federal anti-money laundering (AML) laws and regulations. Interactive Brokers agreed to be censured, to cease and desist, and to…

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CFTC penalty
August 05, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

NYMEX and two former employees to pay $4 million for disclosing trading information

This is the first time the CFTC has charged and exchange with violations of these regulations and disclosure of material non-public information. Director of Enforcement James McDonald commented: Today’s settlement sends a strong message that the CFTC will work tirelessly to protect our market participants against unlawful disclosures of their confidential information to ensure that…

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SEC acts against 11 firms neglecting electronic communications
July 29, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

VFA to pay $40 million to settle charges brought by SEC

The US regulator also discovered that VFA did not disclose conflict of interest concerning millions of dollars of financial benefits that it received directly from advisory client mutual fund investments that were generally more expensive for clients than other mutual fund investment options available to clients. VFA agreed to pay $40 million to settle these…

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CFTC penalty
July 15, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Plutus Financial and Plutus Technologies Philippines fined $150K for illegal off-exchange trading

CFTC Director of Enforcement James McDonald said: This case underscores, once again, that the Commission will continue working with our regulatory partners to ensure the integrity of our markets, including those involving digital assets. Rooting out misconduct is essential to furthering the responsible development of these innovative financial products. The CFTC found that between December…

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Credit Suisse pays $75K infringement fine
July 03, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Credit Suisse pays $75K infringement fine

According to ASIC regulation NXXT Trade is not a transaction permitted for an on-market buy-back. The MDP considered that Credit Suisse had failed to act in accordance with its clients’ instructions to conduct an on-market buy-back when it had entered the NXXT trades. The MDP alleges that Credit Suisse was careless as it did not…

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