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US Bank, Oppenheimer To Pay CFTC $7M In Text Probe Cases

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agreed to pay a combined $7 million to settle allegations brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over the failure to preserve business communications via personal text, the agency announced Tuesday. Bank NA and Oppenheimer & Co.

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CFTC Awards $1.3M To Whistleblower With Compliance Duties

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Thursday that it has awarded roughly $1.25 million to a whistleblower who the agency said is the first to use a safe harbor provision for whistleblowers who serve in a firm's internal compliance or audit function.

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CFTC Wins OK For $2.7B Binance Deal, $150M Zhao Payout

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission's $2.7 and $150 million settlement with its founder Changpeng Zhao in the agency's suit over allegations of money laundering and other illegal activities, the CFTC announced Monday. An Illinois federal judge has granted final approval to the U.S.

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CFTC Wants Spoofing Suit Against Energy Trader Kept Alive

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The Commodity Future Trading Commission has urged an Illinois federal judge to keep alive its suit accusing an energy trading firm and its owner of manipulating the crude oil market, saying the defendants' arguments that the agency has not properly alleged a spoofing scheme are "fatally flawed."

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No Whistleblower Award For Exec Who Helped CFTC: 7th Circ.

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A former executive for 3Red Trading can't get a whistleblower award for helping the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission pursue spoofing claims against his ex-employer, a Seventh Circuit panel concluded Wednesday, noting that the agency sent him a document preservation request and several subpoenas before he submitted the information.

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5th Circ. Says CFTC's Lack Of Guidance Dooms Trial Win

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million jury verdict against a commodities broker, saying that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission cannot collect on the penalty based on an "unprecedented" interpretation of an agency regulation prohibiting the placing of bets against brokerage customers. The Fifth Circuit has overturned a $6.5

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CFTC's Stump Reflects On An Agency In Flux

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Dawn Stump knows the federal derivatives regulator is always operating in a state of transition. But the agency will soon be down to just two commissioners, and Stump has some concerns.

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