The CFTC awarded approximately $7 million to an individual whistleblower for information that led to a CFTC investigation, which found a violation of the Commodity Exchange Act.
[I]n some cases, whistleblowers may provide information about wrongdoing that is not completely accurate, but if any information they provide leads us to open an investigation resulting in a successful enforcement action, we will reward them accordingly.
CFTC Whistleblower Office Director Christopher Ehrman
OFAC designated multiple entities, individuals, aircraft and a yacht for their connection to a previously designated Russian-based agency and its financier, in each case relating to attempts to disrupt the 2018 U.S. midterm elections.
The CFTC and the DOJ charged the principal of a cryptocurrency escrow company for making false statements to two customers who had given the principal $7 million that their bitcoin would be "safeguarded" by his company.
FINRA adopted rule amendments that eliminate certain requirements applicable to research reports on "covered investment funds," in accordance with the Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017.
