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FCA v. Terry John Farr (benchmark submission rigging, 2019)

Judgment entered

Machine-extracted, pending human review. The structured fields on this page were parsed automatically from the regulator's own release, linked below. Read the primary document before relying on any figure here, and tell us if something is wrong.

In 2019, the Financial Conduct Authority obtained a judgment against Terry John Farr, alleging conduct this library classifies as benchmark submission rigging and wash trading. The release does not state a monetary figure that we were able to extract. A parallel criminal matter is referenced in the release.

The record

Structured fields for this action, as recorded in our case library.
Agency FCA
Date filed 2019-05-29
Date resolved 2019-05-29
Status judgment
Asset class fx
Criminal parallel Yes
Defendants Terry John Farr (individual)
Techniques Benchmark submission rigging , Wash trading

What was ordered

Civil penalty
Disgorgement
Prejudgment interest
Total relief
Alleged gain

A dash means the release did not state a figure we could extract, not that the figure is zero. Penalty and disgorgement are stored separately so aggregates across the library do not double-count the same dollars.

What is alleged to have happened

the Financial Conduct Authority announced this matter on May 29, 2019. The respondents named are Terry John Farr (1 individual, 0 entities).

This library tags the matter as benchmark submission rigging and wash trading, based on the conduct the regulator describes. Each tag links to a page explaining how that technique works, what statute it engages, and what penalties comparable actions have attracted. The tagging is ours, not the regulator's: agencies charge statutory provisions, not technique names.

The conduct is recorded against fx.

The release references a parallel criminal proceeding. Where a criminal case exists, the civil and criminal outcomes are recorded separately, because they resolve on different standards of proof.

For the regulator's own account of the facts, read the primary document linked above. This page deliberately summarises the structured record rather than reproducing the release.

What technique is this, and how does it work?

This action is tagged with 2 techniques in our taxonomy. The tagging is ours: regulators charge statutory provisions, not technique names, so the mapping is an editorial judgement described in our editorial policy.

Timeline

  1. 2019-05-29 FCA final notice

Primary documents

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The linked release is published by the issuing regulator under its own terms. Our summary and narrative above are our own writing.

Other actions in the library sharing at least one technique tag with this one.

Action Agency Filed Technique Penalty Status
OSC v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank (benchmark submission rigging, 2019) OSC 2019-08-26 Benchmark Submission Rigging , Front Running +3 settled
FCA v. Neil Danziger (benchmark submission rigging, 2018) FCA 2018-01-08 Benchmark Submission Rigging , Cash Vs Derivatives Schemes +1 unknown
CFTC v. Navinder Sarao (benchmark submission rigging, 2015) CFTC 2015-11-07 Benchmark Submission Rigging , Ponzi Schemes +3 $1.6m judgment
FCA v. David Caplin (benchmark submission rigging, 2015) FCA 2015-01-22 Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation +1 settled
FCA v. Jeremy Kraft (benchmark submission rigging, 2015) FCA 2015-01-22 Benchmark Submission Rigging , Cash Vs Derivatives Schemes +2 settled
CFTC v. RP Martin Holdings Limited and Its Subsidiary (benchmark submission rigging, 2014) CFTC 2014-05-16 Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation +1 $1.2m judgment

Record added September 9, 2026. submit a correction.