{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "Market Manipulation: Spoofing enforcement actions", "home_page_url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/technique/spoofing/", "feed_url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/feeds/technique/spoofing.json", "description": "The 30 most recent enforcement records tagged spoofing in the Market Manipulation library, each linked to its primary source. Tags are our classification, not the charges.", "language": "en-US", "items": [ { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-frank-m-cerisano-jr-spoofing-2026/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-frank-m-cerisano-jr-spoofing-2026/", "external_url": "https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26606", "title": "SEC v. Frank M. Cerisano Jr. (spoofing, 2026)", "summary": "In 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled an action with Frank M. Cerisano Jr.. Cerisano consented, subject to court approval, to a judgment over a four-year spoofing scheme that earned about $1.1 million: $1,115,672 disgorgement, $26,472.82 interest, a $334,701.60 penalty and a five-year account restriction. The release records a civil penalty of $334,701.6, disgorgement of $1,115,672, prejudgment interest of $26,472.82.", "date_published": "2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "SEC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-mingran-wang-spoofing-2026/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-mingran-wang-spoofing-2026/", "external_url": "https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26574", "title": "SEC v. Mingran Wang (spoofing, 2026)", "summary": "In 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled an action with Mingran Wang. Wang consented, subject to court approval, to an injunction over a spoofing scheme in more than 150 thinly traded ADRs that earned over $1.3 million, with disgorgement and penalties to be set by the court later. The Justice Department filed parallel criminal charges.", "date_published": "2026-06-25T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "SEC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-new-york-trader-spoofing-2026/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-new-york-trader-spoofing-2026/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9227-26", "title": "CFTC v. Sidney Lebental (spoofing, 2026)", "summary": "In 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order settling charges against Sidney Lebental. The order finds Lebental spoofed CBOT Treasury futures on about 50 occasions in 2019 to help genuine cash Treasury orders execute, with a $200,000 penalty and one-month trading ban. The release records a civil penalty of $200,000.", "date_published": "2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-gregg-smith-spoofing-2026/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-gregg-smith-spoofing-2026/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9168-26", "title": "CFTC v. Gregg Smith and Michael Nowak (spoofing, 2026)", "summary": "In January 2026, the CFTC announced consent orders from an Illinois federal court against Gregg Smith, ordering a US$200,000 penalty and a three-year trading ban for precious metals spoofing, and against Michael Nowak, with a US$150,000 penalty and six-month ban.", "date_published": "2026-01-16T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-artur-khachatryan-spoofing-2025/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-artur-khachatryan-spoofing-2025/", "external_url": "https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26445", "title": "SEC v. Artur Khachatryan (spoofing, 2025)", "summary": "In 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled an action with Artur Khachatryan. Khachatryan consented, subject to court approval, to a judgment over a two-year spoofing scheme in thinly traded after-hours stocks that earned about $373,885: that sum in disgorgement, $22,629 interest and a $112,165 penalty. The release records a civil penalty of $112,165, disgorgement of $373,885, prejudgment interest of $22,629.", "date_published": "2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "SEC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-brett-falloon-spoofing-2025/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-brett-falloon-spoofing-2025/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9118-25", "title": "CFTC v. Brett Falloon and Flatiron Futures Traders LLC (spoofing, 2025)", "summary": "In 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order settling charges against Brett Falloon and Flatiron Futures Traders LLC. The order finds Falloon spoofed E-mini S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures from May to December 2022 while trading for Flatiron; the two are jointly and severally liable for the penalty, and Falloon is banned from trading for 12 months. The release records a civil penalty of $200,000.", "date_published": "2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-ryan-n-cole-spoofing-2025/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-ryan-n-cole-spoofing-2025/", "external_url": "https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26371", "title": "SEC v. Ryan N. Cole (spoofing, 2025)", "summary": "In 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled an action with Ryan N. Cole. Cole consented, subject to court approval, to a judgment over an options spoofing scheme worth about $234,000: $234,803 disgorgement, $52,656 interest and a $70,441 penalty. The release records a civil penalty of $70,441, disgorgement of $234,803, prejudgment interest of $52,656.", "date_published": "2025-08-11T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "SEC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-zachary-stevenson-spoofing-2024/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-zachary-stevenson-spoofing-2024/", "external_url": "https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/administrative-proceedings/33-11340-s", "title": "SEC v. Zachary Stevenson (spoofing, 2024)", "summary": "In 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled an action with Zachary Stevenson. The order finds Stevenson ran a spoofing scheme using non-bona fide orders that he cancelled, imposing $381,718 disgorgement, $57,570 interest and a $150,000 penalty. The release records a civil penalty of $150,000, disgorgement of $381,718, prejudgment interest of $57,570.", "date_published": "2024-12-13T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "SEC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-td-securities-usa-llc-spoofing-2024/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-td-securities-usa-llc-spoofing-2024/", "external_url": "https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/admin/2024/33-11314.pdf", "title": "SEC v. TD Securities (USA) LLC (spoofing, 2024)", "summary": "In 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled an action with TD Securities (USA) LLC. The order finds a trader on TD Securities' Treasury desk spoofed the U.S. Treasury cash market in hundreds of instances, imposing $400,000 disgorgement, $135,700 interest and a $6.5 million penalty. The release records a civil penalty of $6.5 million, disgorgement of $400,000, prejudgment interest of $135,700.", "date_published": "2024-09-30T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "SEC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-joel-david-castro-leon-spoofing-2024/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-joel-david-castro-leon-spoofing-2024/", "external_url": "https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26109", "title": "SEC v. Joel David Castro Leon and Shmuel A. Sherr (spoofing, 2024)", "summary": "In 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled an action with Joel David Castro Leon and Shmuel A. Sherr. Consent judgments, subject to court approval, would find Castro Leon spoofed to buy low and sell high with Sherr's help, netting over $415,000. Castro Leon would pay $373,581 disgorgement and a $125,000 penalty; Sherr $41,509 and $14,000. The release records a civil penalty of $139,000, disgorgement of $415,090.", "date_published": "2024-09-17T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "SEC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-shak-spoofing-2024/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-shak-spoofing-2024/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8891-24", "title": "CFTC v. Daniel Shak (spoofing, 2024)", "summary": "In 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission obtained a consent order against Daniel Shak. A consent order resolves the 2022 complaint that Shak spoofed and ran a manipulative scheme in gold and silver futures, with a $750,000 penalty and a permanent trading ban. A 2013 sanction for banging the close appears only as his history. The release records a civil penalty of $750,000.", "date_published": "2024-04-11T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-jason-nielsen-spoofing-2024/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-jason-nielsen-spoofing-2024/", "external_url": "https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-25964", "title": "SEC v. Jason Nielsen (spoofing, 2024)", "summary": "In 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a consent judgment against Jason Nielsen. A final consent judgment on the pump-and-dump and spoofing claims over Arrayit stock imposes $149,915 in combined disgorgement and interest and a penny-stock bar. The release records disgorgement of $149,915.", "date_published": "2024-04-03T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "SEC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-texas-firm-spoofing-2023/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-texas-firm-spoofing-2023/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8773-23", "title": "CFTC v. Logista Advisors LLC and Andrew Serotta (spoofing, 2023)", "summary": "In 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission brought an action against Logista Advisors LLC and Andrew Serotta. The CFTC filed a civil complaint alleging spoofing and a manipulative scheme in crude oil and natural gas futures, failure to supervise, and violation of a 2017 order. The matter is an allegation at this stage.", "date_published": "2023-09-07T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-uk-trader-spoofing-2023/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-uk-trader-spoofing-2023/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8760-23", "title": "CFTC v. Adam Cobb-Webb (spoofing, 2023)", "summary": "In 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order settling charges against Adam Cobb-Webb. The order finds Cobb-Webb spoofed NYMEX WTI crude futures from December 2021 to January 2022, with a $150,000 penalty and a one-year trading ban. The release records a civil penalty of $150,000.", "date_published": "2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-hsbc-bank-usa-spoofing-2023/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-hsbc-bank-usa-spoofing-2023/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8702-23", "title": "CFTC v. HSBC Bank USA (spoofing, 2023)", "summary": "In 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order settling charges against HSBC Bank USA. The order charges the swap dealer with manipulative swap trading around bond issuances, with spoofing, and with supervision and mobile-device recordkeeping failures, and imposes a $45 million penalty. The release records a civil penalty of $45 million.", "date_published": "2023-05-12T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-minnesota-registrant-spoofing-2022/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-minnesota-registrant-spoofing-2022/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8637-22", "title": "CFTC v. Walleye Capital LLC (spoofing, 2022)", "summary": "In 2022, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order settling charges against Walleye Capital LLC. The order holds the Minnesota fund manager vicariously liable for a former trader's cross-product, cross-calendar and single-product spoofing in soybean complex futures on the CBOT, with a $550,000 penalty. The release records a civil penalty of $550,000.", "date_published": "2022-12-12T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-california-trader-spoofing-2022/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-california-trader-spoofing-2022/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8595-22", "title": "CFTC v. Randy Chen and Tanius Technology, LLC (spoofing, 2022)", "summary": "In 2022, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued orders settling charges against Randy Chen and Tanius Technology, LLC. Two orders find that Chen and the proprietary firm Tanius spoofed 12 futures contracts, mainly Treasury futures, on the CME. Chen pays $150,000 and a six-month trading suspension; Tanius pays $600,000. The release records a civil penalty of $750,000.", "date_published": "2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-chicago-trader-spoofing-2022/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-chicago-trader-spoofing-2022/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8577-22", "title": "CFTC v. Eric Schwartz (spoofing, 2022)", "summary": "In 2022, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order settling charges against Eric Schwartz. The order finds Schwartz spoofed natural gas and RBOB gasoline calendar spreads on the CME between April and July 2020, with a four-month trading suspension alongside the penalty. The release records a civil penalty of $100,000.", "date_published": "2022-08-24T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-nevada-metals-trader-spoofing-2022/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-nevada-metals-trader-spoofing-2022/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8568-22", "title": "CFTC v. Daniel Shak (spoofing, 2022)", "summary": "In August 2022 the CFTC sued Las Vegas trader Daniel Shak, alleging he spoofed gold and silver futures on COMEX from 2015 to 2018. On April 9, 2024 the District of Nevada entered a consent order that imposes a $750,000 civil penalty, a permanent trading and registration ban, and a permanent injunction. The CFTC noted two earlier enforcement actions against Shak.", "date_published": "2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-lek-securities-corporation-et-al-layering-2022/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-lek-securities-corporation-et-al-layering-2022/", "external_url": "https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-25427", "title": "SEC v. Vali Management Partners (Avalon FA Ltd), Nathan Fayyer and Sergey Pustelnik (layering, 2022)", "summary": "In 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission reported an appeals ruling against Vali Management Partners (Avalon FA Ltd), Nathan Fayyer and Sergey Pustelnik. The Second Circuit affirmed a judgment, following a 2019 jury verdict, that the three defendants ran layering and cross-market manipulation schemes producing over $25 million; each was ordered to pay $7.5 million in penalties. Lek Securities and its CEO had settled earlier. The release records a civil penalty of $22.5 million.", "date_published": "2022-06-17T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "SEC", "layering", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-tennessee-trader-spoofing-2022/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-tennessee-trader-spoofing-2022/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8514-22", "title": "CFTC v. David Skudder, Global Ag LLC and Nesvick Trading Group LLC (spoofing, 2022)", "summary": "In 2022, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission brought an action against David Skudder, Global Ag LLC and Nesvick Trading Group LLC. The CFTC filed a civil complaint alleging cross-market and single-market spoofing and manipulative schemes in soybean futures and options on the CBOT. The matter is an allegation at this stage.", "date_published": "2022-04-14T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-james-vorley-spoofing-2022/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-james-vorley-spoofing-2022/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8511-22", "title": "CFTC v. James Vorley and Cedric Chanu (spoofing, 2022)", "summary": "In 2022, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission obtained consent judgments against James Vorley and Cedric Chanu. Consent judgments find the two former precious-metals traders spoofed COMEX futures from 2011 to 2013. Each pays a $150,000 penalty and is banned from trading and registration for five years. The release records a civil penalty of $300,000.", "date_published": "2022-04-07T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-banoczay-jr-spoofing-2021/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-banoczay-jr-spoofing-2021/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8467-21", "title": "CFTC v. Roman Banoczay Jr., Roman Banoczay Sr. and BAZUR Spol. S.R.O. (spoofing, 2021)", "summary": "In 2021, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission settled an action with Roman Banoczay Jr., Roman Banoczay Sr. and BAZUR Spol. S.R.O.. A consent order resolves charges that Banoczay Jr., acting for his father and their Slovak company, spoofed and ran a manipulative scheme in CME crude oil futures. The $750,000 penalty is imposed on Banoczay Jr.; all three defendants are banned from trading. The release records a civil penalty of $750,000.", "date_published": "2021-12-08T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-xuepeng-xie-layering-2021/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-xuepeng-xie-layering-2021/", "external_url": "https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/admin/2021/33-10989.pdf", "title": "SEC v. Xuepeng Xie (layering, 2021)", "summary": "In 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled an action with Xuepeng Xie. The order finds Xie ran a spoofing and layering scheme in hundreds of thinly traded stocks, earning about $1.86 million, and imposes $1,864,787 disgorgement, $243,991 interest and a $600,000 penalty. The release records a civil penalty of $600,000, disgorgement of $1,864,787, prejudgment interest of $243,991.", "date_published": "2021-09-27T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "SEC", "layering", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-zhao-spoofing-2021/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-zhao-spoofing-2021/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8395-21", "title": "CFTC v. Zhao (spoofing, 2021)", "summary": "In 2021, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission settled an action with Zhao, alleging conduct this library classifies as spoofing. The release records disgorgement of $21,000. A parallel criminal matter is referenced in the release.", "date_published": "2021-06-11T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/fca-corrado-abbattista-price-manipulation-2020/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/fca-corrado-abbattista-price-manipulation-2020/", "external_url": "https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/final-notices/corrado-abbattista-dec-2020.pdf", "title": "FCA v. Corrado Abbattista (spoofing, 2020)", "summary": "In 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority imposed a penalty on Corrado Abbattista. The final notice finds Abbattista, a fund manager, placed large visible orders he did not intend to execute opposite smaller genuine orders in European equities between January and May 2017, creating false signals. The £100,000 penalty and prohibition follow his withdrawal of a reference to the Upper Tribunal. The release records a penalty of GBP 100,000.", "date_published": "2020-12-15T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "FCA", "price-manipulation", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-chicago-prop-firm-and-3-traders-spoofing-2020/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-chicago-prop-firm-and-3-traders-spoofing-2020/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8265-20", "title": "CFTC v. Brendan Delovitch, Wesley Johnson, Rajeev Kansal and ARB Trading Group LP (spoofing, 2020)", "summary": "In 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued orders settling charges against Brendan Delovitch, Wesley Johnson, Rajeev Kansal and ARB Trading Group LP. Four orders find that three traders and their Chicago firm spoofed agricultural and metals futures on four exchanges. Each trader pays $100,000 and is suspended for four months; ARB pays $445,000. The release records a civil penalty of $745,000.", "date_published": "2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-sunoco-spoofing-2020/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-sunoco-spoofing-2020/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8267-20", "title": "CFTC v. Sunoco (spoofing, 2020)", "summary": "In 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order settling charges against Sunoco LP. The order holds Sunoco vicariously liable for a former trader's spoofing of crude oil, gasoline and heating oil futures between February 2014 and January 2015, with a $450,000 penalty. The release records a civil penalty of $450,000.", "date_published": "2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-jpmorgan-price-manipulation-2020/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-jpmorgan-price-manipulation-2020/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8260-20", "title": "CFTC v. JPMorgan (price manipulation, 2020)", "summary": "In 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order settling charges against JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. The order finds the three JPMorgan entities engaged in manipulative conduct and spoofing over at least eight years in precious metals and Treasury futures, with hundreds of thousands of spoof orders. The total of $920.2 million includes $311,737,008 in restitution, which this library has no field for. The release records a civil penalty of $436,431,811, disgorgement of $172,034,790. A parallel criminal matter is referenced in the release.", "date_published": "2020-09-29T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "price-manipulation", "spoofing" ] }, { "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-slovakian-men-spoofing-2020/", "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/cftc-slovakian-men-spoofing-2020/", "external_url": "https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8261-20", "title": "CFTC v. Roman Banoczay Jr., Roman Banoczay Sr. and BAZUR Spol. S.R.O. (spoofing, 2020)", "summary": "In September 2020 the CFTC sued Slovakian trader Roman Banoczay Jr., Roman Banoczay Sr. and BAZUR over spoofing in crude oil futures. On 7 December 2021 the Northern District of Illinois entered a consent order with a US$750,000 penalty against Banoczay Jr. and two-year trading and registration bans on all three defendants.", "date_published": "2020-09-29T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "CFTC", "spoofing" ] } ] }