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28 crypto enforcement actions by the CFTC since January 2024, linked to the original documents.

28 actions since January 2024

DateAgencyActionStageFigure
30 Sept 2026CFTCCourt enters default judgment ordering a Louisiana man and Arkansas woman to pay over $31 million for a Fundsz digital asset and metals fraud.Civil action—
11 Aug 2026CFTCCFTC filed a civil complaint alleging Goliath Ventures and its CEO ran a $397 million crypto trading Ponzi scheme.Civil action$397.0m alleged fraud
07 Jul 2026CFTCCFTC sued a North Carolina commodity pool operator and Argent Capital Management, alleging a $14 million fraudulent pool including crypto.Civil action$14.0m alleged fraud
18 Jun 2026CFTCA court entered a CFTC consent order permanently enjoining Celsius Network's founder and imposing trading and registration bans.Settlement$20.00bn alleged fraud
16 Jan 2026CFTCCFTC sues an Oklahoma man and Wolf Capital Crypto Trading LLC, alleging over $10 million fraud via an unregistered commodity pool.Civil action$10.0m alleged fraud
25 Sept 2025CFTCA Tennessee couple agreed to a consent order to pay $5.5M restitution and a $1.36M penalty over the "Blessings Thru Crypto" commodity pool fraud.Settlement$5.5m restitution
17 Sept 2025CFTCCourt orders Systematic Alpha Management and its owner to pay $2.8M via consent order for unfairly allocating crypto and FX futures trades.Settlement—
15 Sept 2025CFTCA court entered a consent order requiring a former Voyager Digital CEO to pay $750,000 in disgorgement to customers and accept a trading ban.Settlement$750,000 forfeiture
11 Jun 2025CFTCA federal court ordered a Michigan man, a California man, and two My Big Coin companies to pay over $25 million for digital asset fraud.Civil action$19.3m penalty
21 Mar 2025CFTCA federal court entered a default judgment against Debiex ordering over $2.2M restitution and a penalty for a crypto romance scam.Civil action$2.2m restitution
10 Feb 2025CFTCA federal court entered a consent order requiring a Florida man to pay over $7.6 million in restitution for the My Big Coin digital asset fraud.Settlement$7.6m restitution
10 Feb 2025CFTCA federal court ordered a New York resident to pay over $1.5 million in restitution in a CFTC digital asset trading fraud case.Civil action$1.5m restitution
13 Jan 2025CFTCA federal court entered default judgments ordering Mosaic Exchange Ltd. and its CEO to pay over $1.1 million for a fraudulent bitcoin trading scheme.Civil action—
13 Jan 2025CFTCGemini Trust agreed to a consent order to pay a $5 million penalty for false or misleading statements to the CFTC about a bitcoin futures contract.Settlement$5.0m penalty
11 Dec 2024CFTCA federal court ordered five individuals behind Icomtech to pay over $5 million in restitution and penalties for a bitcoin trading fraud.Civil action$5.0m penalty
10 Dec 2024CFTCCFTC sued a Washington state pastor and his Solanofi entities over an alleged $5.9 million crypto MLM scheme targeting Hispanic Americans.Civil action$5.9m alleged fraud
27 Sept 2024CFTCCFTC sued fake trading platforms Aipu and Fidefx for allegedly misappropriating $3.6 million from customers in an online scam.Civil action$3.6m alleged fraud
24 Sept 2024CFTCCFTC charged four online binary options platforms offering crypto-based products with failing to register as futures commission merchants.Civil action—
20 Sept 2024CFTCA federal court ordered a New York man to pay over $36 million in restitution and penalties for a forex and digital asset fraud scheme.Civil action$36.0m penalty
04 Sept 2024CFTCUniswap Labs settled CFTC charges that it illegally offered leveraged digital asset tokens to retail users, paying a $175,000 penalty.Settlement$175,000 penalty
03 Sept 2024CFTCFederal court orders an Oregon man and his funds to pay over $209 million for crypto commodity pool Ponzi schemes; CFTC recovers $18 million.Civil action$209.6m penalty
08 Aug 2024CFTCCFTC obtained a consent judgment ordering FTX and Alameda to pay $12.7 billion in restitution and disgorgement to fraud victims.Settlement$12.70bn restitution
26 Jul 2024CFTCFederal court orders a former El Paso man and Kikit & Mess Investments to pay over $31 million for a forex and crypto fraud scheme.Civil action—
03 Jul 2024CFTCA federal court granted the CFTC summary judgment against an Oregon man and his funds over a crypto Ponzi scheme, ordering $83.7M restitution.Civil action$83.7m restitution
13 May 2024CFTCCFTC settled charges against Falcon Labs for acting as an unregistered FCM giving U.S. customers access to crypto derivatives platforms.Settlement$589,504 penalty
26 Mar 2024CFTCCFTC filed a civil action charging KuCoin operators with running an unregistered crypto derivatives exchange and lacking KYC.Civil action—
15 Mar 2024CFTCCourt consent order requires Empires Consulting (EmpiresX) to pay over $64 million in restitution and penalties for commodity pool fraud.Settlement$64.4m penalty
19 Jan 2024CFTCCFTC filed a civil suit alleging Debiex used romance scam tactics to misappropriate $2.3 million from customers seeking crypto trading.Civil action$2.3m alleged fraud

Each row is one published step in a case, linked to its source document, so a case can appear again as it moves from charge to plea to sentence. Where one step was announced twice within days, it counts once. Justice Department rows are press releases whose headline names crypto. Figures are the main amount each document states, and for charges they are allegations. Allegations are unproven unless a conviction, plea or settlement is stated. Summaries and stages are machine-read from the document and checked automatically, so the linked document is the authority.

Cite this Bitminer.io, “CFTC crypto enforcement”, data to 2 November 2026, https://bitminer.io/ledger/enforcement/agency/cftc/. How this is built