CFTC Orders Nebraska Company To Pay $400,000 For Position Limits Violations
Date
28/01/2021
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and simultaneously settling charges against an Omaha, Nebraska-based company that refers to itself as AG Processing Inc a cooperative (AGP) for exceeding the CFTC’s all-months speculative position limits for soybean meal futures contracts traded on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). The order requires AGP to pay a $400,000 civil monetary penalty.
In addition to imposing a $400,000 civil monetary penalty, the order requires AGP to cease and desist from further violations of Section 4a(b)(2) of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulation 150.2, as charged.