<p><span>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas entered an order granting the CFTC’s motion for default judgment against defendant James Frederick Walsh of Boca Raton, Florida. The order finds that Walsh failed to answer the CFTC’s complaint charging him with fraud and failure to register with the CFTC. Walsh’s fraudulent solicitations include falsely claiming to generate increased forex trading profits as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the first enforcement action brought by the CFTC alleging misconduct tied directly to the COVID-19 pandemic.</span></p>
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC Whistleblower Program is confronting a funding crisis that could require it to furlough staff. Fund from which it pays whistleblowers could be depleted with payment of a large whistleblower award for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill that will effectively save the CFTC Whistleblower Program by modifying the Consumer Protection Fund, ensuring that the CFTC’s Whistleblower Office can continue to function.
<p><span>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced filing charges in federal court against Chicago commodity pool operators (CPOs) LJM Partners Ltd and LJM Funds Management Ltd, (collectively LJM), their Chairman, owner and registered associated person (AP) Anthony J. Caine of Colorado and Chief Portfolio Manager Anish Parvataneni of Illinois with commodity pool fraud and fraud in connection with options on futures contracts for false or misleading statements about worst-case losses, risk management, and LJM’s risk profile.</span></p>
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Cleaning Up Crypto: How Whistleblowers Can Help Stop Cryptocurrency Scams, Money Laundering, and Tax Evasion, and Make Money Doing It Thursday, May 27, 2021
I am lawyer who represents whistleblowers. I also am fascinated by the worlds of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Increasingly, these two worlds intersect, if not collide. As anyone steeped in the fintech arena knows, blockchain has the potential to revolutionize banking and financial transactions. Unfortunately, cryptomania has resulted in numerous Ponzi-like scams, and other dubious activities such a market manipulation, money laundering, and tax evasion.
Even legitimate cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), are frequently used for unlawful ends. Governments around the world, including India and China, have already started to heavily regulate, or even outlaw, the use of cryptocurrency. In the United States, various government agencies have investigated and brought legal