CFTC Division Reports On Annual Enforcement Metrics

In a 2019 annual report, the CFTC Division of Enforcement (the "Division") reviewed key metrics from the past year, including number of cases filed and the amount of relief provided. The CFTC reported:

• the filing of 69 enforcement actions, higher than the past five year average;
• approximately 140 pending litigation cases;
• awards of more than $1.3 billion in monetary relief, representing a 39 percent increase from fiscal year 2018 and the fourth-highest total of monetary relief in CFTC history;
• significant filings of spoofing-related enforcement actions;
• that 65 percent of all enforcement action cases involved commodities fraud, manipulative conduct and/or spoofing-related charges;