May 2022 | Volume 42 | Issue 5 Futures and Derivatives Law Report an interest rate swap between a bond issuer and the bank ); Order , Vitol Inc ., CFTC No . 21-01 ( Dec . 3 , 2020 ) ( alleging attempted manipulation of two S & P Global Platts physical oil benchmarks ).
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See , e . g ., Order , Collado , CFTC No . 21-04 ( Mar . 25 , 2021 ) ( alleging attempted manipulation and manipulation of U . S . price-assessment benchmark for physical fuel oil products ); Vitol , supra note 2 .
45
Order , Coinbase Inc ., CFTC No . 21-03 ( Jan . 27 , 2021 ) ( alleging that a former employee used a manipulative or deceptive device by intentionally placing buy and sell orders in a trading pair that matched each other as wash trades ).
46
Order , Olson , CFTC No . 21-05 ( Apr . 6 , 2021 ) ( alleging violations of 180.1 ( a )( 1 ) and ( 3 ) for binary options fraud ).
47
Collado , supra note 44 .
48
See , e . g ., Order , Webb , CFTC No . 21-09 ( Jun . 14 , 2021 ) ( alleging attempted manipulation and manipulation of U . S . price-assessment benchmark for physical fuel oil products ).
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CFTC Charges Former Fuel Oil Trader with Manipulating Fuel Oil Benchmark , CFTC ( Mar . 25 , 2021 ), https :// www . cftc . gov / PressRoo m / PressReleases / 8370-21 .
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Id .
51
Heath Tarbert , What is Insider Trading In The Derivatives Markets ?, LAW360 ( Jan . 12 , 2021 ), https :// www . law360 . com / articles / 1343854 .
52
Webb , supra note 48 .
53
See Pending Criminal Division Cases : Classic Energy , U . S . DEP ’ T OF JUST ., https :// www . justice . gov / criminal-vns / case / classic-energy ( last visited Mar . 28 , 2022 ). At the very end of FY 2020 , the CFTC alleged violations of Regulation 180.1 in a settlement order against another individual in connection with this investigation . See Order , Schultz , CFTC No . 20-76 ( Sept . 30 , 2020 ). The DOJ also brought criminal charges against this individual . Information , U . S . v . Schultz , 4:20- cr-270 ( June 29 , 2020 ). Two other individuals connected to this investigation have been criminally charged by the DOJ but have not been publicly charged by or entered into any settlement orders with the CFTC . See Information , U . S . v . Tippett , 4:21-cr-364 ( S . D . Tex . July 1 , 2021 ); Information , U . S . v . James , 4:20-cr-695 ( S . D . Tex . Dec . 28 , 2020 ).
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CFTC Charges Puerto Rico Resident and His Firm for Misappropriation of Nonpublic Information and Fictitious Trading , CFTC ( Dec . 10 , 2021 ), https :// www . cftc . gov / PressRoom / Pres sReleases / 8468-21 ; Complaint , CFTC v . Miller , No . 4:21-cv-04023 , ( S . D . Tex . Dec . 10 , 2021 ).
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Complaint , CFTC v . Clark , No . 4:22-cv- 00365 ( S . D . Tex . Feb . 3 , 2022 ).
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See Indictment , U . S . v . Miller , 4:21-cr-570 ( S . D . Tex . Dec . 7 , 2021 ); Information , U . S . v . Webb , 4:21-cr-233 ( S . D . Tex . Apr . 30 , 2021 ).
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Five of the six individuals charged by the DOJ in conjunction with this investigation — i . e . all but the individual most recently charged by both the DOJ and CFTC — have pled guilty and are scheduled for sentencing . See Pending Criminal Division Cases : Classic Energy , supra note 53 .
58
Webb , supra note 7 ; Order , Summerhaven Inv . Mgmt . LLC , CFTC No . 21-07 ( May 18 , 2021 ).
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See e . g ., Consent Order , CFTC v . Zhao , 1:18-cv-00620 ( N . D . Ill . June 4 , 2021 ).
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Consent Order , CFTC v . Banoczay , 1:20- cv-05777 ( Dec . 7 , 2021 ).
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See Complaint , CFTC v . Inyangudo , No . 1:21-cv-11615 ( D . Mass . Sept . 30 , 2021 ); Complaint , CFTC v . Tinoco , No . 3:21-cv-00237 ( W . D . Tex . Sept . 28 , 2021 ); Order , J Squared Inv . LLC , CFTC No . 21-06 ( Apr . 19 , 2021 ); Order , Olson , CFTC No . 21-05 ( Apr . 6 , 2021 ); Complaint , CFTC v . Spence , No . 1:21-cv-00699 ( S . D . N . Y . Jan . 26 , 2021 ); Complaint , CFTC v . McAfee , Docket No . 1:21-cv-01919 ( S . D . N . Y . Mar . 5 , 2021 ).
note 61 .
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See Inyangudo , supra note 61 ; Olson , supra
63
See Tinoco , supra note 61 ; Complaint , CFTC v . Mason , No . 4:21-cv-01902 ( S . D . Tex .
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