JPMorgan corporate resolution
The agency’s September 2020 order named the parent, bank and securities subsidiary, found spoofing and manipulative conduct, and imposed monetary relief with credits for parallel payments.
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Also known as U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, CFTC
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is the U.S. regulator responsible for the futures-market enforcement actions described in the JPMorgan spoofing case.
Its corporate and individual civil proceedings were separate from the Justice Department’s criminal cases and the SEC’s Treasury-cash-securities action.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission — primary-source record ↗
Individual proceedings
In January 2026, the CFTC announced consent orders resolving its case against Gregg Smith and Michael Nowak, including individual civil penalties and time-limited trading and registration bans.
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