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户关于纽约商品交易所(NYMEX)西德克萨斯中质原油(WTI)期货合约的委
托交易指令并收取了相关款项。
CFTC 行政令要求 Starberry 支付 1,376,206.81 美元民事罚款,并停止任何违
反《美国商品交易法》(CEA)第 4d(a)(1)节,即《美国法典》第 7 卷第 6d(a)(1)
节的行为。此外,Starberry 同意上缴 1,376,206.81 美元的佣金和费用,这是其在
未经注册成为 FCM 情况下的违法所得。
执法局代理主任 Gretchen Lowe 表示:“CFTC 将继续积极追查起诉那些未
经注册就开展 FCM 业务的人。”
案件背景
该行政令查明,从 2020 年 2 月 28 日到 2020 年 3 月 17 日,在未经任何注册
的情况下,Starberry 接受了一名外国客户 4 亿多美元款项,并将这些钱存入
Starberry 的自营交易账户。随后,Starberry 在 2020 年 3 月执行成交了 12,500 多
笔 NYMEX WTI 交易,为该外国客户带来了超过 8600 万美元的利润,自己取得
了 1,376,206.81 美元的佣金和费用。
该行政令因被告在案件调查中提供实质性配合而减轻对其的处罚。
8. CFTC Orders Starberry Limited to Pay Over $1.37 Million for Failing to
Register as a Futures Commission Merchant (2022/6/24)
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order
simultaneously filing and settling charges against Starberry Limited for acting as a
futures commission merchant (FCM) without being registered. Specifically, Starberry
accepted and placed orders and accepted money in connection with those orders from
a foreign customer for NYMEX West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures
contracts.
The order requires Starberry to pay a $1,376,206.81 civil monetary penalty and
cease and desist from violating Section 4d(a)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act
(CEA), 7 U.S.C. § 6d(a)(1). Starberry also agrees to disgorge $1,376,206.81 in
commission and fees it unlawfully earned by acting as an FCM without registration.
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