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customers through web-based solicitations, despite the fact Todd knew such
participation subjected Digitex Futures to U.S. regulation.

In addition to the alleged registration and regulatory violations, the complaint

states Todd attempted to manipulate the price of DGTX, the exchange’s “native

currency,” between approximately May 2020 and August 2020. Digitex Futures

required users to deposit DGTX into their accounts to margin their trading on the

futures exchange. According to the complaint, throughout the summer of 2020—the

time when the exchange was readying for “launch”—Todd repeatedly attempted to, in

his words, “pump” the price of DGTX as reported by third-party exchanges.

Todd allegedly accomplished his “pumping” activity by, among other things,

deploying a “bot” on third-party exchanges he designed to be “always buying more

than it was selling” and by filling large over-the-counter orders to purchase DGTX on
third-party exchanges rather than out of the Digitex Futures “treasury.” The complaint

alleges Todd took these steps intending to increase the price of DGTX, as reported by

third-party exchanges, even though he acknowledged this practice would result in

trading losses because Todd knew the higher DGTX price would benefit the vast

amounts of DGTX held by the Digitex “treasury.”

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9. 美国商品期货交易委员会指控特拉华州贵金属交易商、存管机构及其所有者

持续欺诈客户（2022 年 10 月 5 日）

美国商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）宣布，已向特拉华州地方法院提起民事

执法诉讼，对特拉华州威尔明顿的贵金属交易商Argent Asset Group LLC（Argent）、

贵金属存管机构 First State Depository Company, LLC（FSD）及其所有者宾夕法

尼亚州西切斯特的 Robert Leroy Higgins（Higgins）提起民事执法诉讼，指控他

们参与了一项价值数百万美元的贵金属欺诈计划。

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