Commodity Futures Trading Commission Charges Individual With Multi-Million Dollar Bitcoin Fraud
September 30, 2019
September 30, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release:
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today charged Jon Barry Thompson of Easton, Pennsylvania, with knowingly or recklessly making false representations to customers in connection with the purported purchase of bitcoin worth over $7 million. In a complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the CFTC alleges that contra . . .
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today charged Jon Barry Thompson of Easton, Pennsylvania, with knowingly or recklessly making false representations to customers in connection with the purported purchase of bitcoin worth over $7 million. In a complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the CFTC alleges that contra . . .