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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Bitfinex
Penalty: $1,500,000
Year: 2021
Date: October 15, 2021
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Violation Description: The CFTC found that Bitfinex engaged in illegal, off-exchange retail commodity transactions in digital assets with U.S persons on the Bitfinex trading platform and operated as a futures commission merchant (FCM) without registering as required.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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