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Cash versus derivatives schemes enforcement actions

This library records 10 enforcement actions tagged cash versus derivatives schemes. A cash versus derivatives scheme establishes a large derivative position and then trades the smaller underlying market at a deliberate loss, in order to move the reference price the derivative settles against.

Actions are listed newest first. Each row links to a case page carrying the regulator's own release and, where one was published, the complaint. For how this technique works and what statute it engages, read the cash versus derivatives schemes technique page.

Actions
10
Total penalties
$1.9bn
Median penalty
$33m
Largest
$1.7bn
Criminal parallel
10%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEC v. TD Securities (USA) LLC (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-09-30 unknown
CFTC v. HSBC Bank USA (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2023) CFTC 2023-11-07 $1.7bn filed
CFTC v. unnamed respondents (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2023) CFTC 2023-06-12 unknown
CFTC v. unnamed respondents (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2022) CFTC 2022-10-20 $41m judgment
CFTC v. Tennessee Trader and Two Entities (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2022) CFTC 2022-04-14 unknown
SEC v. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2020) SEC 2020-09-29 filed
CFTC v. Futures Trader and Trading Firm (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-19 $1.8m judgment
CFTC v. Former Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Traders Stephen Gola and Jonathan Brims (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2017) CFTC 2017-03-31 $350k judgment
CFTC v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2017) CFTC 2017-01-19 $25m judgment
CFTC v. Lloyds Banking Group and Lloyds Bank (benchmark submission rigging, 2014) CFTC 2014-07-29 $105m judgment