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Judge sanctions CFTC over misconduct

Montage of the CFTC building.
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The sanctions punish the CFTC for making false statements and acting in bad faith.

On May 13, the special master of a New Jersey federal court recommended that Traders Global Group’s motion for Rule 11 sanctions against the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) be granted.

The following day, that motion for sanctions was granted by US District Judge Edward Kiel, who dismissed the case

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