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Federal Court Imposes $140K on FXOpen for Acting as an Unregistered Retail FX Dealer
Action part of CFTC’s nationwide sweep against foreign currency firms for failure to register under the 2008 Farm Bill, the Dodd-Frank Act, and CFTC regulations The order, entered on December 22, 2011 by Judge Virginia M. Kendall of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, also orders FXOpen to close all U.S. customer accounts and return U.S. customer funds. The order also permanently bars FXOpen from engaging in any conduct that violates the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations. Specifically, the order finds that between October 18, 2010, and January 26, 2011, FXOpen acted as an ... (full story)
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