Corporate Crime Reporter Morning Minute
Thursday October 8, 2026 CFTC Pulls Back on Market Enforcement
Oct 8, 2026 · 1 min · 3 segments
Thursday October 8, 2026 CFTC Pulls Back on Market Enforcement
Corporate Crime Reporter Morning Minute
Oct 8, 2026 · 1 min · 3 segments
Thursday October 8, 2026 CFTC Pulls Back on Market Enforcement
For years, American cotton farmers suspected that they were getting cheated by powerful companies that bought and sold their goods to overseas buyers.
When a whistleblower came forward who appeared to validate those suspicions in 2021, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said, began an investigation.
During the last months of the Biden administration, the agency reached a settlement against one of the trading companies, Olam Group.
By that point, the same whistleblower had accused Louis-Dreyfus Company of doing the same thing.
The handling of the Louis Dreyfus matter came in the midst of an enormous rollback in enforcement at the CFTC.
For years, American cotton farmers suspected that they were getting cheated by powerful companies that bought and sold their goods to overseas buyers.
When a whistleblower came forward who appeared to validate those suspicions in 2021, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said, began an investigation.
During the last months of the Biden administration, the agency reached a settlement against one of the trading companies, Olam Group.
By that point, the same whistleblower had accused Louis-Dreyfus Company of doing the same thing.
The handling of the Louis Dreyfus matter came in the midst of an enormous rollback in enforcement at the CFTC.
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