US CFTC Recovers $17.1 Billion in Illegal Funds This Year, Largest Ever

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YM Lee

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  • The US CFTC reported that it recovered illegal funds amounting to $17.1 billion this year, marking the largest ever.
  • Among the CFTC's enforcement actions, compensation and disgorgement related to FTX accounted for about $12.7 billion, a significant portion.
  • The funds recovered this year were focused on civil monetary penalties and illegal fund recovery related to virtual assets.

The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has recovered illegal funds amounting to $17.1 billion this year.

According to a report by Cointelegraph on the 5th (local time), the US CFTC focused on enforcement actions related to virtual assets (cryptocurrencies), recovering $2.6 billion in civil monetary penalties (CMP) and $14.5 billion in restitution and disgorgement.

The largest portion was undoubtedly FTX. The restitution and disgorgement from FTX amounted to approximately $12.7 billion, marking the largest compensation sanction in CFTC history.

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