The CFTC issued a $209 million penalty against Sam Ikkurty from Oregon for operating a fraudulent crypto Ponzi scheme.
An Oregon man, Sam Ikkurty, must pay over $209 million to the CFTC for running a multi-million dollar crypto Ponzi scheme. The agency recovered $18 million in assets from the fraud.
A US judge has ruled that Olympus (OHM) and KlimaDAO (KLIMA) are commodities in a CFTC case involving a Ponzi scheme.
A Chicago federal judge ordered Sam Ikkurty and his companies to pay over $120 million for defrauding victims in a Ponzi scheme.
The CFTC won a case against Sam Ikkurty, Ravishankar Avadhanam, and Jafia LLC for misrepresenting crypto fund performance.