On March 26, the CFTC posted a Notice of Covered Action for a $2.3 million enforcement action taken against a purported digital asset platform for an alleged online romance scam, signaling that the Commissions is accepting whistleblower award claims for the case.

Key Takeaways:

• A court judgement found Debiex liable for misappropriating over $2 million in customers’ funds in an online romance fraud scheme
• Online romance fraud schemes, including “pig butchering,” are a focus of the CFTC
• Qualified CFTC whistleblowers are eligible to receive awards of 10-30% of the funds collected in connection with their disclosure

On March 26, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) posted a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) for a $2.3 million enforcement action taken against a purported digital asset platform for an alleged online romance scam. The NCA signals that the Commission is now accepting whistleblower award claims for the case.

Debiex Pig Butchering Case

The CFTC announced on March 21 that the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona issued a default judgment against Debiex in response to the CFTC’s enforcement action. The judgement finds Debiex liable for misappropriating over $2 million in customers’ funds.

According to the CFTC, “Debiex’s unidentified officers and/or managers cultivated friendly or romantic relationships with potential customers by communicating falsehoods to gain trust, and then solicited them to open and fund trading accounts with Debiex.”

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