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CFTC Closes FTX Cases With Trading Bans for Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang and No Financial Penalties

The agency said both former FTX executives will remain barred from trading and registration while cooperating in the case.

  • On Wednesday, The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that the District Court for the Southern District of New York entered supplemental consent orders against Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research, and Gary Wang, who co-founded Alameda and FTX.
  • Dating from December 2022, the orders impose five-year trading bans on both individuals, alongside a 10-year registration ban for Ellison and an eight-year ban for Wang.
  • The CFTC declined to seek restitution, disgorgement, or civil penalties, citing the executives' cooperation and their joint liability for the criminal forfeiture order from parallel FTX cases.
  • In parallel criminal cases, Sam Bankman-Fried received a 25-year prison sentence, while Wang and Nishad Singh received no prison time, illustrating different outcomes across the FTX prosecutions.
  • Trading prohibitions expire at the end of 2027, while Wang's registration ban concludes in 2030 and Ellison's extends to 2032, establishing a staggered timeline for their market re-entry.
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