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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q3 2024 | 1 | €43m |
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1 case
27 Aug 2024 TOTSA TotalEnergies Trading SATotalEnergies trading subsidiary: attempted manipulation of gasoline futures €43m
The trading company sold physical gasoline below the bids in order to depress the benchmark price and thereby benefit its short positions in EBOB-related futures. Under the settlement, it is paying a civil penalty of 48 million USD.
Monitor physical trading and derivatives positions together, because manipulation often takes place via the benchmark price.
Market manipulation in commodities trading (physical transactions to benefit derivatives positions)
- Authority / court
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
- Area of law
- Capital markets and financial supervision · Market abuse and insider dealing
- Legal basis
- Commodity Exchange Act und CFTC-Regulations (versuchte Marktmanipulation)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
Original amount 48,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Aug 2024.
- CFTC Orders Swiss Energy Trader to Pay $48 Million for Attempted Market Manipulation Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link