CFTC Court Order Requires Fundsz Defendants to Pay More Than $31 Million

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida has entered a default judgment against Brian Early and Alisha Ann Kingrey in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Fundsz digital-assets and precious-metals fraud case.

According to the CFTC’s September 30 announcement, the court ordered the pair to pay a combined $31,484,910. The amount consists of $15,732,455 in restitution and a $15,752,455 civil monetary penalty.

The order also imposes permanent injunctions, registration bans and trading bans on Early and Kingrey. Separate consent orders involving two other defendants resolved the remaining claims in the CFTC action.

Court order sets restitution and penalty amounts

The default judgment directs Early and Kingrey to pay $15,732,455 in restitution. It also assesses a civil monetary penalty of $15,752,455, bringing the total financial judgment to $31,484,910.

The CFTC described the case as involving the Fundsz digital-assets and precious-metals fraud scheme. The announced judgment concerns the roles of Early and Kingrey in that scheme.

• Restitution: $15,732,455
• Civil monetary penalty: $15,752,455
• Total ordered: $31,484,910

Permanent restrictions accompany the monetary judgment

Beyond the financial relief, the court imposed permanent injunctions against Early and Kingrey. The judgment also includes registration bans and trading bans.

These restrictions mean the case outcome is not limited to the monetary amounts ordered by the court. The CFTC’s announcement identifies the injunctions and bans as part of the relief entered against both defendants.

The action comes as U.S. regulators continue to address issues involving crypto-related markets and registrants, including the CFTC’s recent crypto and blockchain guidance for registrants.

Consent orders close remaining claims

The CFTC said the court separately entered consent orders against two other defendants in Florida. Those orders resolved all remaining claims in the agency’s action.

The default judgment against Early and Kingrey and the consent orders together bring the CFTC litigation described in the announcement to a resolution. The agency’s release does not provide further details in the supplied evidence about the terms of the separate consent orders.

The case is distinct from other policy and market-structure developments, such as the SEC’s conditional exemption concerning tokenized NMS stocks.

Continue reading: CFTC’s recent crypto and blockchain guidance for registrants on BTCNews.

Continue reading: SEC’s conditional exemption concerning tokenized NMS stocks on BTCNews.

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