CFTC 责令 George Santos 因操纵国情事件合约交易支付 35,000 美元

CFTC 责令 George Santos 因操纵国情事件合约交易支付 35,000 美元 |美国商品期货交易委员会
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CFTC 责令 George Santos 因操纵国情事件合约交易支付 35,000 美元
2026 年 7 月 31 日
华盛顿——商品期货交易委员会今天宣布对前国会议员乔治·桑托斯 (George Santos) 提出一项命令，并就其指控参与一项事件合约的操纵活动（桑托斯控制了该合约的基础事件），旨在影响掉期价格。
根据该命令，桑托斯必须交出他从非法交易中获得的总计 17,569.98 美元的利润，并支付 17,500 美元的民事罚款。桑托斯同意停止进一步违反《商品交易法》和商品期货交易委员会法规的行为。根据该命令，对桑托斯实施为期三年的交易禁令。
该命令发现，在2026年2月12日至2026年2月25日期间，桑托斯交易了一份题为“谁将出席国情咨文？”的合同。更具体地说，是围绕他是否参加 2026 年国情咨文进行交易。
在该市场买卖头寸时，桑托斯在社交媒体上发布了他参加或不参加 SOTU 的计划。桑托斯在社交媒体帖子中对他是否会参加 SOTU 做出了一系列重大失实陈述和遗漏。在这些帖子发布后，SOTU 合约价格朝着有利于 Santos 头寸的方向发展，这使他能够赚取超过 17,500 美元。
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CFTC Orders George Santos to Pay $35,000 for Manipulative Trading of State-of-the-Union Event Contract | CFTC
Release Number 9276-26
CFTC Orders George Santos to Pay $35,000 for Manipulative Trading of State-of-the-Union Event Contract
July 31, 2026
WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced an order filing and settling charges against former Congressman George Santos for engaging in manipulative activity in an event contract — whose underlying event Santos controlled — designed to affect the price of the swap.
Under the order, Santos must disgorge the profits he made from his unlawful trading totaling $17,569.98 and pay a civil monetary penalty of $17,500. Santos agreed to a cease and desist from further violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations. Under the order, a three-year trading ban is imposed on Santos.
The order finds that between February 12, 2026, and February 25, 2026, Santos traded a contract titled “Who will attend the State of the Union?” and more specifically, traded on whether he would attend the 2026 State of the Union or not.
While buying and selling positions in this market, Santos posted on social media about his plans to attend or not attend the SOTU. In his social media posts, Santos made a series of material misrepresentations and omissions about whether he would attend the SOTU. After these posts, the SOTU contract prices moved in a direction that was favorable to Santos’ positions which allowed him to make over $17,500.
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