CFTC Orders Man and Company to Pay Over $31 million in Compensation for FX and Cryptocurrency Fraud

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that Senior Judge David C. Guaderrama of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has ruled on July 9 that Abner Alejandro Tinoco and his company, Kikit & Mess Investments, LLC, are required to pay a total of more than $31 million in financial compensation, involving the payment of $6,203,792.18 in restitution to 199 victims, the payment of $6,257,904.89 in stolen money back, and an equal deduction for any restitution paid to victims, as well as a civil monetary penalty of $18,773,714, which is three times the amount illegally obtained by his scheme to defraud foreign exchange and cryptocurrency.