17 CFR § 39.8 - Fraud in connection with the clearing of transactions on a derivatives clearing organization.
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Identifier
/us/cfr/t17/s39.8
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Authority
7 U.S.C. 2, 6(c), 7a-1, and 12a(5); 12 U.S.C. 5464; 15 U.S.C. 8325; Section 752 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. 111-203, title VII, sec. 752, July 21, 2010, 1... 7 U.S.C. 2, 6(c), 7a-1, and 12a(5); 12 U.S.C. 5464; 15 U.S.C. 8325; Section 752 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. 111-203, title VII, sec. 752, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1749.
# 39.8 Fraud in connection with the clearing of transactions on a derivatives clearing organization.It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, in or in connection with the clearing of transactions by a derivatives clearing organization:(a) To cheat or defraud or attempt to cheat or defraud any person;(b) Willfully to make or cause to be made to any person any false report or statement or cause to be entered for any person any false record; or(c) Willfully to deceive or attempt to deceive any person by any means whatsoever.