CFTC Employees Sidelined in Fallout from My Forex Funds Case (1)

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has put four lawyers and an investigator on administrative leave amid allegations of employee misconduct in a fraud case against an online trading platform, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Chicago-based employees were sidelined following the issuance of a still-sealed report from a special judge investigating alleged agency misconduct in a case against Traders Global Group Inc., a proprietary trading firm known as My Forex Funds.

None of the agency employees responded to requests for comment.

“A report and recommendation has been filed on the Special Master’s review of allegations that CFTC ...