FILE NO.:
CME 08-03906 -BC
NON-MEMBER:
Vladimir Yakovlev
CME RULE VIOLATION:
(Legacy) Rule 432. General Offenses (in part)
It shall be an offense:
B.: to engage in fraud, bad faith or in conduct or proceedings inconsistent with just and equitable principles of trade;[1]
C. to engage in dishonest conduct;
FINDINGS:
After non-member Vladimir Yakovlev failed to answer the charges issued against him, on April 4, 2012, a Panel of the CME Business Conduct Committee entered a default
finding that between February 2008 and April 2008, Yakovlev executed nine money pass transactions in foreign exchange futures market on CME Globex Platform in order
to move $11,937.50 from his employer to another’s account. In so doing, Komardinkin violated CME Rules (Legacy) 432.B. and 432.C.
PENALTY:
Based on the record and the Panel’s findings and conclusions, the Panel issued the following sanctions against Vladamir Yakovlev :
A permanent bar to:
a. Any CME Group Exchange membership and its’ privileges;
b. Direct or indirect access and use of any CME Group trading floor, electronic trading or clearing platform owned or operated by any CME Group Exchange; and
c. Affiliation with, employment by, or association with a broker association, guaranteed introducing broker, Member or affiliate of a Member registered with any CME
Group exchange, trading platform or clearing platform.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
May 8, 2012
[1] This is the version of CME Rule 432.B. that was in effect at the time of the charged conduct.