17 CFR 32.4 : Commodity And Securities Exchanges (§ 1.1 To Parts 451-499) — (§ 1.1 To Appendix D To Part 40) — Commodity Futures Trading Commission (§ 1.1 To Appendix D To Part 40) — Regulation Of Commodity Option Transactions (§ 32.1 To § 32.5) — Fraud in connection with commodity option transactions.

In or in connection with an offer to enter into, the entry into, or the confirmation of the execution of, any commodity option transaction, it shall be unlawful for any person directly or indirectly:

(a) To cheat or defraud or attempt to cheat or defraud any other person;

(b) To make or cause to be made to any other person any false report or statement thereof or cause to be entered for any person any false record thereof; or

(c) To deceive or attempt to deceive any other person by any means whatsoever.