Table: SEC, CFTC off-channel communications penalties
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) crack down on recordkeeping failures by financial services firms regarding employee use of off-channel communications for business purposes began in December 2021 and hasn’t shown any signs of slowing since.
The agencies have combined to levy nearly $3.6 billion in penalties against firms and their affiliates in response to the violations. Firms have admitted their failures and been required to retain independent compliance consultants to review their off-channel communication recordkeeping policies and procedures and how they address noncompliance by employees.
The below table summarizes the SEC’s and CFTC’s enforcement activities regarding off-channel communications. Violations by affiliates have been accounted for under their parent companies for presentation purposes.
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