Odaily Planet Daily News: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that David C. Guaderrama, senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, had ruled on July 9 that Abner Alejandro Tinoco and his company Kikit & Mess Investments, LLC, were required to pay a total of more than $31 million in economic compensation, involving $6,203,792.18 in compensation to 199 victims, $6,257,904.89 in stolen money return, and an equal deduction for any compensation paid to victims, as well as a civil monetary penalty of $18,773,714, which is three times the illegal proceeds of its fraudulent foreign exchange and cryptocurrency scheme. (cftc)