The SEC announced a settled order on 6 November 2026 against Christopher Williams, who ran the 24k Markets brokerage platform. The agency found that in 2024 and 2025 he ran and marketed a platform through which outside providers offered US retail investors CFDs on assets that included American and European stocks. The platform ceased operating in 2025.
The order says Williams used white-label technology to operate the brand, promoted it through social media and affiliates, and supported day-to-day operations. Neither 24k Markets nor Williams operated through a registered broker-dealer. The SEC found a willful breach of Section 15(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in the brokerage of security-based swaps.
Without admitting the SEC's findings, Williams agreed to pay a $60,000 civil penalty and stop the conduct. The order bars him from association with brokers, dealers, investment advisers, municipal securities dealers or advisers, transfer agents and nationally recognised statistical rating organisations. He may apply for reentry after two years.
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