The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that Senior Judge David C. Guaderrama of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has ruled on July 9 that Abner Alejandro Tinoco and his company, Kikit & Mess Investments, LLC, are required to pay a total of more than $31 million in financial compensation, involving the payment of $6,203,792.18 in restitution to 199 victims, the payment of $6,257,904.89 in stolen money back, and an equal deduction for any restitution paid to victims, as well as a civil monetary penalty of $18,773,714, which is three times the amount illegally obtained by his scheme to defraud foreign exchange and cryptocurrency.