Orlando couple wins $3M award from Citigroup, one of largest in recent years

A federal regulatory panel has awarded more than $3 million to an Orlando couple in a case that accused banking giant Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and a former local broker of negligence in getting the couple to invest in ill-fated land deals.

The panel found the Citigroup unit liable for its broker’s actions and said the company must pay $3.1 million in compensatory and punitive damages and other costs, according documents released this week by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

CFTC not part of settlement – pursues own probe of JPM

• Not a part of JPMorgan’s (JPM -0.3%) reportedly nearing settlement with regulators on both sides of the pond over the London Whale incident, the CFTC is pursuing its own probe, reports the WSJ. Feeling its oats thanks to new powers granted to it by Dodd-Frank, the CFTC is zeroing in on aggressive derivatives bets made in early 2012 as traders tried to contend with growing losses in the bank’s credit portfolio.