Part 89 CFTC Warnings on AWS & Why It Matters for Fraud Victims

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has already made it clear: Amazon Web Services (AWS) isn’t just another cloud provider. It is one of the largest data center operators in the world, embedded in global financial infrastructure — and a potential point of systemic risk.

Recent CFTC Commissioner remarks prove that regulators are watching AWS closely:

Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero spoke at the AWS Gov2Gov Summit about “Responsible AI Innovation,” showing how AWS promotes itself as a trusted partner for government.

Commissioner Kristin Johnson warned at Yale Law that Microsoft and AWS dominate data center markets, even pointing out how stolen AWS credentials had been used to inject malicious code into critical systems.

At the Africa Fintech Summit 2025, Commissioner Johnson highlighted AWS partnerships as central to fintech expansion and financial access worldwide.

⚠️ Why does this matter? Because AWS also hosted fraudulent pig-butchering domains like Intellisoft.rest and Intellisoft.one. Victims lost money while AWS continued billing the criminals. Abuse reports were ignored, and law enforcement dismissed the case as “outside jurisdiction.”

If the CFTC recognizes AWS as critical to financial stability, then AWS cannot dismiss its responsibility when fraud runs on its own infrastructure. This contradiction matters — to regulators, to victims, and to every consumer who relies on the financial system.

This is Part 89 of the Justice DIY series — exposing how federal regulators already see AWS’s risk, and why that matters for victims of crypto fraud.

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