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JPMorgan Ordered to Pay Record $920 Million for Precious Metals Spoofing, Manipulation

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ……   The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an order filing and settling charges against JPMorgan Chase & Company (JPMC & Co.) and its subsidiaries, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS) (collectively JPM), for manipulative and deceptive conduct and spoofing that spanned at least […]

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CFTC, 30 States Charge Los Angeles Precious Metals Dealers in Ongoing $185 Million Fraud Targeting Elderly

Largest Joint Filing Between CFTC and State Regulators in History   By Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ……   The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and 30 state regulators that are members of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) announced the filing of a joint civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for […]

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CFTC Charges US Coin Bullion LLC and Its Owners With $7.9 Million Precious Metals Fraud

By Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ….   On Friday, January 10, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced it had filed a civil enforcement action on January 8 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, charging US Coin Bullion LLC, Salvatore Esposito, and Joseph Esposito with misappropriating over $7.9 […]

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Morgan Stanley, Mitsubishi to Pay Almost $2 Million for Spoofing Precious Metals Futures

By Commodity Futures Trading Commission …… On Tuesday, October 1, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that civil enforcement actions were filed and simultaneously settled against two trading firms and one bank for violating the Commodity Exchange Act’s (CEA) prohibition on spoofing (bidding or offering with the intent to cancel the bid or […]

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Former Precious Metal Trader Admits to Fraud at Two New York Banks

By Commodity Futures Trading Commission …..   On September 16, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an order filing and settling charges against Christian Trunz, a former precious metals trader at two financial institutions who entered into a formal cooperation agreement with the CFTC’s Division of Enforcement and admitted to spoofing in […]

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