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The Volkov Law Group

CFTC Fines Trafigura $55MM for Market Abuses, Interfering with Whistleblower Communications

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On June 17, 2024, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that trading giant Trafigura had agreed to pay a $55 million fine to settle charges of fraud and manipulation. The conduct at issue allegedly...more

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Lessons-Learned from the Trafigura FCPA Settlement (Part III of III)

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The Justice Department is rightly trumpeting its successful sweep of the commodities trading industry.  DOJ’s success is reflected in its six separate corporate resolutions and 20 individual convictions, resulting in over...more

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Trafigura Joins the FCPA Enforcement Club: Pleads Guilty and Pays Over $126 Million for Bribery Violations in Brazil (Part I of...

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On the heels of the Gunvor FCPA settlement for $661 million, DOJ announced its settlement with Trafigura, the latest commodities trading company to fall under DOJ’s FCPA Sweep against the industry.  Trafigura joined the list...more

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DOJ and CFTC Close Out Slow FCPA Enforcement Year with $98 Million Resolution with Freepoint Commodities LLC (Part I of II)

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The Justice Department’s FCPA enforcement record for 2024 was slow.  This  trend was unexpected, contrary to my own predictions and of various other prognosticators.  It is hard to explain why this slowdown occurred....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Insider Trading and Market Manipulation Trends and Priorities from the NYC Bar’s White-Collar Crime Institute

On May 24, 2023, Edward A. Imperatore, a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Investigations + White-Collar Defense group and former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, moderated a panel, entitled “Market...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

NYAG Files Action Against Crypto Trading Platform, Takes Position That ETH Is a Security

On March 9, 2023, the New York State Attorney General’s Office (NYAG) filed a lawsuit charging crypto trading platform KuCoin for “failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and falsely representing...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

DOJ Doubles Down on Efforts To Incentivize Early Self-Reporting and Cooperation

On January 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced revisions to the Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy. The revisions follow Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco’s September 2022...more

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Glencore’s Commodity Trading Fraud Scheme (Part IV of V)

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Glencore’s settlement with DOJ and the CFTC revealed a plethora of manipulative, deceptive and corrupt conduct, which spanned from at least 2007 to 2018 and occurred in the United States and global oil markets, including...more

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Glencore Pleads Guilty and Resolves Foreign Bribery and Market Manipulation Charges — Pays Over $1.1 Billion (Part I of V)

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In a long-anticipated and major enforcement action, the Justice Department and the Commodities and Futures Exchange Commission resolved a sprawling investigation with Glencore  International A.G. and Glencore Ltd, a...more

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The DOJ and the CFTC Are Focused on Commodities Fraud Enforcement—Are You? Suggestions for Preparing Your Organization

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The Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") in recent years have worked closely together to target companies and individuals for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and other...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

A Look Ahead at the Biden Administration’s Regulatory and Enforcement Priorities

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With the new administration poised to take office, public and private companies will need to consider how President Biden’s regulatory, enforcement, and legislative priorities will affect their businesses. During this...more

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CFTC Review of WTI Futures Contract Prices Captures Attention of Industry Market Participants

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) indicated on April 24 that it is conducting a review of the $40-per-barrel plunge in the WTI crude price that occurred on April 20. The CFTC stated that it is conducting the...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 2.12.2020 | Top Story: Big Tech Antitrust Update

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Big-Tech/Antitrust Update: the FTC has demanded information from Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Alphabet Inc. regarding acquisitions of small firms over the past 10 years that may have been...more

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U.S. SEC and Longfin CEO settle fraud action

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The SEC has settled its fraud action against Longfin CEO Venkata Meenavalli, who has agreed to pay $400,000 in disgorgement and penalties. The SEC's complaint alleged that Longfin and Meenavalli obtained qualification for...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.6.2020 | Top Story: Oil Futures Jump as Concerns Deepen Over Mideast Volatility

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Oil jumped for a second straight day, with futures near $70/barrel as fallout from the U.S.’s drone-strike assassination of Iran’s Qassem Soleimani continues to raise “the prospect of disruptions in the world’s most important...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

DOJ Announces Restructuring Within Fraud Section

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Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski announced the restructuring of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Securities and Financial Fraud Unit within the Fraud section of the Criminal Division. The unit will now be known...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - March 2019 #2

Unexpectedly, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced a new initiative to encourage non-registrants to self-report foreign corrupt practices, which it claimed might also constitute violations of laws and rules it...more

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CFTC Announces Further Incentives For Self-Reporting, Cooperation For Unregistered Individuals And Entities, While Highlighting...

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On March 6, 2019, the head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“CFTC’s”) Enforcement Division, James McDonald, announced a new policy related to the benefits of self-reporting foreign corrupt practices-related...more

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CFTC Issues Enforcement Guidance to Encourage Self Reporting of FCPA Violations

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On March 6, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) published an Enforcement Advisory describing the circumstances in which companies that self-report violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”)...more

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