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White Collar Crimes Commodities Market Manipulation

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

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

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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

The Volkov Law Group

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

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

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 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

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