All commodities fraud articles
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ArticleScotiabank to pay $127.4M for commodities scheme, compliance failures
The Bank of Nova Scotia will pay $127.4 million in total penalties in resolutions with the Justice Department and the CFTC for its role in a massive price-manipulation scheme in the precious metals futures contracts markets.
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ArticleCFTC stresses clarity in revised civil monetary penalty guidance
The CFTC’s Division of Enforcement issued new civil monetary penalty guidance for the first time since publishing its penalty guidelines in 1994. The update is in line with recent efforts by the DOJ to crack down on commodities fraud.
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ArticleTower Research Capital to pay $67.4M in ‘spoofing’ case
Tower Research Capital will pay a combined $67.4 million to the DOJ and CFTC to resolve criminal charges on unlawful trading in the U.S. commodities market.