Compliance failures at JPMorgan highlighted in record $920M spoofing fine
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Aaron Nicodemus2020-09-29T20:13:00
JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay more than $920 million as part of an agreement with three federal agencies to settle allegations that the firm’s traders manipulated the precious metals markets with false trades.
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