Merrill Lynch to pay $25M to settle metals ‘spoofing’ claims
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-06-26T20:25:00
Merrill Lynch Commodities will pay a combined $25 million to resolve a government investigation into a multi-year scheme to mislead the market for precious metals futures contracts.
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