June 25, 2019

Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc. (MLCI) has agreed to pay $25 million for spoofing and manipulating the precious metals market on the Commodity Exchange from 2008 to 2014.  In the non-prosecution agreement signed with DOJ, MLCI admitted that its employees had placed thousands of fraudulent orders to create a false sense of demand and induce other market participants to make purchases or sales.  CFTC, DOJ

Tagged in: Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets, Market Manipulation and Trading Violations, Misrepresentations,