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6park.com【THERE IS NO HONOR AMONG WALL STREET THIEVES】 6park.com 6park.comAnother ex-JPMorgan executive charged with market manipulation 6park.com 6park.comReuters News, November 15, 2019 6park.com 6park.comNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Department of Justice has charged another former JPMorgan Chase & Co executive with alleged racketeering and manipulating precious metals prices between 2008 and 2016, the latest in a string of similar prosecutions. 6park.com 6park.comThe indictment against Jeffrey Ruffo, who is also charged with other federal crimes including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, is the result of an "ongoing investigation", federal prosecutors said in a statement. 6park.com 6park.comRuffo is the sixth person to be charged with alleged fraud in connection to JPMorgan's precious metals desk. 6park.com 6park.comThe case relates to spoofing, which involves placing bids to buy or offers to sell contracts with the intent to cancel them before execution, allowing spoofers to influence prices. In recent years there has a been a surge in spoofing related prosecutions in the United States by the Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. 6park.com 6park.comAccording to the indictment, Ruffo worked at JPMorgan from 2008 to 2017 as a salesperson serving hedge funds investing in precious metals and he encouraged JPMorgan traders to place deceptive orders to create price advantages for his clients. 6park.com 6park.comThe indictment also alleged that Ruffo and his former colleagues defrauded JPMorgan's clients who had invested in "barrier options" by pushing option prices to levels that benefited the bank. 6park.com 6park.com 6park.comhttps://news.yahoo.com/u-charges-another-ex-jpmorgan-233711632.html 6park.com 6park.com 6park.com
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