U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. McCrudden et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:10-cv-05567

Court:

New York Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Securities/Commodities

Judge:

Denis R. Hurley

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Government Agencies

  1. May 10, 2017

    CFTC Seeks $390K Fine, Lifetime Ban For Menacing Trader

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has asked a New York federal court to put would-be rogue traders on notice by imposing a $390,000 fine and lifetime trading ban on a New York man who was accused of illegally operating a commodity pool and then convicted of threatening the officials investigating him.

  2. November 13, 2015

    Convicted Trader Can't Toss 'Fearful' Judge From CFTC Suit

    A former trader convicted of threatening to murder regulators cannot toss a "fearful" judge from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's civil action against the man, with a New York federal court ruling Friday that none of his claims represented extrajudicial bias.

  3. October 02, 2015

    CFTC Says Judge Needn't Recuse Over Trader's Fear Claims

    A former trader convicted of threatening to murder regulators is battling the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission over a bid for the recusal of a New York federal judge he says is afraid of him, with the CFTC recently saying the trader has already tried to get the judge tossed for frivolous reasons.

  4. September 21, 2015

    Trader Wants 'Afraid' Judge Out Of CFTC Trading Suit

    A former futures trader convicted of threatening to murder lawyers and regulators asked a New York federal judge on Monday to recuse himself from a civil suit brought by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, because the judge admitted to being afraid of him.

  5. July 18, 2011

    Former Trader Cops To Agency Death Threats

    Former commodities trader Vincent P. McCrudden pled guilty Monday in New York to threatening to murder 47 attorneys and officials at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and other federal agencies.

  6. July 06, 2011

    CFTC Fights Call For Recusal In Menacing Trader's Suits

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday rebuffed a money manager's call to disqualify the federal judge overseeing the agency's lawsuit in New York over his trading activities as well as a criminal action over death threats the trader allegedly made to regulators.

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