April 25, 2018
A New Haven federal jury on Wednesday acquitted a former UBS trader accused of scheming to manipulate the precious metals futures market with "spoofing," a trading tactic that involves the use of allegedly deceptive bids or offers to feign the appearance of supply or demand.
April 24, 2018
The trial of a former UBS AG trader accused of scheming to manipulate the precious metals futures market with a trading tactic known as "spoofing" headed to a New Haven federal jury Tuesday after prosecutors wrapped up their case by emphasizing the testimony, trading data and other evidence they've presented over the past week.
April 02, 2018
A former UBS AG trader accused of a criminal conspiracy to commit commodities fraud via a trading tactic known as "spoofing" has won his bid to exclude evidence of alleged front-running activity that the federal government said it planned to offer at trial later this month.
March 28, 2018
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday pushed back at a former UBS AG trader's bid to exclude evidence of alleged front-running activity that the government has said it plans to offer at his trial for commodities fraud conspiracy, telling a Connecticut federal judge that the evidence is relevant to the case.
March 21, 2018
A New Haven federal judge on Tuesday denied a dismissal bid from a former UBS trader accused of a criminal conspiracy to commit commodities fraud via a trading tactic known as "spoofing," finding the government has done its job for now of adequately alleging the elements of a crime and supporting facts.
March 02, 2018
The former UBS AG trader at the center of a criminal spoofing case has told a New York federal court that a quantitative trading firm allegedly victimized by his trading tactics should hand over its secret trading algorithms so he can contest any testimony from its employees that he skewed the firm's investment decisions.
February 20, 2018
A Connecticut federal judge on Monday axed the criminal spoofing and commodities fraud counts facing a former UBS AG trader accused of scheming to manipulate the precious metals market, blasting the government’s handling of the case and refusing to scrap its remaining conspiracy charge in order to let federal prosecutors have a mulligan.
February 12, 2018
Federal prosecutors traded barbs Monday with a former UBS trader accused of scheming to manipulate the precious metals market, arguing he is right to say six of the seven counts against him do not belong in Connecticut federal court but wrong to say they should be thrown out for good.
February 05, 2018
A former UBS trader accused of scheming to manipulate the precious metals market through a trading tactic known as "spoofing" told a Connecticut federal court on Monday that prosecutors had asked a Connecticut grand jury to sign off on the seven counts he's now facing in a criminal case despite knowing six of them couldn't be tried in that district.