January 23, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would not hear the appeal of two former Deutsche Bank metals traders convicted of tricking market competitors through a spoofing scheme, leaving the pair to serve out one-year prison sentences.
November 03, 2022
A former Deutsche Bank metals trader convicted of a "spoofing" scheme to trick market competitors cannot remain out on bail while he waits for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether to take up his case, a Chicago federal judge has ruled.
February 04, 2022
Two former Deutsche Bank traders convicted of spoofing the precious metals market say the Second Circuit's recent reversal of fraud convictions for another set of ex-Deutsche Bank traders undermines the government's case against them as well.
July 30, 2021
Two former Deutsche Bank gold and silver traders convicted of spoofing will stay out of jail as they appeal, with a Chicago federal judge ruling Thursday that the men's primary argument over a jury instruction may "very well" be decided in their favor by the Seventh Circuit.
June 28, 2021
A former Deutsche Bank trader convicted of wire fraud for spoofing the precious metals market was sentenced Monday to one year and one day in prison, the same sentence an Illinois federal judge handed his co-defendant last week.
June 21, 2021
A former Deutsche Bank commodities trader was sentenced to one year and one day in Illinois federal court on Monday after he was convicted of wire fraud for engaging in a scheme to spoof the precious metals market.
June 15, 2021
A pair of former Deutsche Bank traders convicted of wire fraud in connection with a spoofing scheme have pushed back against the multi-year prison sentences prosecutors seek for each of them, telling a federal judge in Chicago that a government expert's loss calculations don't support a sentence involving incarceration.
May 24, 2021
Federal prosecutors have recommended sentences between four and six years behind bars for two former Deutsche Bank traders convicted of spoofing the precious metals market, telling an Illinois federal court that their scheme "undermined the public's confidence in the integrity of the financial markets."
March 18, 2021
An Illinois federal judge "easily" concluded Thursday that a jury's wire fraud convictions of two former Deutsche Bank traders accused of spoofing the precious metals market were supported by evidence that proved their guilt, denying their bids for a new trial.
November 16, 2020
Two former Deutsche Bank traders who were convicted of wire fraud have asked an Illinois federal judge for a new trial over charges that they spoofed the precious metals market, arguing prosecutors didn't present enough evidence to prove their case.