U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Settles Natural Gas False Reporting and Attempted Manipulation Lawsuit with Former Western Gas Resources Energy Trader Andrew Richmond Market manipulation

CFTC release 5307-07 · 2007-03-23 · view on cftc.gov ↗

Key facts

Release number: 5307-07
Release date: 2007-03-23
Type: Market manipulation
Primary source: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5307-07

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