U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Charges Hedge Fund Amaranth and its Former Head Energy Trader, Brian Hunter, with Attempted Manipulation of the Price of Natural Gas Futures Market manipulation

CFTC release 5359-07 · 2007-07-26 · view on cftc.gov ↗

Key facts

Release number: 5359-07
Release date: 2007-07-26
Type: Market manipulation
Primary source: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5359-07

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