DOJ's 1st Anti-Spoofing Prosecution Reflects 2 Trends

Law360, New York ( October 23, 2014, 10:19 AM EDT) -- A Chicago federal grand jury has indicted Michael Coscia, formerly a registered floor trader and sole owner of Panther Energy Trading LLC, for allegedly violating the anti-spoofing provision of the Commodity Exchange Act[1] and committing commodities fraud. The prosecution is the first by the U.S. Department of Justice under the anti-spoofing provision of the CEA, which was enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010.[2]...

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