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Commodities Fraud

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission claims in a <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Commodities-Fraud.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="federal complaint (opens in a new tab)">federal complaint </a></strong>that Houston-based David Smothermon, as president of the gas division of a large, unnamed commodities-trading company, juggled the books to conceal millions of dollars in trading losses.

MANHATTAN — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission claims in a federal complaint that Houston-based David Smothermon, as president of the gas division of a large, unnamed commodities-trading company, juggled the books to conceal millions of dollars in trading losses.

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