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Company: Merrill Lynch Commodities Inc.
Current Parent Company: Bank of America
Penalty: $25,000,000
Year: 2019
Date: June 25, 2019
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: Merrill Lynch Commodities Inc. agreed to pay $25 million to resolve an investigation into a multi-year scheme by its precious metals traders to mislead the market for precious metals futures contracts traded on the Commodity Exchange Inc. A parallel case was brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (see separate Violation Tracker entry).
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Criminal Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Prosecution Agreement: non-prosecution agreement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: North Carolina
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: banking
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