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...Separately, the CFTC said on Tuesday that enforcement director David Meister, whose division brought the complaint against Arcadia, was to leave the agency this month....
...David Meister, CFTC enforcement director, said: “Wasendorf stole vast sums of customer money, but his crimes do not excuse US Bank from its own independent responsibilities.”...
...US persons to buy and sell commodity options, even if they are called ‘prediction’ contracts, unless they are listed for trading and traded on a CFTC-registered exchange or unless legally exempt,” David Meister...
...David Meister, director of enforcement at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said the swaps squad is one of two created in recent months....
...“The CFTC’s segregated account requirements form a pillar of our regulatory scheme,” said David Meister, the CFTC director of enforcement....
...David Meister, CFTC director of enforcement, declined to comment as he arrived for private settlement discussions before US magistrate judge Theodore Katz on Wednesday....
...“To protect market participants and promote market integrity, individuals who attempt to manipulate commodity prices must and will be held personally accountable,” said David Meister, CFTC director of enforcement...
...Gregory Mocek, a former CFTC director of enforcement now at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, said the implications were huge....
...Since then the division has named David Meister, a former criminal prosecutor, as director....
...Vincent McGonagle will hold the job until Mr Meister arrives. Previously, Stephen Obie, the CFTC’s New York regional director, had acted as head of enforcement since Gregory Mocek left in 2008....
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