Legal Opinion
United States v. Coscia
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 16, 2015No. Case No. 14 CR 551PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Harry D. Leinenweber, Judge, United States District Court
Before the Court is Defendant Michael Coscia’s (“Coscia”) Motion to Dismiss the Indictment (the “Indictment”) charging him with six (6) counts of “spoofing” under 7 U.S.C. §§ 6c(a)(5)(C) and 13(a)(2) and six (6) counts of .commodities fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1348 [ECF No. 27], For the reasons stated herein, the Motion is denied.
I. BACKGROUND
Coscia began his career as a commodities futures trader in 1988. Since 2007, Coscia served as the principal of Panther Energy Trading LLC, a high-frequency futures trading…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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