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UNITED STATES v. SMITH

No. 1:19-CR-00669.

555 F.Supp.3d 563 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America v. Gregg SMITH, Michael Nowak, Jeffrey Ruffo, and Christopher Jordan, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

Signed August 17, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Francis Sullivan , Avi Perry , Elise Bernanke , Assistants US Attorney, Scott Armstrong , John Francis Scanlon , U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, DC, AUSA, Assistant US Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, Leslie Salba Garthwaite , Criminal Division-Fraud Section, Chicago, IL, Pretrial Services, Probation Department, for United States of America.

Melissa Chiang , Melissa C. Chiang , Pro Hac Vice, Robert A. Schwartz , U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Washington, DC, Jon J. Kramer , U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Chicago, IL, for CFTC.

Jonathan David Cogan , Matthew Ivan Menchel , Sean Stephen Buckley , Alexa Rae Perlman , Pro Hac Vice, Christopher Stone Cogburn , Pro Hac Vice, Jean Nicole Ripley , Pro Hac Vice, Kobre & Kim LLP, New York, NY, Leanne A. Bortner , Pro Hac Vice, Kobre & Kim LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant Gregg Smith.

Chad Eric Silverman , Pro Hac Vice, David Meister , Pro Hac Vice, Jocelyn Emily Strauber , Pro Hac Vice, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, William Elliott Ridgway , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, IL, for Defendant Michael Nowak.

Anne M. Evans , Pro Hac Vice, Daniella Roseman , Pro Hac Vice, James J. Benjamin, Jr. , Pro Hac Vice, Parvin Moyne , Pro Hac Vice, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY, Megan Cunniff Church , MoloLamken LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant Christopher Jordan.

Guy Petrillo , Pro Hac Vice, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, Daniel Zachary Goldman , Pro Hac Vice, Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP, New York, NY, Bethany Kaye Biesenthal , Jones Day, Chicago, IL, for Defendant Jeffrey Ruffo.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

This prosecution arises out of an alleged commodities-spoofing conspiracy perpetrated by precious-metals traders. The superseding indictment charges a conspiracy to commit racketeering activity, as well as substantive counts of fraud, spoofing, and attempted price...

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