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The defence contended that the rancher started trading on the commodities market as a hedge against losses inherent in the cycle of agriculture markets and became addicted.
A Washington state rancher has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and faces up to 20 years in prison for a scam involving the buying and feeding of hundreds of thousands of cattle that didn’t exist.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action on Wednesday, charging Easterday Ranches Inc, and co-owner Cody Easterday, in connection with the sale of more than 200,000 non-existent head of cattle to a beef processor.
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Riding a wave of anti-money laundering momentum, will the U.S. president from Delaware deliver on his pledges to tackle tax havens and make the wealthy pay more? April 1, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden
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