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Commodities Fraud

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission claims in a federal complaint that Houston-based David Smothermon, as president of the gas division of a large, unnamed commodities-trading company, juggled the books to conceal millions of dollars in trading losses.

MANHATTAN — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission claims in a federal complaint that Houston-based David Smothermon, as president of the gas division of a large, unnamed commodities-trading company, juggled the books to conceal millions of dollars in trading losses.

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