Andre Flotron, formerly a senior precious metals trader with UBS, was arrested in New Jersey last week by the US Department of Justice (DoJ). The DoJ has charged Flotron with spoofing gold futures on the CME (COMEX) from July 2008 until November 2013.

A junior trader, who agreed to cooperate with the US government in return for avoiding criminal prosecution, told the DoJ that Flotron demonstrated how to spoof gold futures in July 2008 as preparation for the witness moving to the UBS precious metals desk in Singapore.