CFTC Orders Payment Of Penalties Totaling $665,000 By Credit Suisse International For Violating The Speculative Position Limit For Wheat Futures And By Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC For Submitting False Or Misleading Information To The CFTC

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges that Credit Suisse International (CSI) of London, U.K., exceeded the CFTC all-months speculative position limit for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures contracts on several days in April and June 2009, despite having been granted an increased hedge exemption by the CFTC.