Michael Nowak, the man who led the highly profitable JPMorgan Chase & Co. precious-metals desk, ... his lawyer told a jury in Chicago. ...

Attorneys for Nowak and Smith argued during the trial that their orders were not fraudulent. Ruffo was not a trader, and there is no evidence that he understood others were using illicit tactics ...

Michael Nowak, the bank's former global precious metals desk head, did not seek to downplay potential spoofing on the desk, but flagged it to his superiors, his attorney David Meister said during ...

Thorp declined to comment about the settlement, while attorneys for Michael Novak could not be immediately reached Tuesday. David Novak, who was 35, ...

Attorneys for Nowak and Smith argued their orders were not fraudulent. Ruffo was not a trader, and there is no evidence that he understood others were using illicit tactics, his attorney said ...

Michael Nowak was “the boss” of a plot at JPMorgan Chase & Co. to manipulate gold and silver prices and worked with the top trader and salesman on the bank’s precious metals desk to “spoof ...