Securities & Commodities Defense
As a senior supervisor at DOJ’s Fraud Section, Scott handled and supervised high-profile trials around the country involving fraud and manipulation in the commodities and securities markets.
Scott now uses his deep knowledge of these financial markets, familiarly with complex trading data, and hard-nosed trial skills to defend executives and traders in a range of range of cases involving fraud and manipulation brought by DOJ, CFTC, SEC, FINRA, and other financial regulators.
Securities and Commodities Defense
Securities & Commodities Fraud
Scott draws on his extensive knowledge of the securities and commodities markets and first-chair trial experience to defend individuals at all stages of a case involving securities and commodities fraud.
As a federal prosecutor, Scott served as lead trial counsel in high-profile trials and cases around the country involving a range of securities and commodities fraud schemes. Scott’s first-chair experience spans the financial markets, to include U.S. Treasuries, futures contracts, cryptocurrencies, equities, and private investments. Scott also supervised and led cases involving a range of conduct, to include insider trading, “cherry picking,” spoofing and wash trading, and open-market manipulation.
Civil Enforcement Defense
For years as a federal prosecutor, Scott worked in parallel with various civil enforcement agencies in his securities and commodities fraud cases, to include the SEC, CFTC, FINRA, and state enforcement agencies.
Scott now defends individuals in civil cases with an eye toward protecting his client’s long-term interests in the event the case is ever referred to criminal authorities. Scott’s experience with both criminal and civil authorities in securities and commodities cases equips him to navigate the complexities of any enforcement action and provide a comprehensive defense for his clients.
Market Manipulation Defense
Scott leverages his first-chair trial experience in market-manipulation cases to defend individuals in all types of deceptive-trading cases and investigations involving securities, commodities, and other products.
As a federal prosecutor, Scott led high-profile trials and cases involving fraud and market manipulation in the markets for equities, U.S. Treasuries, and cryptocurrencies. Scott uses his unique experience with complex trading data and trial skills to defend individuals at every step of a case.
Representative Securities and Commodities Cases
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Served as co-lead trial counsel against two senior traders at Bank of America who were convicted after a two-week trial for defrauding other market participants in a years-long manipulation scheme in the futures markets for several precious metals.
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Served as lead trial counsel in a week-long trial in the first-ever trial conviction for conspiracy to commit securities price manipulation under Title 15 involving cryptocurrency and over $300 million in spoof orders and wash trades placed via an automated trading bot.
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Served as lead trial counsel against two defendants convicted after a two-week trial for misleading and defrauding private investors and laundering approximately $650 million through financial institutions.
