by Chris Powell
GATA.org
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
While it may be hard to believe, it seems that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission was unaware of Deutsche Bank’s agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing it of manipulating the gold and silver markets until GATA repeatedly sought to bring the matter to the commission’s attention over the last week.
The news of the settlement agreement broke with Reuters and Bloomberg News reports on Wednesday and Thursday, April 13 and 14: