Bart Chilton
Bart Chilton
Bart Chiltonwas Commissioner at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commissionfrom 2007 - 2014. In April 2014, he joined DLA Piper as a Senior Policy Advisor. He is the author of the Agency's best-selling investment fraud book, Ponzimonium: How Scam Artists Are Ripping Off America. Chilton has been a vocal supporter of position limits in commodities markets. He has exposed manipulation practices in commodities markets and gone on record as wanting to prosecute violations of law, which he believes have taken...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth1 May 1960
CountryUnited States of America
I believe that there have been repeated attempts to influence prices in the silver markets. There have been fraudulent efforts to persuade and deviously control that price. Based on what I have been told by members of the public, and reviewed in publicly available documents, I believe violations to the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) have taken place in silver markets and that any such violation of the law in this regard should be prosecuted.
I would pale in comparison to rock and rollers with my haircut. I would be a lightweight.
I try to communicate in a way that allows people in on what's going on. What's better than references to popular culture?
I'm a big Michael Lewis fan. That said, my favorite Lewis book was 'The Blind Side.'
We need to question technology to insure that markets continue to perform their fundamental purposes.