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The sign marking the MF Global Holdings Ltd. offices at 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan is seen in New York.
By Patrick Rizzo
"(I)t's either nefarious or illegal ..."
Those?are the words of Bart Chilton, an official with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). He was referring to the approximately $600 million?of clients' money missing from?now-bankrupt broker MF Global, which was run by former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine.
The CFTC is one of a number of agencies, including the FBI,?investigating whether?MF Global used clients' money to cover itself amid?bad bets on European debt. MF Global, which has been around?for more than 200 years, filed for bankruptcy on Oct. 31.
"I can?t comment on the investigation, but it looks suspicious as heck to me,??Chilton, a Democratic commissioner with the CFTC, told CNBC when asked about the missing money.
?It?s either nefarious or illegal, in my personal opinion,? he added. "The money should be there. It's not."
Neither MF Global nor Corzine, a former?Goldman Sachs CEO,?has been charged with any wrongdoing.?MF Global, which?laid off its entire staff on Nov. 11, was not available to comment.?
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