Jaramillo, who also went by the name Enrique Jaramillo, was arrested on charges of commodities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering, prosecutors said.
But Kevin Rich, the managing director at Deutsche Bank in charge of its commodity and currency E.T.F.'s, including this one, said the fund invested in those four commodities because they were among the most widely traded crops.
Last July, Jeffrey Kronthal and Harry Lengsfield, two senior fixed-income officials, were abruptly fired, and Osman Semerci, who had worked in various posts in Asia, was put in charge of fixed income, commodities and currencies, a huge division.
Mr. Burkhart, 70, retired as a vice president of the former Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in New York; he was in charge of the bank's European commodities lending operations.
The US Department of Justice wants to extradite Navinder Singh Sarao, 36, on charges of wire fraud, commodities fraud and market manipulation.
If convicted, Mr. Baker, 44, faces up to 20 years in prison on charges of wire fraud and obstruction of justice, and five years on allegations of commodities fraud and embezzlement of commodity pool funds, Mr. Fitzgerald said.
The funds are managed by National Medical Stores (NMS), a Ministry of Health (MoH) parastatal in charge of procurement, storage and distribution of health commodities.
An index of commodities slumped.
The dance of commodities resumes.
Agudelo is that most precious of commodities.
