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This library records 2,428 market manipulation enforcement actions brought by financial
regulators, each with the agency, the date, the alleged technique, the monetary relief ordered
and a link to the regulator's own filing. The whole dataset is downloadable as
JSON .
Actions 2,428
Total penalties $14.3bn
Median penalty $200k
Agencies 5
Techniques 47 All actions, newest first Action Agency Filed Technique Penalty Status SEC v. Mark D. Hanf and Hoai-Nam Chu Phan a/k/a Nam Phan (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-09-04 Ponzi Schemes — settled SEC v. Trijya Vakil and Neeraj Visen (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-09-04 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Corey Ortiz (free riding and parking, 2026) SEC 2026-09-03 Free Riding And Parking — judgment SEC v. David T. Gilchrist, Christopher Aaron Novinger, Rebecca Novinger (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-09-01 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. Mordechai Haim Ferder and others (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-09-01 Ponzi Schemes — unknown CFTC v. Gabriel Perez (insider trading, 2026) CFTC 2026-08-28 Insider Trading $65k judgment SEC v. Mayur Baviskar (free riding and parking, 2026) SEC 2026-08-26 Free Riding And Parking — judgment SEC v. Gavin Wolfe and others (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-08-21 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Jesse R. Mitchell (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-08-21 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Brian Keasberry (paid stock promotion, 2026) SEC 2026-08-21 Paid Stock Promotion $37.5k judgment SEC v. Andrew Spaventa and others (boiler rooms, 2026) SEC 2026-08-17 Boiler Rooms — filed SEC v. Leor Moshe, Jacob Goldman, Isaac Odes (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-08-13 Ponzi Schemes — filed CFTC v. Goliath Ventures Inc. and CEO (ponzi schemes, 2026) CFTC 2026-08-11 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Benjamin Tesfaye (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-08-11 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Goliath Ventures, Inc. and Christopher A. Delgado (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-08-11 Ponzi Schemes — settled SEC v. Frank M. Cerisano Jr. (spoofing, 2026) SEC 2026-08-10 Spoofing — judgment SEC v. Gotbit Consulting LLC a/k/a Gotbit Hedge Fund and Fedor Kedrov (paid crypto market making, 2026) SEC 2026-08-03 Paid Crypto Market Making , Wash Trading — judgment CFTC v. George Santos (price manipulation, 2026) CFTC 2026-07-31 Price Manipulation $35k judgment SEC v. Aras Investment Business Group S.A.P.I. de C.V. and others (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-07-24 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Jamal (“Jimmy”) Chammout and others (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-07-17 Insider Trading $497k judgment SEC v. Michael J. Forster (pump and dump, 2026) SEC 2026-07-15 Pump And Dump — judgment SEC v. Robert Yedid, Andrew Kaufman, and Mark Jacobs (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-07-10 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Weiguo Zhai (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-07-09 Insider Trading — judgment CFTC v. North Carolina Commodity Pool Operator and His Company (ponzi schemes, 2026) CFTC 2026-07-07 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. NanoBit Limited, et al. (chat group pumps, 2026) SEC 2026-06-29 Chat Group Pumps $1.2m judgment SEC v. Mingran Wang (spoofing, 2026) SEC 2026-06-25 Spoofing — settled SEC v. Casey Muggleston (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-06-24 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Sanders Family Office and others (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-06-24 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Justin Jennings and Vortex Strategies LLC (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-06-23 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Bruce Cameron Conway (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-06-16 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Gerard Ryan (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-06-15 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Rakesh Ahuja (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-06-15 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Santos Kidd (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-06-12 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. JianQing Li (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-06-05 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Nathan Fuller (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-05-29 Ponzi Schemes — filed CFTC v. Google Employee (insider trading, 2026) CFTC 2026-05-28 Insider Trading — filed Fund manager Rodney Forrest re-sentenced to five years and three months’ jail following insider trading appeal (ASIC, 2026) ASIC 2026-05-22 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Nipun Kumar Jami (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-05-22 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Oskar Elmgart and Raymond Leibman (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-05-18 Insider Trading $63.1k judgment SEC v. Robert Newell (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-05-14 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Douglas P. Farr (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-05-07 Insider Trading $35.2k settled SEC v. Nicolo Nourafchan and others (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-05-07 Insider Trading — unknown CFTC v. New York Trader (spoofing, 2026) CFTC 2026-05-06 Spoofing $200k judgment SEC v. Christopher Flagg and others (free riding and parking, 2026) SEC 2026-04-30 Free Riding And Parking — judgment SEC v. Jai Sondhi (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-04-29 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Terrence Chalk (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-04-27 Ponzi Schemes — judgment CFTC v. U.S. Service Member (insider trading, 2026) CFTC 2026-04-23 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Voyager Pacific Capital Management, LLC and others (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-04-21 Ponzi Schemes — settled SEC v. Weizheng Zeng (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-04-20 Insider Trading — settled ASIC v. Alexander McCulloch (insider trading, 2026) ASIC 2026-04-17 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Sudheesh Nambiar (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-04-17 Ponzi Schemes — filed Former Big Un CEO pleads guilty in insider trading case (ASIC, 2026) ASIC 2026-04-09 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Geoffrey Allen Wall (pump and dump, 2026) SEC 2026-04-09 Pump And Dump — judgment SEC v. Caroline J. Campbell (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-04-06 Insider Trading $157k settled SEC v. Michael Smith and Douglas Joshua Dalton (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-04-01 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Brent David Willis (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-03-31 Insider Trading $175k judgment SEC v. Brent Cranmer and Daniel McCormick (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-03-30 Insider Trading $50k judgment SEC v. Ronald Smith (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-03-30 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Titanium Capital LLC and Henry Abdo (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-03-30 Ponzi Schemes — dismissed SEC v. Benjamin Taylor and Darina Windsor (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-03-27 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Kevan Sadigh (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-03-23 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Bin Hao and Qidian LLC (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-03-17 Ponzi Schemes $236k judgment SEC v. Paul W. Jorgensen (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-03-17 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Canaccord Genuity LLC (marking the close, 2026) SEC 2026-03-06 Marking The Close , Marking The Open +2 — settled SEC v. Justin Sun, Tron Foundation Limited, BitTorrent Foundation Ltd., Rainberry, Inc., and DeAndre Cortez Way (paid stock promotion, 2026) SEC 2026-03-05 Paid Stock Promotion , Wash Trading $10m judgment SEC v. Zachary Miller (unregistered distributions, 2026) SEC 2026-03-05 Unregistered Distributions — settled CFTC v. unnamed respondents (insider trading, 2026) CFTC 2026-02-25 Insider Trading , Wash Trading — settled SEC v. Joel Castellanos (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-02-24 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Joseph C. Lewis, Carolyn W. Carter, Patrick J. O’Connor, and Bryan L. Waugh (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-02-24 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Martin Tuncaydin (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-02-13 Insider Trading $27.2k settled SEC v. Epic Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-02-11 Ponzi Schemes — appealed SEC v. Gerald Shvartsman and others (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-02-05 Insider Trading — dismissed SEC v. Marat Likhtenstein (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-02-05 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Ryan Squillante (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-02-05 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Brett Rosen and others (social media ramps, 2026) SEC 2026-02-04 Social Media Ramps — filed CFTC v. Matthew Clark (insider trading, 2026) CFTC 2026-02-02 Insider Trading $14m settled SEC v. Kevin A. Van de Grift (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-01-30 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Satish Appalakutty and others (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-01-29 Ponzi Schemes — filed FCA v. Bhavesh Hirani (insider trading, 2026) FCA 2026-01-27 Insider Trading — unknown FCA v. Dipesh Kerai (insider trading, 2026) FCA 2026-01-27 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Saeid Jaberian (pump and dump, 2026) SEC 2026-01-27 Pump And Dump — judgment SEC v. Brian J. Suthoff (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-01-26 Insider Trading $19.7k judgment Fund manager sentenced to 6 years’ jail in $3 million Platinum Asset Management insider trading case (ASIC, 2026) ASIC 2026-01-23 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Mohit Verma (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-01-21 Insider Trading $41k settled SEC v. Song Yuan (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-01-21 Insider Trading $65.6k settled CFTC v. Gregg Smith (spoofing, 2026) CFTC 2026-01-16 Spoofing , Wash Trading $200k judgment SEC v. Hong (John) Wang and Precision Clinical Consulting, LLC (insider trading, 2026) SEC 2026-01-15 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Bernardo Mendia-Alcaraz and Toltec Capital LLC (ponzi schemes, 2026) SEC 2026-01-06 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Muhammad Saad Shoukat and others (fake press releases, 2026) SEC 2026-01-06 Fake Press Releases , Insider Trading — filed SEC v. David J. Bradford and Gerardo L. Linarducci (ponzi schemes, 2025) SEC 2025-12-30 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Bryan Scott McMillan (insider trading, 2025) SEC 2025-12-23 Insider Trading $122k judgment SEC v. David Hudzik (unregistered distributions, 2025) SEC 2025-12-23 Unregistered Distributions $70k judgment Market riggers sentenced in ASX ‘pump and dump’ case (ASIC, 2025) ASIC 2025-12-22 Chat Group Pumps , Pump And Dump — unknown FCA v. Russel Gerrity (insider trading, 2025) FCA 2025-12-19 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. George John Drazenovic (pump and dump, 2025) SEC 2025-12-19 Pump And Dump — judgment SEC v. Mina Tadrus (ponzi schemes, 2025) SEC 2025-12-17 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Artur Khachatryan (spoofing, 2025) SEC 2025-12-16 Spoofing — judgment Victorian man sentenced in market manipulation case (ASIC, 2025) ASIC 2025-12-12 Insider Trading , Price Manipulation +1 — judgment SEC v. Virtu Financial, Inc. and Virtu Americas LLC (insider trading, 2025) SEC 2025-12-03 Insider Trading $2.5m judgment SEC v. Solomon Lichtenstein (ponzi schemes, 2025) SEC 2025-11-26 Ponzi Schemes — filed
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