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Market manipulation case library

This library records 3,272 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
3,272
Total penalties
$16.7bn
Median penalty
$250k
Agencies
7
Techniques
49

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By technique

Insider trading 851 Ponzi schemes 474 Price manipulation 311 Misleading issuer disclosure 214 Matched orders 165 Unregistered distributions 157 Pump and dump 139 Spoofing 108 Wash trading 106 Undisclosed control blocks 93 Rule 105 offering shorts 85 Paid stock promotion 68 Boiler rooms 68 Front running 61 The naked short selling debate 35 Benchmark submission rigging 34 Marking the close 27 Social media ramps 26 Reverse merger schemes 25 Layering 24 Fake press releases 21 Free riding and parking 18 Mismarking 16 False rumours 15 Sham tender offers 15 Churning 14 Hack to trade 14 Newsletter scalping 13 EDGAR filing fraud 10 Shell factories 9 FX fixing 9 Paid crypto market making 8 Rigged binary options execution 8 Chat group pumps 7 Analyst manipulation 6 Settlement price manipulation 5 Hijacked-account ramping 4 Cornering 3 Short and distort 3 Cash versus derivatives schemes 3 Banging the close 3 Painting the tape 2 Engineered short squeeze 2 Exchange wash trading 2 Rug pulls 1 Insider listing trading 1 Oracle manipulation 1 Float locking 1 Momentum ignition 1

By agency

AMF-FR 209 ASIC 113 CFTC 334 FCA 48 OSC 68 SEBI 656 SEC 1844

By year filed

2026 137 2025 199 2024 266 2023 363 2022 492 2021 161 2020 192 2019 202 2018 245 2017 227 2016 202 2015 223 2014 145 2013 111 2012 8 2011 16 2010 14 2009 14 2008 17 2007 15 2006 9 2005 9 2004 5

Ranked lists: largest penalties · largest spoofing penalties · longest sentences · most-charged individuals · biggest crypto cases · most active courts

All actions, newest first

Action Agency Filed Technique Penalty Status
SEBI v. Ethan Constructions Private Limited (Allied Computers International price rigging, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-05-24 Price Manipulation — judgment
SEC v. Frank B. Glassner (insider trading, 2022) SEC 2022-05-24 Insider Trading — settled
SEBI v. Bhanuprasad Dipakkumar Trivedi (IPO share cornering, IDFC and Sasken, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-05-23 Cornering — judgment
SEBI v. Sanjay Jalan and others (Le Waterina Resorts and Hotels price rigging, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-05-20 Price Manipulation — judgment
CFTC v. Sam Ikkurty, Ravishankar Avadhanam and Jafia LLC (2022) CFTC 2022-05-19 $111m judgment
SEC v. Wynn Charlebois et al. (ponzi schemes, 2022) SEC 2022-05-19 Ponzi Schemes — filed
SEBI v. Best Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. and others (Fortis Healthcare fund diversion, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-05-18 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
SEC v. Jillian Sidoti (undisclosed control blocks, 2022) SEC 2022-05-17 Undisclosed Control Blocks $22k judgment
CFTC v. Long Island Resident and His Firm (ponzi schemes, 2022) CFTC 2022-05-13 Ponzi Schemes — filed
SEBI v. Urja Global Limited and others (false Nippon Shinyaku announcement, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-05-13 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
SEBI v. Bharat Jayantilal Patel and others (Garware Polyester synchronized trades, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-05-12 Matched Orders — dismissed
CFTC v. Eshaq M. Nawabi, Nawabi Enterprise and Hyperion Consulting Inc. (ponzi schemes, 2022) CFTC 2022-05-10 Ponzi Schemes $4.5m settled
SEBI v. Adamina Traders Pvt. Ltd. (Secunderabad Healthcare price rise, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-05-10 Price Manipulation — judgment
SEC v. Manuel A. Romero (ponzi schemes, 2022) SEC 2022-05-10 Ponzi Schemes $50k judgment
SEC v. Sepehr Sarshar (insider trading, 2022) SEC 2022-05-09 Insider Trading $56.2k judgment
SEC v. TKO Farms, Inc., Agravitae, Inc., Kenneth Owen and others (undisclosed control blocks, 2022) SEC 2022-05-09 Undisclosed Control Blocks — filed
AMF France v. Nyenburgh Holding B.V. and others (spoofing, 2022) AMF (France) 2022-05-06 Spoofing — judgment
SEBI v. Adamina Traders Pvt. Ltd. and others (Shantanu Sheorey Aquakult price rigging, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-05-06 Price Manipulation — judgment
SEC v. Derek J. Slattery and TradeSmart Software RIC Corporation (2022) SEC 2022-05-05 $1.1m judgment
SEC v. Mark Marchi (ponzi schemes, 2022) SEC 2022-05-05 Ponzi Schemes — settled
SEBI v. Rajinder Singh (MPS Infotecnics GDR scheme, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-05-04 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
SEC v. BTIG, LLC (naked short selling debate, 2022) SEC 2022-05-03 Naked Short Selling Debate $315k judgment
SEC v. Balasubrahmanya Kuchibhotla (insider trading, 2022) SEC 2022-05-02 Insider Trading $586k settled
SEC v. Maplelane Capital LLC (naked short selling debate, 2022) SEC 2022-05-02 Naked Short Selling Debate $250k settled
SEBI v. Finquest Securities Pvt. Ltd. (intermediary enquiry, Crest Ventures, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-29 Matched Orders — dismissed
SEBI v. Bharat Jayantilal Patel and others (synchronised trades, Super Sales India, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-29 Matched Orders , Wash Trading — judgment
SEBI v. Aventis Biofeeds Private Limited and others (closing-session price ramp, Ruchi Soya, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-29 Marking The Close , Settlement Price Manipulation — judgment
SEBI v. Urmila Kanoria and others (Godfrey Phillips India insider trading, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-29 Insider Trading — dismissed
SEBI v. Bhavesh Gadhavi (Sterling Group front-running, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-29 Front Running — judgment
SEBI v. Amitkumar Rameshchandra Rana (Shree Global Tradefin self-trades, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-29 Wash Trading — dismissed
SEBI v. Vishal Vijay Shah (Sterling Group front-running broker, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-29 Front Running — judgment
SEBI v. RDB Rasayans Limited and Shanti Lal Baid (IPO proceeds and prospectus, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-29 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — dismissed
SEBI v. Aster Silicates Ltd. and others (IPO proceeds diversion, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-29 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
SEBI v. PACE Stock Broking Services Pvt. Ltd. (NSE co-location secondary server, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-29 — judgment
SEBI v. Esteem Bio Organic Food Processing Ltd. and others (IPO funding scheme, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-28 Misleading Issuer Disclosure , Price Manipulation — judgment
SEBI v. K Venkatraman (reversal trades, Coromandel Fertilizers, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-28 Matched Orders , Wash Trading — dismissed
SEBI v. Heena Mukesh Tolia and others (price ramping in an illiquid scrip, Viaan Industries, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-28 Price Manipulation , Matched Orders — judgment
SEBI v. Anvita Trading Company Private Limited (preferential allotment, Secunderabad Healthcare, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-28 — dismissed
SEBI v. AmrapaliAadya Trading and Investment Pvt. Ltd. and others (broker client-fund diversion, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-28 — judgment
AMF France v. Dylan Dariah (false or misleading information, 2022) AMF (France) 2022-04-27 — settled
OSC v. Christopher Uitvlugt (ponzi schemes, 2022) OSC 2022-04-27 Ponzi Schemes — judgment
SEBI v. Jyoti Devi and others (synchronised and reversal trades, Swan Energy, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-27 Matched Orders , Wash Trading — judgment
SEBI v. Vipul Pannalal Shah and H K Stock Services Private Limited (small orders above last price, Coral Hub, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-27 Price Manipulation , Matched Orders — judgment
SEBI v. Finquest Securities Pvt. Ltd. and Shailesh Shah Securities Pvt. Ltd. (broker case, Crest Ventures, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-27 Matched Orders , Wash Trading — dismissed
SEC v. American Equities, Inc., American Eagle Mortgage Management, LLC, Ross C. Miles and Maureen T. Wile (ponzi schemes, 2022) SEC 2022-04-27 Ponzi Schemes — settled
SEC v. Wealth Plus, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2022) SEC 2022-04-27 Unregistered Distributions $30k settled
SEBI v. SIC Stock and Services Pvt Ltd (broker, self-trades, Mefcom Agro Industries, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-26 Wash Trading , Price Manipulation — dismissed
SEC v. Bernard L. Compton (insider trading, 2022) SEC 2022-04-22 Insider Trading $1.9m judgment
SEBI v. Uma Karthikeyan (GDR issue, Sanraa Media, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-21 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
SEC v. Moshe Strugano and Rinat Gazit (insider trading, 2022) SEC 2022-04-20 Insider Trading — filed
SEBI v. RHC Holding Private Limited, Malvinder Mohan Singh, Shivinder Mohan Singh and others (diversion of funds, Fortis Healthcare, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-19 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
SEC v. Domenic Calabrigo, Curtis Lehner, Courtney Vasseur and Hasan Sario (pump and dump, 2022) SEC 2022-04-19 Pump And Dump , Undisclosed Control Blocks — filed
SEC v. The Legal Funding Group of Georgia, LLC and Benjamin S. Eichholz (unregistered distributions, 2022) SEC 2022-04-19 Unregistered Distributions $50k settled
SEC v. Carl Iberger and Timothy Iberger (insider trading, 2022) SEC 2022-04-15 Insider Trading $138k settled
SEC v. Damon Elliott, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2022) SEC 2022-04-15 Ponzi Schemes $5.4m judgment
SEC v. Dean Shah et al. (undisclosed control blocks, 2022) SEC 2022-04-15 Undisclosed Control Blocks , Pump And Dump — filed
CFTC v. David Skudder, Global Ag LLC and Nesvick Trading Group LLC (spoofing, 2022) CFTC 2022-04-14 Spoofing — filed
SEC v. Mark Loman (insider trading, 2022) SEC 2022-04-14 Insider Trading $482k judgment
SEC v. Ronald Bauer and seven others (pump and dump, 2022) SEC 2022-04-14 Pump And Dump — filed
SEBI v. Unisys Softwares and Holding Industries Limited and others (funded preferential allotment, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-13 — judgment
SEC v. Justin Wallace Herman, Anthony Michael Baker, Ian Horn, and Island Capital Inc (boiler rooms, 2022) SEC 2022-04-12 Boiler Rooms $10k filed
SEC v. Anthony Salandra (false rumors, 2022) SEC 2022-04-11 False Rumors — settled
SEC v. Julie Minuskin, Joshua Stoll, Dennis DiRicco, Tom Casey and Golden Genesis, Inc. (ponzi schemes, 2022) SEC 2022-04-11 Ponzi Schemes $457k judgment
SEBI v. Rajlaxmi Industries Limited and others (funded preferential allotment, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-11 — judgment
CFTC v. Danish (ponzi schemes, 2022) CFTC 2022-04-08 Ponzi Schemes $3.6m judgment
SEBI v. DP Mittal and Sons HUF and others (single synchronised trade, Florence Investech, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-08 Matched Orders , Price Manipulation — dismissed
CFTC v. James Vorley and Cedric Chanu (spoofing, 2022) CFTC 2022-04-07 Spoofing $300k judgment
SEC v. Lloyd D. Reed (insider trading, 2022) SEC 2022-04-04 Insider Trading $233k settled
SEBI v. K Gopalakrishnan & Co. (auditor certificate, Acropetal Technologies IPO, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-31 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — dismissed
SEBI v. Sunil Kumar Purohit (circular trades, Gravity India, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-31 Wash Trading , Price Manipulation — dismissed
SEBI v. Shree Gopal Gupta and others (employee trading, Regency Hospital, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-31 Wash Trading , Matched Orders — dismissed
SEC v. Gregory Lemelson, Lemelson Capital Management, LLC, and The Amvona Fund (short and distort, 2022) SEC 2022-03-31 Short And Distort $160k judgment
SEBI v. Vishnubhai Sunderlal Parekh and Rajendra Chandulal Shah (Gujarat Arth, Right Finstock directors, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-31 Price Manipulation — judgment
SEBI v. Keynote Commodities Limited (Emmbi Polyarns IPO subscription, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-31 — judgment
SEBI v. Sunil Purohit (circular trades, Rajesh Exports, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-30 Wash Trading — dismissed
SEBI v. Bharat Jayantilal Patel and others (synchronised trades and algorithmic arbitrage, Crest Ventures, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-30 Matched Orders , Wash Trading — dismissed
SEBI v. Shilpi Krishnakumar Modi (self-trades, Mefcom Agro Industries, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-30 Wash Trading , Price Manipulation — dismissed
SEBI v. Sudhir Bhikhalal Parekh and others (Tirupati Fincorp preferential issue proceeds, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-30 — judgment
CFTC v. Abner Alejandro Tinoco and Kikit & Mess Investments, LLC (2022) CFTC 2022-03-29 — settled
SEBI v. Finquest Securities Pvt Ltd (broker, synchronised trades, Asian Granito India, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-29 Matched Orders , Wash Trading — judgment
SEC v. Hari Prasad Sure, et al., Civ. Act. (insider trading, 2022) SEC 2022-03-29 Insider Trading — settled
SEBI v. Ace Consultant (Esteem Bio Organic Food Processing IPO, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-29 — dismissed
SEBI v. Keynote Painting Dealers Private Limited and others (price rise, Jaisukh Dealers, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-28 Price Manipulation , Matched Orders — judgment
SEBI v. Voltaire Leasing and Finance Limited and others (alleged self-funded preferential allotments, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-28 — dismissed
SEBI v. Chiranjilal Jayaram Vyas and others (circular trades, Sunteck Realty, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-25 Wash Trading , Matched Orders — judgment
AMF France v. AB Science and others (insider trading, 2022) AMF (France) 2022-03-24 Insider Trading — judgment
SEBI v. Pentamedia Graphics Limited and others (GDR issue, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-24 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
SEBI v. Sunil Purohit (circular trades, TASC Pharmaceuticals, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-23 Wash Trading — dismissed
SEBI v. Nouveau Shares and Securities Limited (broker enquiry, Peacock Industries, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-23 Wash Trading , Price Manipulation — dismissed
SEBI v. Antala Real Broking & Impex Private Ltd. and others (synchronised and reversal trades, Kavveri Telecom, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-23 Matched Orders , Wash Trading +1 — judgment
CFTC v. Dro Kholamian and Blue Star Trading, LLC (2022) CFTC 2022-03-22 $150k judgment
SEBI v. Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. and others (misstated accounts and concealed pledges, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-22 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
SEBI v. Harishkumar Kantilal Patel and others (synchronised trades, Gala Global Products, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-22 Matched Orders , Price Manipulation — judgment
SEC v. Francis Biller, et al. (pump and dump, 2022) SEC 2022-03-17 Pump And Dump , Boiler Rooms — settled
SEBI v. Bodhtree Consulting Limited and others (employee benefit trust share diversion, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-15 — judgment
SEBI v. Rajendrakumar Chhotamalji Mehta (self-trades, Pine Animation, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-14 Wash Trading , Price Manipulation — judgment
SEBI v. Gajanan Enterprises and B. P. Equities Private Limited (self-trades, Ess Dee Aluminium, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-11 Wash Trading — dismissed
SEBI v. Raman Goyal (Octant Interactive Technologies circular trades, penalty on remand, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-10 Matched Orders — judgment
CFTC v. Four Operators (ponzi schemes, 2022) CFTC 2022-03-08 Ponzi Schemes — filed
AMF France v. Quotidien de Paris Editions and others (newsletter scalping, 2022) AMF (France) 2022-03-04 Newsletter Scalping — judgment