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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. Joel P. Zingerman (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-09-21 Insider Trading $56.6k settled SEC v. Justin Samuel Cary (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-09-21 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Peter C. Chang (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-09-20 Insider Trading — filed Sydney man faces charges for market manipulation (ASIC, 2017) ASIC 2017-09-19 Price Manipulation — unknown SEC v. Francisco Illarramendi, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-09-19 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Lawrence F. Cluff, Jr., Roger E. Shaoul, and James Shaoul (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-09-13 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Mayank Gupta, et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-09-13 Insider Trading $23.8k settled SEC v. Brett Kennedy, et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-09-07 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Craig H. Carton, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-09-06 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Scott Newsholme (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-09-06 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Alan M. Stark, Esq. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-09-05 Insider Trading $7.6k settled SEC v. Richard P. Cedrone, Steven R. Ferris and George R. Thoreson (marking the close, 2017) SEC 2017-09-05 Marking The Close $75k judgment SEC v. Evan R. Kita, et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-08-31 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Tennstar Energy, Inc., et al. (boiler rooms, 2017) SEC 2017-08-30 Boiler Rooms — filed OSC v. Khalid Walid Jawhari (insider trading, 2017) OSC 2017-08-30 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Lek Securities Corp. et al. (layering, 2017) SEC 2017-08-29 Layering , Undisclosed Control Blocks — unknown Day trader pleads guilty to market manipulation (ASIC, 2017) ASIC 2017-08-28 Price Manipulation — unknown SEC v. Dawn J. Bennett and DJB Holdings LLC (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-08-28 Ponzi Schemes — filed CFTC v. South Carolina Resident Thomas Lanzana (ponzi schemes, 2017) CFTC 2017-08-25 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Caledonian Bank Ltd., et al. (unregistered distributions, 2017) SEC 2017-08-25 Unregistered Distributions $19.2m judgment SEC v. Jack Sini (boiler rooms, 2017) SEC 2017-08-23 Boiler Rooms — filed SEC v. Jason Hershberger (boiler rooms, 2017) SEC 2017-08-23 Boiler Rooms — filed SEC v. Juan M. Perez Ortega (boiler rooms, 2017) SEC 2017-08-23 Boiler Rooms — filed SEC v. Martin Miller (boiler rooms, 2017) SEC 2017-08-23 Boiler Rooms — filed SEC v. Shawna Leigh Lynch (boiler rooms, 2017) SEC 2017-08-23 Boiler Rooms — unknown SEC v. Deerfield Management Company, L.P. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-08-21 Insider Trading $3.9m settled SEC v. Banca IMI Securities Corp. (naked short selling debate, 2017) SEC 2017-08-18 Naked Short Selling Debate $15m settled CFTC v. Aruba-based Copersucar Trading A.V.V. (wash trading, 2017) CFTC 2017-08-16 Wash Trading $300k judgment SEC v. Daniel Rivas, et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-08-16 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Robert Cortez Marshall (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-08-16 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Damon Hovannisian, et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-08-11 Insider Trading $156k judgment SEC v. Louis Martin Blazer III (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-08-10 Ponzi Schemes — judgment CFTC v. The Bank (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-08-08 Spoofing $600k judgment SEC v. David Blaszczak, et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-08-08 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Steven V. McClatchey and Gary J. Pusey (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-08-08 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Joe Yiu Cheung ( and Dylon De Lu Zhang) (paid stock promotion, 2017) SEC 2017-08-02 Paid Stock Promotion , Pump And Dump +2 $150k settled SEC v. Jeffrey D. Martin, et al. (custodianship shell hijacking, 2017) SEC 2017-08-01 Custodianship Shell Hijacking , Paid Stock Promotion +1 — judgment SEC v. Karen F. Aalders (paid stock promotion, 2017) SEC 2017-07-31 Paid Stock Promotion — judgment SEC v. Sterling Craig Barton (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-07-31 Insider Trading $100k judgment SEC v. Harold L. Altvater (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-07-28 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Windsor Street Capital, L.P. ( and others (unregistered distributions, 2017) SEC 2017-07-28 Unregistered Distributions $200k settled CFTC v. New York Trader Simon Posen (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-07-27 Spoofing $635k judgment SEC v. Joey Stanton Dodson (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-07-26 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Joey Giamichael and Umbrella Research, LLC (newsletter scalping, 2017) SEC 2017-07-25 Newsletter Scalping , Paid Stock Promotion — settled SEC v. Andrew Farmer, et al. (pump and dump, 2017) SEC 2017-07-24 Pump And Dump — judgment SEC v. Lubin and David (unregistered distributions, 2017) SEC 2017-07-19 Unregistered Distributions — judgment SEC v. Troy Joseph Flowers, et al. (undisclosed control blocks, 2017) SEC 2017-07-19 Undisclosed Control Blocks — filed SEC v. John F. Stimpson (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-07-18 Insider Trading $136k settled SEC v. Ashley Antos, Defendants, and Antos, Inc. (boiler rooms, 2017) SEC 2017-07-12 Boiler Rooms — unknown SEC v. Victory Ho (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-07-12 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Wanger and Eric David Wanger Investment Management, Inc. (marking the close, 2017) SEC 2017-07-10 Marking The Close $75k dismissed SEC v. Steve G. Blasko (boiler rooms, 2017) SEC 2017-07-07 Boiler Rooms , Unregistered Distributions — filed SEC v. Cheryl L. Jones (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-07-03 Ponzi Schemes — filed CFTC v. unnamed respondents (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-06-30 Spoofing $350k judgment CFTC v. Rosenthal Collins Capital Markets LLC (wash trading, 2017) CFTC 2017-06-30 Wash Trading $5m judgment SEC v. Sasan Sabrdaran and Farhang Afsarpour (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-06-30 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Andrew S. Keck (undisclosed control blocks, 2017) SEC 2017-06-29 Undisclosed Control Blocks — settled SEC v. Christopher A. Conley (undisclosed control blocks, 2017) SEC 2017-06-29 Undisclosed Control Blocks — settled SEC v. Marilyn Stark (undisclosed control blocks, 2017) SEC 2017-06-29 Undisclosed Control Blocks $10k settled SEC v. Matthew L. Egna (undisclosed control blocks, 2017) SEC 2017-06-29 Undisclosed Control Blocks $10k settled SEC v. Nigel G. Lindsay (undisclosed control blocks, 2017) SEC 2017-06-29 Undisclosed Control Blocks — settled SEC v. Sarah E. Keck (undisclosed control blocks, 2017) SEC 2017-06-29 Undisclosed Control Blocks — settled SEC v. Diana P. Lovera (boiler rooms, 2017) SEC 2017-06-28 Boiler Rooms — judgment SEC v. Harold L. Altvater, Maureen E. Curran, Susan L. Dubuc (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-06-27 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Wm Smith & Co. and William S. Smith (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-06-26 Insider Trading $50k settled SEC v. James M. Farinella, et al. (paid stock promotion, 2017) SEC 2017-06-21 Paid Stock Promotion — filed SEC v. Yu-Cheng Lin (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-06-19 Insider Trading — judgment ASIC v. UBS Securities (front running, 2017) ASIC 2017-06-15 Front Running — unknown SEC v. Edwin Yoshihiro Fujinaga and MRI International, Inc., et al. (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-06-15 Ponzi Schemes — appealed SEC v. Jehu Hand and Antonio Katz (paid stock promotion, 2017) SEC 2017-06-15 Paid Stock Promotion , Pump And Dump — filed SEC v. Tod A. Ditommaso, Esq. (unregistered distributions, 2017) SEC 2017-06-13 Unregistered Distributions — judgment SEC v. Dan (“Alice”) Zhang, CPA (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-06-07 Insider Trading $7.5k settled SEC v. Michael Trahan (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-06-07 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Homero Joshua Garza, GAW Miners, LLC, and ZenMiner, LLC (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-06-05 Ponzi Schemes — judgment CFTC v. David Liew (price manipulation, 2017) CFTC 2017-06-03 Price Manipulation , Spoofing — judgment SEC v. Adesh Kumar Tyagi (marking the close, 2017) SEC 2017-06-01 Marking The Close — unknown SEC v. Harrison Katzen (boiler rooms, 2017) SEC 2017-05-31 Boiler Rooms — judgment SEC v. Mark A. Jones (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-05-25 Ponzi Schemes $160k judgment SEC v. William J. Wells and Promitor Capital Management LLC (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-05-25 Ponzi Schemes — settled SEC v. Francisco Illarramendi, Highview Point Partners, LLC and others (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-05-24 Ponzi Schemes $1m judgment SEC v. Imran Husain, et al. (shell factories, 2017) SEC 2017-05-24 Shell Factories , Undisclosed Control Blocks — filed SEC v. Murakami, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-05-22 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Robert W. Murray (price manipulation, 2017) SEC 2017-05-19 EDGAR Filing Fraud , Price Manipulation +1 — unknown SEC v. Emerald Isle Exploration, Ltd. and Samuell Eads and Lloyd C. Brewer (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-05-12 Insider Trading , Undisclosed Control Blocks $10k settled OSC v. Jorge Neher (insider trading, 2017) OSC 2017-05-12 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Chamroonrat, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-05-11 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Walter C. Little and Andrew M. Berke (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-05-11 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Iat Hong, et al. (hack to trade, 2017) SEC 2017-05-09 Hack To Trade — filed SEC v. Inc. Med-X (pump and dump, 2017) SEC 2017-05-08 Pump And Dump — dismissed SEC v. Andrew T.E. Coldicutt, et al. (unregistered distributions, 2017) SEC 2017-05-05 Unregistered Distributions — unknown SEC v. William R. Schantz III and Verto Capital Management LLC (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-05-04 Ponzi Schemes — settled OSC v. Dennis Wing (insider trading, 2017) OSC 2017-05-04 Insider Trading — dismissed SEC v. David Michael Burke (undisclosed control blocks, 2017) SEC 2017-05-02 Unregistered Distributions $5k settled SEC v. Mark J. Varacchi, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-05-01 Ponzi Schemes — judgment Former Perth managing director sentenced to 18 months' jail for insider trading (ASIC, 2017) ASIC 2017-04-28 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Demitrios Hallas (churning, 2017) SEC 2017-04-26 Churning — filed SEC v. Wilson-Davis & Company, Inc. (naked short selling debate, 2017) SEC 2017-04-26 Naked Short Selling Debate $75k settled SEC v. Kent P. Watts, et al. (unregistered distributions, 2017) SEC 2017-04-21 Unregistered Distributions — filed SEC v. Curtis A. Peterson (ponzi schemes, 2017) SEC 2017-04-19 Ponzi Schemes $7.5k judgment SEC v. Charles L. Hill, Jr. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-04-18 Insider Trading — dismissed
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