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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. Robinhood Financial LLC and Robinhood Securities, LLC (naked short selling debate, 2025) SEC 2025-01-13 Naked Short Selling Debate , Spoofing — settled SEC v. SpeedRoute LLC (layering, 2025) SEC 2025-01-10 Layering , Pump And Dump +2 — settled SEC v. Joseph M. Dupont and others (insider trading, 2025) SEC 2025-01-03 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Dale B. Chappell, et al. (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-12-31 Insider Trading — unknown Perth accountant charged over alleged insider trading in Genesis Minerals shares (ASIC, 2024) ASIC 2024-12-23 Insider Trading — filed Third person sentenced for Courtenay House misconduct (ASIC, 2024) ASIC 2024-12-22 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Silver Point Capital, L.P. (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-12-20 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Tai Mo Shan Limited (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-12-20 Unregistered Distributions $36.7m settled SEC v. Curt L Dewitz (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-12-19 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Ronald Bauer et al. (pump and dump, 2024) SEC 2024-12-19 Pump And Dump — judgment SEC v. Snow Lake Capital (HK) Limited (rule 105 offering shorts, 2024) SEC 2024-12-19 Rule 105 Offering Shorts $525k settled SEC v. Ken Peterman (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-12-18 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Sai-Hong Ignatius Ou (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-12-18 Insider Trading $1.5m judgment SEC v. David Chong Kyi (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-12-17 Insider Trading $125k settled SEC v. Zachary Stevenson (spoofing, 2024) SEC 2024-12-13 Spoofing $150k settled CFTC v. Storm Bryant (ponzi schemes, 2024) CFTC 2024-12-11 Ponzi Schemes $3.9m judgment SEC v. Frederick Tayton Dencer, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-12-11 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. John S. Clayton and others (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-12-11 Insider Trading , Paid Stock Promotion — filed CFTC v. Washington State Pastor (ponzi schemes, 2024) CFTC 2024-12-10 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. David Banister, et al. (social media ramps, 2024) SEC 2024-12-10 Social Media Ramps — filed SEC v. David C. Underwood (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-12-09 Unregistered Distributions $50k settled SEC v. Marc J. Toomey (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-12-09 Unregistered Distributions $50k settled SEC v. Stephen R. Bishop (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-12-09 Unregistered Distributions — settled SEC v. Jordan Qsar, Grant Witherspoon, Austin Bernard, and Chase Lambert (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-12-05 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Dow Rockwell LLC and Richard Dow Rockwell (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-12-03 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. FiveT Capital AG (rule 105 offering shorts, 2024) SEC 2024-11-26 Rule 105 Offering Shorts $805k settled SEC v. Lightspeed Financial Services Group LLC (layering, 2024) SEC 2024-11-22 Layering , Wash Trading $75k settled SEC v. Paulson Investment Company LLC (wash trading, 2024) SEC 2024-11-22 Wash Trading $75k settled SEC v. Webull Financial LLC (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-11-22 Insider Trading $125k settled SEC v. unnamed respondents (boiler rooms, 2024) SEC 2024-11-20 Boiler Rooms — dismissed SEC v. Robert Brian Thompson (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-11-19 Insider Trading — judgment FCA v. Travis Lloyd Klein (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2024) FCA 2024-11-18 Cash Vs Derivatives Schemes , Wash Trading — unknown SEC v. Epic Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-11-08 Unregistered Distributions — judgment SEC v. Carlos Sacanell (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-10-31 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Dusan Varga and Pannon Investment Advisors LLC (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-10-31 Ponzi Schemes — judgment CFTC v. two Louisiana-Based Companies and Cofounder (ponzi schemes, 2024) CFTC 2024-10-28 Ponzi Schemes — filed CFTC v. Yueyu Bao (wash trading, 2024) CFTC 2024-10-24 Wash Trading $260k judgment SEC v. Unisys Corporation (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-10-22 Insider Trading $4m settled SEC v. Morrie Tobin et al. (reverse merger schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-10-18 Reverse Merger Schemes $230k judgment SEC v. Ruimin Xie (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-10-17 Insider Trading $59.4k settled SEC v. Umapathi Kakkera (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-10-17 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Baris Cabalar (churning, 2024) SEC 2024-10-16 Churning — unknown CFTC v. Several People and Companies (ponzi schemes, 2024) CFTC 2024-10-15 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. Matthew Groom (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-10-15 Insider Trading $12.9k settled SEC v. Gotbit Consulting LLC a/k/a Gotbit Hedge Fund and Fedor Kedrov (paid crypto market making, 2024) SEC 2024-10-09 Paid Crypto Market Making , Wash Trading — unknown SEC v. Minerco, Inc., Bobby Shumake Japhia, and Julius Makiri Jenge (custodianship shell hijacking, 2024) SEC 2024-10-09 Custodianship Shell Hijacking , Pump And Dump — filed SEC v. ZM Quant Investment Ltd., Baijun Ou a/k/a Eric Ou, and Ruiqi Lau a/k/a Ricky Liu (paid crypto market making, 2024) SEC 2024-10-09 Paid Crypto Market Making , Wash Trading — unknown SEC v. CLS Global FZC LLC and Andrey Zhorzhes (paid crypto market making, 2024) SEC 2024-10-09 Paid Crypto Market Making — unknown SEC v. Russell Armand, Maxwell Hernandez, Manpreet Singh Kohli, and Nam Tran (paid crypto market making, 2024) SEC 2024-10-09 Paid Crypto Market Making — settled SEC v. Vy Pham (paid crypto market making, 2024) SEC 2024-10-09 Paid Crypto Market Making — settled CFTC v. Taiwanese Firm (wash trading, 2024) CFTC 2024-10-01 Wash Trading $200k judgment SEC v. Barry Siegel (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-10-01 Insider Trading $113k judgment SEC v. Marathon Asset Management, LP (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-09-30 Insider Trading $1.5m settled SEC v. TD Securities (USA) LLC (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-09-30 Cash Vs Derivatives Schemes , Spoofing $6.5m unknown SEC v. Austin Kauh (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-09-27 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Bryan Scott McMillan (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-09-27 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Eric Hannelius (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-09-27 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Mango Labs, LLC, Mango DAO, and Blockworks Foundation (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-09-27 Unregistered Distributions — settled SEC v. Marco Babini, et al. (paid stock promotion, 2024) SEC 2024-09-27 Paid Stock Promotion — judgment SEC v. Robert B. Westbrook (hack to trade, 2024) SEC 2024-09-27 Hack To Trade , Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Bhardwaj et al. (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-09-26 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Karina N. Fernandez and others (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-09-26 Ponzi Schemes — settled CFTC v. Rudy Avila (ponzi schemes, 2024) CFTC 2024-09-25 Ponzi Schemes $1.5m judgment CFTC v. Texas Associated Person (insider trading, 2024) CFTC 2024-09-25 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Eric J. Watson et al. (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-09-24 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Benjamin Ballout, Mohamed Zayed, and William Fielding (pump and dump, 2024) SEC 2024-09-23 Pump And Dump — judgment SEC v. Centerline Investment Management Limited (rule 105 offering shorts, 2024) SEC 2024-09-23 Rule 105 Offering Shorts $112k settled SEC v. DiScala et al., (pump and dump, 2024) SEC 2024-09-20 Pump And Dump , Reverse Merger Schemes — judgment SEC v. Keith D. Beekmeyer and Andrew M. Bye (reverse merger schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-09-20 Reverse Merger Schemes — settled SEC v. Philip Markin (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-09-19 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Rari Capital Infrastructure LLC (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-09-18 Unregistered Distributions — settled SEC v. Joel David Castro Leon and Shmuel A. Sherr (spoofing, 2024) SEC 2024-09-17 Spoofing $125k judgment SEC v. NanoBit Limited, Radiant Horizons Limited, Sweet Karma Fashion Inc., Zhao Tropical Deli Inc., Jiajie Liu, Fei Liao, and Hua Zhao (chat group pumps, 2024) SEC 2024-09-17 Chat Group Pumps — filed SEC v. Gates Capital Management, Inc. (rule 105 offering shorts, 2024) SEC 2024-09-17 Rule 105 Offering Shorts $57.6k settled SEC v. Federico Nannini, Mauro Nannini, Alejandro Thermiotis, and Francisco Tonarely (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-09-16 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Flyfish Club, LLC (chat group pumps, 2024) SEC 2024-09-16 Chat Group Pumps , Unregistered Distributions $750k settled CFTC v. Unregistered Florida Commodity Pool Operator and Its Chief Executive Officer (ponzi schemes, 2024) CFTC 2024-09-12 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Anthony Guarino (boiler rooms, 2024) SEC 2024-09-12 Boiler Rooms $100k settled SEC v. Dishant Gupta (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-09-10 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Hunter Haithcock a/k/a Hunter Elliott and Hunter Allen (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-09-09 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. James M. Phillips (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-09-09 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Stephen Forlano (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-09-09 Insider Trading $18.2k settled SEC v. Esmark Inc. and James P. Bouchard (reverse merger schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-09-06 Reverse Merger Schemes $500k settled CFTC v. Sam Ikkurty (ponzi schemes, 2024) CFTC 2024-09-03 Ponzi Schemes $111m judgment SEC v. Chanon Gordon (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-09-03 Ponzi Schemes — settled Former Courtenay House director sentenced to 11 years imprisonment (ASIC, 2024) ASIC 2024-09-02 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. Drew Morgan Ciccarelli (pump and dump, 2024) SEC 2024-08-30 Pump And Dump — judgment SEC v. Nutra Pharma Corporation, et al. (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-08-30 Unregistered Distributions — judgment SEC v. Shaohua (Michael) Yin, et al. (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-08-30 Insider Trading $39.5m judgment SEC v. Tanner S. Adam, Jonathan L. Adam, Triten Financial Group, LLC and GCZ Global LLC (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-08-30 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. Bernardo Mendia-Alcaraz and Toltec Capital LLC (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-08-28 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Maggie Chen (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-08-28 Insider Trading $57.7k settled CFTC v. Swiss Energy Trader (price manipulation, 2024) CFTC 2024-08-27 Price Manipulation $48m judgment SEC v. Dileep Murthy (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-08-26 Insider Trading $88k settled SEC v. Sound Point Capital Management LLP (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-08-26 Insider Trading $1.8m settled SEC v. FlowPoint Partners, LLC and Peter J. DeCaprio (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-08-21 Insider Trading $145k judgment SEC v. Wells Real Estate Investment, LLC, Janalie C. Joseph a/k/a Janalie C. Bingham, and Jean Joseph, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-08-20 Ponzi Schemes , Undisclosed Control Blocks — unknown CFTC v. Brazilian and Swiss Sugar Companies (wash trading, 2024) CFTC 2024-08-19 Wash Trading $750k judgment SEC v. Drive Planning, LLC and Russell Todd Burkhalter (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-08-14 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. Robert Del Prete (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-08-13 Insider Trading — judgment
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