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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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Every facet below is a real page with its own URL, so it works without JavaScript and can be linked, bookmarked and cited.

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
AMF France v. X, A (undisclosed-control-blocks, 2010) AMF (France) 2010-02-25 Undisclosed Control Blocks — judgment
AMF France v. A, B (analyst-manipulation, front-running, 2010) AMF (France) 2010-01-21 Analyst Manipulation , Front Running — judgment
AMF France v. A (insider trading, 2010) AMF (France) 2010-01-14 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. X, Y, A (insider trading, 2009) AMF (France) 2009-12-17 Insider Trading , Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
AMF France v. X, A, B, C, D (false or misleading information, 2009) AMF (France) 2009-12-10 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
AMF France v. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, EADS NV, Lagardère SCA, Daimler AG (insider trading, 2009) AMF (France) 2009-11-27 Insider Trading — dismissed
AMF France v. A, B, C, D, X, Y (insider trading, 2009) AMF (France) 2009-11-12 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. A, B, C, D (insider trading, 2009) AMF (France) 2009-10-15 Insider Trading — dismissed
AMF France v. Theolia, C, Colibri and D (misleading information, 2009) AMF (France) 2009-10-01 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
AMF France v. A (false rumours, 2009) AMF (France) 2009-10-01 False Rumors — judgment
AMF France v. A, B, C, D, E (insider trading, 2009) AMF (France) 2009-09-21 Insider Trading — dismissed
AMF France v. A and B (insider trading, 2009) AMF (France) 2009-06-25 Insider Trading — dismissed
SEC v. Lexington Resources, Inc. Atkins and others (unregistered distributions, 2009) SEC 2009-06-05 Unregistered Distributions — judgment
AMF France v. SAFE S.p.a. (penny-stock manipulation, 2009) AMF (France) 2009-04-09 Price Manipulation — judgment
AMF France v. A (sham takeover announcement, 2009) AMF (France) 2009-03-12 Sham Tender Offers — judgment
AMF France v. X, A, Y and B (misleading forecasts and insider trading, 2009) AMF (France) 2009-03-05 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. A, B, C, D, E, X (insider trading, 2009) AMF (France) 2009-01-08 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. A, B, C, D, F, J and K (insider trading, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-12-23 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. B, A, X, C, D, E and F (insider trading, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-12-11 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. A, B and X (misleading information and insider trading, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-12-04 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. X, W, Z and Y (insider trading, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-12-04 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. A and B (insider trading, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-11-20 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. HSBC France, X, Y and Z (market sounding and insider information, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-10-30 Insider Trading , Price Manipulation — judgment
AMF France v. A (insider trading, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-10-23 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. A and B (insider trading, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-10-09 Insider Trading — dismissed
AMF France v. X (insider trading, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-09-25 Insider Trading — dismissed
AMF France v. A (insider trading, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-06-26 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. E, A, B, C and D (insider trading, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-05-22 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. A (insider trading, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-04-10 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. Euroland Finance and X (insider trading, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-04-03 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. X, C, D, E, G and W (insider trading and misleading information, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-02-28 Insider Trading , Misleading Issuer Disclosure +1 — judgment
AMF France v. X (insider trading controls, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-02-07 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. X, Z and Y (marking the close, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-01-24 Marking The Close , Price Manipulation — judgment
AMF France v. Infogrames Entertainment and Natexis Bleichroeder (share buy-back and closing-price trading, 2008) AMF (France) 2008-01-16 Marking The Close , Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. A (price manipulation, 2007) AMF (France) 2007-12-20 Price Manipulation — judgment
AMF France v. A (insider trading, 2007) AMF (France) 2007-12-06 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. A and X (misleading prospectus information, 2007) AMF (France) 2007-11-29 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
AMF France v. A (misleading financial information, 2007) AMF (France) 2007-11-21 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
AMF France v. A, B and X (insider trading, 2007) AMF (France) 2007-10-25 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. A, B and C (insider trading, 2007) AMF (France) 2007-10-04 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. X, A and B (insider trading; charges rejected, 2007) AMF (France) 2007-09-27 Insider Trading — dismissed
AMF France v. X, Y, Z, A, B, C and D (misleading information, 2007) AMF (France) 2007-07-05 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
AMF France v. S, T, W, X, Y and Z (insider trading, 2007) AMF (France) 2007-06-07 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. X, A, B, C and D (misleading information, 2007) AMF (France) 2007-05-24 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
SEC v. Anthony C. Snell and Charles E. LeCroy (2007) SEC 2007-05-03 — dismissed
AMF France v. A, B, C and X (misleading information, 2007) AMF (France) 2007-04-05 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
AMF France v. Banque X, A and B (insider trading, 2007) AMF (France) 2007-03-29 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. X, A, B, C, D, E, F and G (misleading information, 2007) AMF (France) 2007-03-29 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
AMF France v. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H (insider trading, 2007) AMF (France) 2007-03-01 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. A (false information, 2006) AMF (France) 2006-12-19 False Rumors — judgment
AMF France v. A and X (marking the close, 2006) AMF (France) 2006-12-07 Marking The Close — judgment
AMF France v. S, U, V, W and X (insider trading, 2006) AMF (France) 2006-11-23 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. X and A (misleading information, 2006) AMF (France) 2006-11-16 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
AMF France v. A, B, C, X, Y and Z (price manipulation, 2006) AMF (France) 2006-10-19 Price Manipulation — judgment
AMF France v. A and B (insider trading, 2006) AMF (France) 2006-09-28 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. A and B (insider trading; charges rejected, 2006) AMF (France) 2006-09-14 Insider Trading — dismissed
AMF France v. X, A, B, Y, Z and W (price manipulation, 2006) AMF (France) 2006-03-09 Price Manipulation — judgment
AMF France v. X and A (price manipulation alleged; record-keeping breach found, 2006) AMF (France) 2006-01-26 Price Manipulation — judgment
AMF France v. A and Banque X (price manipulation and insider trading, 2005) AMF (France) 2005-10-04 Price Manipulation , Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. A, B, C, D and X (misleading information, 2005) AMF (France) 2005-09-29 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
AMF France v. X, Y, A, B, C, D and E (marking the close, 2005) AMF (France) 2005-09-16 Marking The Close , Price Manipulation — judgment
SEC v. James F. Glaza d/b/a Falcon Financial Services, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2005) SEC 2005-07-21 Unregistered Distributions $110k judgment
AMF France v. A (price manipulation, 2005) AMF (France) 2005-06-16 Price Manipulation — judgment
AMF France v. A and X (insider trading; all charges rejected, 2005) AMF (France) 2005-04-21 Insider Trading — dismissed
AMF France v. A, B, C, D and X (insider trading, 2005) AMF (France) 2005-04-21 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. X, A and B (insider trading, 2005) AMF (France) 2005-04-14 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. X and A (issuer share buy-back breaches, 2005) AMF (France) 2005-04-07 — judgment
AMF France v. A, B and C (insider trading, 2004) AMF (France) 2004-12-06 Insider Trading — judgment
AMF France v. A, B and X (misleading information; insider dealing alleged, 2004) AMF (France) 2004-11-03 Misleading Issuer Disclosure — judgment
SEC v. OTC Live, Inc. and Mark A. Suleymanov (unregistered distributions, 2004) SEC 2004-09-30 Unregistered Distributions — dismissed
SEC v. Lorsin, Inc. and others (unregistered distributions, 2004) SEC 2004-05-11 Unregistered Distributions — judgment
AMF France v. X, A and B (price manipulation, 2004) AMF (France) 2004-03-18 Price Manipulation — judgment