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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 OSC v. Michael Paul Kraft and Michael Brian Stein (insider trading, 2021) OSC 2021-11-16 Insider Trading — dismissed SEC v. Gerald Fauth (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-11-10 Insider Trading — unknown Former Quantum Resources director convicted of insider trading and market manipulation offences (ASIC, 2021) ASIC 2021-11-09 Insider Trading , Price Manipulation — filed SEC v. Gregory Lemelson, Lemelson Capital Management, LLC, and The Amvona Fund (short and distort, 2021) SEC 2021-11-08 Short And Distort — filed SEC v. David P. Godwin, et al. (wash trading, 2021) SEC 2021-11-04 Wash Trading — judgment SEC v. Mark A. Miller, Saeid Jaberian and Christopher J. Rajkaran (pump and dump, 2021) SEC 2021-11-01 Pump And Dump — filed SEC v. BNZ One Capital, LLC, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-10-29 Ponzi Schemes — filed CFTC v. New Jersey Resident and His Company (ponzi schemes, 2021) CFTC 2021-10-27 Ponzi Schemes — settled SEC v. Ann M. Vick (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-10-26 Ponzi Schemes — settled SEC v. Denis Georgiyevich Sotnikov, et al. (spoofing, 2021) SEC 2021-10-26 Spoofing $2.5m judgment SEC v. Steven M. Gallagher, a/k/a "Alexander Delarge" (social media ramps, 2021) SEC 2021-10-26 Social Media Ramps — filed CFTC v. El Paso Resident and His Firm (ponzi schemes, 2021) CFTC 2021-10-20 Ponzi Schemes — filed CFTC v. Craig L. Clavin (ponzi schemes, 2021) CFTC 2021-10-12 Ponzi Schemes $370k judgment CFTC v. North Carolina Companies and Their Owners (ponzi schemes, 2021) CFTC 2021-10-08 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. Steven Pagartanis (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-10-07 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Keith A. Wakefield (wash trading, 2021) SEC 2021-10-01 Wash Trading — settled SEC v. Adam Heimann (paid stock promotion, 2021) SEC 2021-09-30 Paid Stock Promotion $488k settled SEC v. Gregory L. Ciccone, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-09-29 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. Sky Group, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-09-29 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Jaeson Birnbaum (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-09-28 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Tradition Securities and Derivatives, LLC (naked short selling debate, 2021) SEC 2021-09-28 Naked Short Selling Debate $842k settled FCA v. Colin Bermingham Individual (benchmark submission rigging, 2021) FCA 2021-09-27 Benchmark Submission Rigging , Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Suyun Gu, et al. (wash trading, 2021) SEC 2021-09-27 Wash Trading — judgment SEC v. Timothy Page et al., Daniel Cattlin and William R. Shupe (boiler rooms, 2021) SEC 2021-09-27 Boiler Rooms — filed SEC v. Xuepeng Xie (layering, 2021) SEC 2021-09-27 Layering , Spoofing $600k settled SEC v. Frantz Simeon and First Black Enterprises, Inc. (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-09-23 Ponzi Schemes — unknown ASIC v. Dylan Rands (price manipulation, 2021) ASIC 2021-09-22 Price Manipulation — unknown SEC v. James Wallace Nall, III, Michael Hale Smith, Michael Dwaine Smith, Robert Walter Smith and Walter Vice Tutt (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-09-21 Insider Trading $221k judgment SEC v. Helikon Investments Ltd. (rule 105 offering shorts, 2021) SEC 2021-09-21 Rule 105 Offering Shorts $97.5k settled CFTC v. Former Hawaii Resident (ponzi schemes, 2021) CFTC 2021-09-16 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Jason Dodd Bullard, Angela Romero-Bullard, and Bullard Enterprises LLC (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-09-16 Ponzi Schemes — unknown CFTC v. Ronald Montano (wash trading, 2021) CFTC 2021-09-15 Wash Trading $1.7m judgment SEC v. Charles Parkinson Lloyd (reverse merger schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-09-15 Reverse Merger Schemes , Unregistered Distributions $40k settled SEC v. Simon Piers Thurlow, et al. (reverse merger schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-09-15 Reverse Merger Schemes — settled Melbourne man charged with insider trading (ASIC, 2021) ASIC 2021-09-14 Insider Trading — filed CFTC v. Texas Resident and others (ponzi schemes, 2021) CFTC 2021-09-14 Ponzi Schemes , Wash Trading — filed SEC v. App Annie Inc. and Bertrand Schmitt (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-09-14 Insider Trading $10m settled SEC v. Mark Ahn (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-09-10 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Todd Elliott Hitt et al. (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-09-10 Ponzi Schemes — dismissed SEC v. Cavco Industries, Inc., Joseph Stegmayer, and Daniel Urness, Robert Scott Parkhurst (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-09-03 Insider Trading $1.5m judgment SEC v. Alexander Kon (paid stock promotion, 2021) SEC 2021-09-01 Paid Stock Promotion — unknown SEC v. Zeeshawn S. Zia (boiler rooms, 2021) SEC 2021-09-01 Boiler Rooms — filed SEC v. Steven Fitzgerald Brown (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-08-31 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Beth Mueller (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-08-30 Insider Trading $28k settled SEC v. Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. (spoofing, 2021) SEC 2021-08-30 Spoofing — settled SEC v. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC (spoofing, 2021) SEC 2021-08-30 Spoofing — settled SEC v. Donald G. Blakstad, et al. (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-08-30 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. KMS Financial Services, Inc. (spoofing, 2021) SEC 2021-08-30 Spoofing $200k settled SEC v. Roger E. Dobrovodsky (unregistered distributions, 2021) SEC 2021-08-30 Unregistered Distributions $50k settled SEC v. Scott and Lisa Chasin (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-08-30 Insider Trading $28k settled CFTC v. Glen Galemmo (ponzi schemes, 2021) CFTC 2021-08-27 Ponzi Schemes — settled SEC v. William B. McHenry Jr. and First South Investments, LLC (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-08-27 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Andrew L. Fassari (social media ramps, 2021) SEC 2021-08-27 Social Media Ramps $195k judgment SEC v. John J. Woods, Livingston Group Asset Management Company d/b/a Southport Capital, and Horizon Private Equity, III, LLC (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-08-25 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. Sung Mo Jun, Joon Jun, Junwoo Chon, Ayden Lee, and Jae Hyeon Bae (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-08-25 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Denise Grevas (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-08-18 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Matthew Panuwat (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-08-17 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. Murchinson Ltd. and Marc Bistricer and Paul Zogala (naked short selling debate, 2021) SEC 2021-08-17 Naked Short Selling Debate $800k settled SEC v. Lawrence B. Adams (paid stock promotion, 2021) SEC 2021-08-16 Paid Stock Promotion — filed SEC v. Ahmad Haris Tajyar and Eric Leo Marsoubian (marking the close, 2021) SEC 2021-08-13 Marking The Close , Matched Orders +1 $220k settled SEC v. Martin Adrian Ruiz et al. (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-08-13 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. MJ Capital Funding, LLC, et al, (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-08-13 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. Zorayr Mikael Manukyan-Zakaryan (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-08-10 Insider Trading $41k settled SEC v. Leonard R. Barr (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-08-09 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Virland A. Johnson (paid stock promotion, 2021) SEC 2021-08-03 Paid Stock Promotion — filed SEC v. George Heckler (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-07-28 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Alan L. Alexander (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-07-23 Insider Trading $9.1k settled SEC v. Charlie Abujudeh (paid stock promotion, 2021) SEC 2021-07-22 Paid Stock Promotion , Pump And Dump — unknown SEC v. Outdoor Capital Partners, LLC (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-07-22 Ponzi Schemes — unknown OSC v. Jiubin Feng and CIM International Group Inc. (ponzi schemes, 2021) OSC 2021-07-21 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Profit Connect Wealth Services, Inc., Joy I. Kovar, and Brent C. Kovar (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-07-20 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. Blotics Ltd. f/d/b/a Coinschedule Ltd. (paid stock promotion, 2021) SEC 2021-07-14 Paid Stock Promotion $154k settled SEC v. Jonathan Mimun a/k/a Jonathan Maymon and Ronn BenHarav (boiler rooms, 2021) SEC 2021-07-13 Boiler Rooms — unknown Melbourne man charged with multiple counts of market manipulation (ASIC, 2021) ASIC 2021-07-02 Price Manipulation — filed ASIC v. Avrohom Kimelman (insider trading, 2021) ASIC 2021-07-01 Insider Trading , Price Manipulation — unknown SEC v. Contrarian Press, LLC, Scott S. Fraser, and Nathan Yeung (paid stock promotion, 2021) SEC 2021-07-01 Paid Stock Promotion — dismissed SEC v. Mounir N. Gad (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-06-30 Insider Trading $51.7k settled SEC v. Nathan E. Guido (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-06-30 Insider Trading $40.7k settled SEC v. Reuben Robert Goldman and Two Triangle Consulting Group, LLC d/b/a Goldman Small Cap Research (paid stock promotion, 2021) SEC 2021-06-30 Paid Stock Promotion $39.9k settled SEC v. Ron Phillips (matched orders, 2021) SEC 2021-06-30 Matched Orders $30k judgment SEC v. Matthew J. Skinner, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-06-29 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Nathaniel Brown, Benjamin Wylam, Naveen Sood, Marcus Bannon, Matthew Rauch, and Naresh Ramaiya (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-06-25 Insider Trading $281k judgment SEC v. Wang (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-06-25 Insider Trading $50k judgment SEC v. Mark A. Miller (fake press releases, 2021) SEC 2021-06-21 Fake Press Releases , Pump And Dump — unknown CFTC v. Former Energy Broker and Its Owner (wash trading, 2021) CFTC 2021-06-15 Wash Trading — judgment SEC v. Robert Joseph Armijo, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-06-15 Ponzi Schemes — filed CFTC v. Zhao (spoofing, 2021) CFTC 2021-06-11 Spoofing — settled SEC v. Edgar M. Radjabli, Apis Capital Management LLC and My Loan Doctor LLC (sham tender offers, 2021) SEC 2021-06-11 Sham Tender Offers $419k settled SEC v. The Estate of Kenneth J. Casey (ponzi schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-06-02 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Mohammed A. Bari (insider trading, 2021) SEC 2021-05-27 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Kai Christian Petersen, et al. (boiler rooms, 2021) SEC 2021-05-25 Boiler Rooms $100k judgment Former executive of Healthe Care Australia pleads guilty to insider trading (ASIC, 2021) ASIC 2021-05-21 Insider Trading — dismissed Insider trading charges against both the former Project Manager and the former Competent Person of ASX-listed gold explorer (ASIC, 2021) ASIC 2021-05-21 Insider Trading — filed SEC v. BTIG, LLC (naked short selling debate, 2021) SEC 2021-05-20 Naked Short Selling Debate — filed SEC v. LFS Funding Limited Partnership, et al. (undisclosed control blocks, 2021) SEC 2021-05-20 Undisclosed Control Blocks — settled Former CFO sentenced for market manipulation and fraud offences (ASIC, 2021) ASIC 2021-05-18 Price Manipulation — filed CFTC v. Connecticut Firm (matched orders, 2021) CFTC 2021-05-18 Matched Orders , Wash Trading $500k judgment CFTC v. Cipolla (ponzi schemes, 2021) CFTC 2021-05-14 Ponzi Schemes $5m judgment SEC v. David N. Osegueda, et al. (pump and dump, 2021) SEC 2021-05-07 Pump And Dump $400k judgment CFTC v. Aaron Michael Scott (ponzi schemes, 2021) CFTC 2021-04-27 Ponzi Schemes $1.3m judgment
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