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SEC manipulation enforcement actions

This library records 1856 market manipulation enforcement actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

These are the SEC actions our ingest has classified as involving a manipulation technique. Actions that do not allege manipulation are outside this library's scope and are not recorded, so this is not a complete mirror of SEC enforcement.

Actions
100
Total penalties
$45.7m
Median penalty
$120k
Largest
$20m
Criminal parallel
30%
Action Agency Filed Technique Penalty Status
SEC v. Robert A. Hanner (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-04 Insider Trading $20.8k settled
SEC v. Kevin McDonnell (reverse merger schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-09-03 Reverse Merger Schemes $7.5k settled
SEC v. Eric Aronson, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-09-02 Ponzi Schemes $250k judgment
SEC v. Ashish Aggarwal, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-08-25 Insider Trading — judgment
SEC v. Moshe Yehuda Dunoff (boiler rooms, 2015) SEC 2015-08-20 Boiler Rooms — filed
SEC v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-08-19 Insider Trading — settled
SEC v. Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (benchmark submission rigging, 2015) SEC 2015-08-17 Benchmark Submission Rigging — settled
SEC v. Total Wealth Management, Inc. Cooper and others (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-08-17 Ponzi Schemes — judgment
SEC v. Cedric Cañas Maillard (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-08-13 Insider Trading — settled
SEC v. Palladino, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-08-13 Ponzi Schemes — unknown
SEC v. Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-08-10 Insider Trading $20m judgment
SEC v. unnamed respondents (paid stock promotion, 2015) SEC 2015-08-10 Paid Stock Promotion , Pump And Dump — judgment
SEC v. First Xeris Corp. (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-08-06 Undisclosed Control Blocks — settled
SEC v. Judy K. Wolf (front running, 2015) SEC 2015-08-05 Front Running , Insider Trading $5m dismissed
SEC v. Pamela S. Smith (unregistered distributions, 2015) SEC 2015-07-30 Unregistered Distributions — settled
SEC v. Timothy Patterson (unregistered distributions, 2015) SEC 2015-07-30 Unregistered Distributions — settled
SEC v. Stephen M. Coleman (unregistered distributions, 2015) SEC 2015-07-29 Unregistered Distributions — settled
SEC v. DFRF Enterprises LLC, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-07-23 Ponzi Schemes — filed
SEC v. Donald L. Koch and Koch Asset Management, LLC (marking the close, 2015) SEC 2015-07-20 Marking The Close — appealed
SEC v. Michael R. Enea (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-07-20 Ponzi Schemes — judgment
SEC v. Herbert K. Sudfeld, Jr., et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-16 Insider Trading — filed
SEC v. Timothy J. McGee, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-15 Insider Trading — appealed
SEC v. unnamed respondents (paid stock promotion, 2015) SEC 2015-07-14 Paid Stock Promotion , Pump And Dump — filed
SEC v. Oz Management, LP (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-14 Insider Trading $4.3m unknown
SEC v. Frank Tamayo (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-13 Insider Trading — judgment
SEC v. Gerard Boudreault (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-10 Insider Trading $18.4k settled
SEC v. PTG Capital Partners LTD, et al. (sham tender offers, 2015) SEC 2015-07-10 EDGAR Filing Fraud , Sham Tender Offers — filed
SEC v. Patrick Lehnert (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-09 Insider Trading $15.8k settled
SEC v. Luca International Group, LLC, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-07-06 Ponzi Schemes $25.5k settled
SEC v. Malcolm Segal (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-07-01 Ponzi Schemes — filed
SEC v. Peter Voutsas (reverse merger schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-06-30 Reverse Merger Schemes , Undisclosed Control Blocks $50k settled
SEC v. Gregg R. Mulholland (pump and dump, 2015) SEC 2015-06-25 Pump And Dump — filed
SEC v. Phil Donnahue Williamson (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-06-23 Ponzi Schemes — judgment
SEC v. Norstra Energy Inc., Glen Landry and Eric Dany (paid stock promotion, 2015) SEC 2015-06-18 Paid Stock Promotion — judgment
SEC v. Dimitry Braverman and Vitaly Pupynin (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-16 Insider Trading — judgment
SEC v. Equity Trust Company (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-06-16 Ponzi Schemes — judgment
SEC v. Capital Financial Partners, LLC et al. Will D. Allen and Susan C. Daub (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-06-15 Ponzi Schemes — judgment
SEC v. Helmut Anscheringer (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-15 Insider Trading $910k settled
SEC v. Matthew G. Teeple et al. Andrew Miller (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-12 Insider Trading $133k judgment
SEC v. Charles Raymond Langston III, CRL Management, LLC, and Guarantee Reinsurance, Ltd. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-11 Insider Trading , Rule 105 Offering Shorts $502k judgment
SEC v. Spectrum Concepts, LLC Worswick and others (unregistered distributions, 2015) SEC 2015-06-11 Unregistered Distributions $120k settled
SEC v. Michael J. Fefferman, Chad E. Wiegand, and Akis C. Eracleous (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-09 Insider Trading — settled
SEC v. Anthony Andrade, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-08 Insider Trading $39.6k settled
SEC v. Edmond L. Lonergan and Green Planet Group, Inc. (paid stock promotion, 2015) SEC 2015-06-02 Paid Stock Promotion — unknown
SEC v. Merrill Lynch (naked short selling debate, 2015) SEC 2015-06-01 Naked Short Selling Debate $9m filed
SEC v. Adam S. Gottbetter, Mitchell G. Adam, and K. David Stevenson (paid stock promotion, 2015) SEC 2015-05-28 Paid Stock Promotion — settled
SEC v. Mike Taxon and Itamar Cohen (paid stock promotion, 2015) SEC 2015-05-28 Paid Stock Promotion — settled
SEC v. Luis Chang and Everbright Development Overseas, Limited (sham tender offers, 2015) SEC 2015-05-28 Sham Tender Offers $2.9m judgment
SEC v. China Valves Technology, Inc., et al. (reverse merger schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-05-20 Reverse Merger Schemes $575k judgment
SEC v. Brian D. Jorgenson, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-05-14 Insider Trading — judgment
SEC v. North Dakota Developments, LLC, Robert L. Gavin, and Daniel J. Hogan, et. al. (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-05-06 Ponzi Schemes — filed
SEC v. Xiaoyu Xia and Yanting Hu (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-04-29 Insider Trading — judgment
SEC v. Frank Perkins Hixon, Jr., et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-04-28 Insider Trading — judgment
SEC v. Veros Partners, Inc., et al. (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-04-24 Ponzi Schemes — filed
SEC v. Houston American Energy Corp. Terwilliger and others (paid stock promotion, 2015) SEC 2015-04-23 Paid Stock Promotion $22.5k settled
SEC v. Tracy Morgan Spaeth (unregistered distributions, 2015) SEC 2015-04-23 Unregistered Distributions — settled
SEC v. Joseph John Labadia (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-04-17 Unregistered Distributions — settled
SEC v. Daniel P. McKelvey, et al. (pump and dump, 2015) SEC 2015-04-16 Pump And Dump , Reverse Merger Schemes — settled
SEC v. eCareer Holdings, Inc., eCareer, Inc., Joseph J. Azzata, Dean A. Esposito, Joseph DeVito, and Frederick J. Birks, et al. (boiler rooms, 2015) SEC 2015-04-16 Boiler Rooms — unknown
SEC v. Edward T. Farmer (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-04-16 Undisclosed Control Blocks — settled
SEC v. Kevin D. Miller (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-04-16 Undisclosed Control Blocks — settled
SEC v. Ronald A. Warren (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-04-16 Undisclosed Control Blocks — settled
SEC v. William J. Gaffney (undisclosed control blocks, 2015) SEC 2015-04-16 Undisclosed Control Blocks — settled
SEC v. James A. Evans, Jr., d/b/a Cashflowbot.com, d/b/a DollarMonster (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-04-13 Ponzi Schemes — unknown
SEC v. Capital Financial Partners, LLC et al. (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-04-07 Ponzi Schemes — unknown
SEC v. Team Resources, Inc., et al. (unregistered distributions, 2015) SEC 2015-04-06 Unregistered Distributions — settled
SEC v. David Craven et al. (pump and dump, 2015) SEC 2015-04-01 Pump And Dump , Wash Trading — filed
SEC v. Gregory W. Gray, Jr., et al. (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-03-27 Ponzi Schemes — filed
SEC v. Keypoint Capital Management, LLC (rule 105 offering shorts, 2015) SEC 2015-03-19 Rule 105 Offering Shorts $65k settled
SEC v. Randal Kent Hansen (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-03-18 Ponzi Schemes — judgment
SEC v. David Craven et al. (pump and dump, 2015) SEC 2015-03-12 Pump And Dump , Wash Trading — unknown
SEC v. Bonan Huang and Nan Huang (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-03-10 Insider Trading — judgment
SEC v. Julieann Palmer Martin (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-03-09 Ponzi Schemes , Unregistered Distributions — settled
SEC v. Zeringue, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-03-06 Insider Trading — settled
SEC v. Gary S. Williky (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-03-02 Insider Trading , Newsletter Scalping +2 — settled
SEC v. Joseph A. Noel (pump and dump, 2015) SEC 2015-02-26 Pump And Dump — judgment
SEC v. Mark A. Lefkowitz, et al. (unregistered distributions, 2015) SEC 2015-02-24 Unregistered Distributions — judgment
SEC v. John A. Geringer (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-02-23 Ponzi Schemes — judgment
SEC v. Scott Zeringue and Jesse Roberts, III (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-02-19 Insider Trading $64k judgment
SEC v. Kristine L. Johnson, Troy A. Barnes, Work with Troy Barnes, Inc. (d/b/a) The Achieve Community, Defendants, and Achieve International, LLC, Relief Defendant (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-02-18 Ponzi Schemes — unknown
SEC v. Steven B. Hart (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-02-18 Insider Trading — settled
SEC v. Caledonian Bank Ltd., et al. (unregistered distributions, 2015) SEC 2015-02-11 Unregistered Distributions — filed
SEC v. Hill and Charles L., Jr. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-02-11 Insider Trading — unknown
SEC v. John Gray et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-02-05 Insider Trading — settled
SEC v. Joel J. Epstein (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-02-03 Insider Trading — judgment
SEC v. Phillip Cory Roberts (reverse merger schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-02-03 Reverse Merger Schemes — judgment
SEC v. Edwin Yoshihiro Fujinaga and MRI International, Inc., et al. (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-01-30 Ponzi Schemes — judgment
SEC v. Francisco Illarramendi, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-01-30 Ponzi Schemes — judgment
SEC v. Quan and Marlon Stewardship Investment Advisors, LLC (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-01-30 Ponzi Schemes — judgment
SEC v. International Capital Group, LLC (reverse merger schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-01-29 Reverse Merger Schemes , Unregistered Distributions $1.5m settled
SEC v. Loren W. Holzhueter, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-01-29 Ponzi Schemes — unknown
SEC v. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (pump and dump, 2015) SEC 2015-01-27 Pump And Dump , Unregistered Distributions — filed
SEC v. du Pasquier & Co., Inc. (naked short selling debate, 2015) SEC 2015-01-21 Naked Short Selling Debate $50k settled
SEC v. Frederic Elm f/k/a Frederic Elmaleh, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-01-21 Ponzi Schemes — judgment
SEC v. Robert A. Ramsey, CPA (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-01-21 Insider Trading $130k settled
SEC v. Gary Harrison Lane (ponzi schemes, 2015) SEC 2015-01-20 Ponzi Schemes — judgment
SEC v. Aleksandr Milrud (layering, 2015) SEC 2015-01-13 Layering — judgment
SEC v. Nicholas D. Skaltsounis (ponzi schemes, 2014) SEC 2014-12-31 Ponzi Schemes , Unregistered Distributions — judgment
SEC v. Robert A. Hemm (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-12-05 Insider Trading $21.8k settled
SEC v. Wedbush Securities Inc. Jeffrey Bell Christina Fillhart (layering, 2014) SEC 2014-11-20 Layering , Marking The Close +5 — settled