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Largest market manipulation penalties

The largest civil monetary penalties recorded in this library, across every manipulation technique and every agency. Penalty is shown separately from disgorgement, because they are different things and adding them together overstates the fine.

Ranked by civil monetary penalty as stated in the regulator’s own release. Disgorgement and prejudgment interest are shown separately rather than folded in, so the totals here are comparable with one another.

Amounts are as stated in the regulator's release, in nominal US dollars, and are not adjusted for inflation. Amounts ordered are not amounts collected. Actions denominated in other currencies are excluded rather than converted.

Largest market manipulation penalties — top 50
#ActionAgencyFiledPenaltyDisgorgementTotal relief
1 SEC v. Robert Allen Stanford and others (ponzi schemes, 2025)
Ponzi Schemes
SEC 2025-02-24 $5.9bn — $5.9bn
2 CFTC v. Citibank, HSBC, JPMorgan, RBS and UBS (FX benchmark manipulation, 2014)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , FX Fixing , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2014-11-12 $1.5bn — $1.5bn
3 CFTC v. Glencore International A.G., Glencore Ltd. and Chemoil Corporation (price manipulation, 2022)
Price Manipulation
CFTC 2022-05-24 $866m $321m $1.2bn
4 CFTC v. Deutsche Bank AG (LIBOR and Euribor manipulation, 2015)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , FX Fixing , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2015-04-23 $800m — $800m
5 CFTC v. Rabobank (benchmark submission rigging, 2013)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2013-10-29 $475m — $475m
6 CFTC v. Société Générale S.A. (benchmark submission rigging, 2018)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2018-06-04 $475m — $475m
7 CFTC v. JPMorgan (price manipulation, 2020)
Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2020-09-29 $436m $172m $608m
8 CFTC v. Company and its Principal (ponzi schemes, 2019)
Ponzi Schemes
CFTC 2019-06-18 $429m — $429m
9 CFTC v. Barclays Bank PLC (FX benchmark manipulation, 2015)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , FX Fixing , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2015-05-20 $400m — $400m
10 CFTC v. International Enterprise (rigged binary options execution, 2019)
Rigged Binary Options Execution
CFTC 2019-08-12 $339m $7m $346m
11 CFTC v. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and RBS Securities Japan Limited (benchmark submission rigging, 2013)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation , Wash Trading
CFTC 2013-02-06 $325m — $325m
12 CFTC v. Citibank (benchmark submission rigging, 2016)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2016-05-25 $175m — $175m
13 CFTC v. Cartu et al. (rigged binary options execution, 2024)
Rigged Binary Options Execution
CFTC 2020-09-02 $153m $51.2m $205m
14 CFTC v. Defendant Nikolai S. Battoo (2016)
CFTC 2016-01-13 $147m $49m $196m
15 SEC v. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (2021)
SEC 2021-12-17 $125m — $125m
16 CFTC v. Goldman Sachs (benchmark submission rigging, 2016)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2016-12-21 $120m — $120m
17 CFTC v. Barclays (benchmark submission rigging, 2015)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2015-05-20 $115m — $115m
18 CFTC v. Sam Ikkurty, Ravishankar Avadhanam and Jafia LLC (2022)
CFTC 2022-05-19 $111m $37m $148m
19 CFTC v. Sam Ikkurty (ponzi schemes, 2024)
Ponzi Schemes
CFTC 2024-09-03 $111m $37m $148m
20 CFTC v. The Bank of Nova Scotia (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing
CFTC 2020-08-19 $109m $11.8m $121m
21 CFTC v. Lloyds Banking Group and Lloyds Bank (benchmark submission rigging, 2014)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Cash Vs Derivatives Schemes , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2014-07-28 $105m — $105m
22 CFTC v. JPMorgan Chase Bank (price manipulation, 2013)
Price Manipulation
CFTC 2013-10-16 $100m — $100m
23 SEC v. Robert H. Shapiro and Woodbridge Group of Companies (ponzi schemes, 2017)
Ponzi Schemes
SEC 2017-12-20 $100m $18.5m $121m
24 CFTC v. Freepoint Commodities LLC (insider trading, 2023)
Insider Trading
CFTC 2023-12-14 $91m — $91m
25 CFTC v. BNP Paribas (benchmark submission rigging, 2018)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2018-08-29 $90m — $90m
26 CFTC v. The Royal Bank of Scotland (benchmark submission rigging, 2017)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2017-02-03 $85m — $85m
27 SEC v. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (insider trading, 2024)
Insider Trading
SEC 2024-01-12 $83m $138m $249m
28 CFTC v. 4 Florida Men (ponzi schemes, 2020)
Ponzi Schemes
CFTC 2020-09-16 $80.5m — $80.5m
29 CFTC v. Simmons, Salazar and their companies (ponzi schemes, 2015)
Ponzi Schemes
CFTC 2015-07-31 $76m — $76m
30 CFTC v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (benchmark submission rigging, 2018)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2018-02-01 $70m — $70m
31 CFTC v. ICAP Europe Limited (benchmark submission rigging, 2013)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2013-09-25 $65m — $65m
32 CFTC v. JPMorgan Chase Bank (benchmark submission rigging, 2018)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2018-06-18 $65m — $65m
33 SEC v. Zavodchiko et al. (hack to trade, 2016)
Hack To Trade
SEC 2016-02-17 $58.1m $19.4m $78.6m
34 CFTC v. Trafigura (insider trading, 2024)
Insider Trading , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2024-06-17 $55m — $55m
35 CFTC v. ICAP Capital Markets LLC (benchmark submission rigging, 2018)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2018-09-18 $50m — $50m
36 CFTC v. TOTSA TotalEnergies Trading SA (price manipulation, 2024)
Price Manipulation
CFTC 2024-08-27 $48m — $48m
37 CFTC v. HSBC Bank USA (spoofing, 2023)
Spoofing
CFTC 2023-05-12 $45m — $45m
38 SEC v. Robinhood Financial LLC and Robinhood Securities, LLC (naked short selling debate, 2025)
Naked Short Selling Debate
SEC 2025-01-13 $45m — $45m
39 SEC v. Fujinaga and MRI International (ponzi schemes, 2015)
Ponzi Schemes
SEC 2015-01-30 $40m $442m $584m
40 SEC v. Shaohua (Michael) Yin, et al. (insider trading, 2017)
Insider Trading
SEC 2017-02-10 $39.5m — $39.5m
41 SEC v. Tai Mo Shan Limited (unregistered distributions, 2024)
Unregistered Distributions
SEC 2024-12-20 $36.7m $73.5m $123m
42 SEC v. Dozy Mmobuosi, et al. (financial-statement fraud, 2023)
SEC 2023-12-18 $35.4m $196m $255m
43 CFTC v. Royal Bank of Canada (wash trading, 2014)
Wash Trading
CFTC 2014-12-18 $35m — $35m
44 CFTC v. Robert Andres (ponzi schemes, 2014)
Ponzi Schemes
CFTC 2014-06-19 $32.4m — $32.4m
45 CFTC v. Bank of America (benchmark submission rigging, 2018)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation
CFTC 2018-09-19 $30m — $30m
46 CFTC v. Deutsche Bank (price manipulation, 2018)
Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2018-01-29 $30m — $30m
47 SEC v. Vuuzle Media Corp., Ronald Shane Flynn, and Richard Marchitto (boiler rooms, 2021)
Boiler Rooms
SEC 2021-01-27 $27.9m $26.3m $54.9m
48 CFTC v. Regal Assets LLC, Tyler G. Gallagher and Leah Donoso (2023)
CFTC 2023-09-28 $27.3m — $27.3m
49 CFTC v. Watson (ponzi schemes, 2015)
Ponzi Schemes
CFTC 2015-10-20 $27m — $27m
50 SEC v. Wayne Weaver (Jammin' Java pump and dump, 2017)
Pump And Dump
SEC 2017-10-03 $26.4m $26.4m $58m

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