| 1 | SEC v. Robert Allen Stanford and others (ponzi schemes, 2025)
Ponzi Schemes | SEC | 2025-02-24 | $5.9bn | — | $5.9bn |
| 2 | CFTC v. Five Banks (benchmark submission rigging, 2014)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , FX Fixing , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2014-11-12 | $1.4bn | — | $1.4bn |
| 3 | CFTC v. Glencore (price manipulation, 2022)
Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2022-05-24 | $1.2bn | — | $1.2bn |
| 4 | CFTC v. of Manipulation (benchmark submission rigging, 2015)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , FX Fixing , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2015-04-24 | $800m | — | $800m |
| 5 | CFTC v. Co (benchmark submission rigging, 2013)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2013-10-30 | $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. of Attempted Manipulation and False Reporting of Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates (benchmark submission rigging, 2015)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , FX Fixing , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2015-05-21 | $400m | — | $400m |
| 8 | 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 | 2013-02-07 | $325m | — | $325m |
| 9 | CFTC v. Citibank (benchmark submission rigging, 2016)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2016-05-26 | $175m | — | $175m |
| 10 | CFTC v. Defendant Nikolai S. Battoo (ponzi schemes, 2016)
Ponzi Schemes | CFTC | 2016-01-14 | $147m | $49m | $196m |
| 11 | SEC v. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (chat group pumps, 2021)
Chat Group Pumps | SEC | 2021-12-17 | $125m | — | $125m |
| 12 | CFTC v. Goldman Sachs (benchmark submission rigging, 2016)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2016-12-22 | $120m | — | $120m |
| 13 | CFTC v. Barclays (benchmark submission rigging, 2015)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2015-05-21 | $115m | — | $115m |
| 14 | CFTC v. Sam Ikkurty (ponzi schemes, 2024)
Ponzi Schemes | CFTC | 2024-09-03 | $111m | $37m | $148m |
| 15 | CFTC v. Lloyds Banking Group and Lloyds Bank (benchmark submission rigging, 2014)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Cash Vs Derivatives Schemes , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2014-07-29 | $105m | — | $105m |
| 16 | CFTC v. Agridime LLC (ponzi schemes, 2025)
Ponzi Schemes | CFTC | 2025-06-16 | $100m | $815k | $101m |
| 17 | CFTC v. JPMorgan Chase Bank (price manipulation, 2013)
Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2013-10-16 | $100m | — | $100m |
| 18 | CFTC v. Vitol Inc. (price manipulation, 2020)
Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2020-12-03 | $95.7m | — | $95.7m |
| 19 | CFTC v. Freepoint Commodities LLC (insider trading, 2023)
Insider Trading | CFTC | 2023-12-14 | $91m | — | $91m |
| 20 | CFTC v. BNP Paribas (benchmark submission rigging, 2018)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2018-08-29 | $90m | — | $90m |
| 21 | CFTC v. The Royal Bank of Scotland (benchmark submission rigging, 2017)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2017-02-04 | $85m | — | $85m |
| 22 | CFTC v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (benchmark submission rigging, 2018)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2018-02-01 | $70m | — | $70m |
| 23 | CFTC v. ICAP Europe Limited (benchmark submission rigging, 2013)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2013-09-26 | $65m | — | $65m |
| 24 | CFTC v. JPMorgan Chase Bank (benchmark submission rigging, 2018)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2018-06-18 | $65m | — | $65m |
| 25 | CFTC v. Trafigura (insider trading, 2024)
Insider Trading , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2024-06-17 | $55m | — | $55m |
| 26 | CFTC v. ICAP Capital Markets LLC (benchmark submission rigging, 2018)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2018-09-18 | $50m | — | $50m |
| 27 | CFTC v. The Bank of Nova Scotia (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing | CFTC | 2020-08-19 | $50m | $11.8m | $61.8m |
| 28 | CFTC v. Swiss Energy Trader (price manipulation, 2024)
Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2024-08-27 | $48m | — | $48m |
| 29 | CFTC v. HSBC Bank USA (spoofing, 2023)
Spoofing | CFTC | 2023-05-12 | $45m | — | $45m |
| 30 | SEC v. Shaohua (Michael) Yin, et al. (insider trading, 2024)
Insider Trading | SEC | 2024-08-30 | $39.5m | — | $39.5m |
| 31 | CFTC v. Navinder Singh Sarao (layering, 2016)
Layering , Price Manipulation , Spoofing | CFTC | 2016-11-18 | $38m | $12.9m | $50.9m |
| 32 | SEC v. Bio Defense Corporation, et al. (boiler rooms, 2019)
Boiler Rooms , Unregistered Distributions | SEC | 2019-09-13 | $37.5m | — | $38.3m |
| 33 | SEC v. Tai Mo Shan Limited (unregistered distributions, 2024)
Unregistered Distributions | SEC | 2024-12-20 | $36.7m | $73.5m | $123m |
| 34 | CFTC v. Royal Bank (wash trading, 2014)
Wash Trading | CFTC | 2014-12-19 | $35m | — | $35m |
| 35 | CFTC v. Robert Andres (ponzi schemes, 2014)
Ponzi Schemes | CFTC | 2014-06-20 | $32.4m | — | $32.4m |
| 36 | CFTC v. unnamed respondents (ponzi schemes, 2021)
Ponzi Schemes | CFTC | 2021-04-08 | $32m | $15.8m | $47.8m |
| 37 | CFTC v. Bank of America (benchmark submission rigging, 2018)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Price Manipulation | CFTC | 2018-09-19 | $30m | — | $30m |
| 38 | CFTC v. Deutsche Bank (price manipulation, 2018)
Price Manipulation , Spoofing | CFTC | 2018-01-29 | $30m | — | $30m |
| 39 | CFTC v. Watson (ponzi schemes, 2015)
Ponzi Schemes | CFTC | 2015-10-21 | $27m | $186k | $27.2m |
| 40 | SEC v. Jammin' Java Corp. et al. (pump and dump, 2017)
Pump And Dump | SEC | 2017-10-03 | $26.4m | $26.4m | $58m |
| 41 | CFTC v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2017)
Cash Vs Derivatives Schemes , Spoofing | CFTC | 2017-01-19 | $25m | — | $25m |
| 42 | SEC v. Charter Communications, Inc. (insider trading, 2023)
Insider Trading | SEC | 2023-11-14 | $25m | — | $25m |
| 43 | SEC v. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2020)
Cash Vs Derivatives Schemes , Layering , Spoofing | SEC | 2020-09-29 | $25m | $10m | $35m |
| 44 | CFTC v. Proprietary Trading Firm (spoofing, 2019)
Spoofing | CFTC | 2019-11-07 | $24.4m | $10.5m | $34.9m |
| 45 | SEC v. Block.One (unregistered distributions, 2019)
Unregistered Distributions | SEC | 2019-09-30 | $24m | — | $24m |
| 46 | CFTC v. Ronnie Gene Wilson (ponzi schemes, 2013)
Ponzi Schemes | CFTC | 2013-03-01 | $23m | — | $23m |
| 47 | SEC v. Nexo Capital Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2023)
Unregistered Distributions | SEC | 2023-01-19 | $22.5m | — | $22.5m |
| 48 | SEC v. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (naked short selling debate, 2018)
Naked Short Selling Debate | SEC | 2018-07-20 | $22.2m | $44.5m | $73.3m |
| 49 | SEC v. The Bank of New York Mellon (naked short selling debate, 2018)
Naked Short Selling Debate | SEC | 2018-12-17 | $20.6m | $29.4m | $54.2m |
| 50 | CFTC v. Chicago-based Phillip Galles (ponzi schemes, 2023)
Ponzi Schemes | CFTC | 2023-11-15 | $20m | — | $20m |