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Largest spoofing penalties

The largest civil penalties in enforcement actions this library tags as spoofing or layering. Spoofing penalties cluster higher than most order-book techniques because the conduct is typically sustained over years and involves institutional defendants.

Includes actions tagged spoofing or layering, the two closely related order-book techniques that regulators frequently charge together. Ranked by civil penalty.

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 spoofing penalties — top 50
#ActionAgencyFiledPenaltyDisgorgementTotal relief
1 CFTC v. JPMorgan (price manipulation, 2020)
Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2020-09-29 $436m $172m $608m
2 CFTC v. The Bank of Nova Scotia (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing
CFTC 2020-08-19 $109m $11.8m $121m
3 CFTC v. HSBC Bank USA (spoofing, 2023)
Spoofing
CFTC 2023-05-12 $45m — $45m
4 CFTC v. Deutsche Bank (price manipulation, 2018)
Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2018-01-29 $30m — $30m
5 CFTC v. Navinder Singh Sarao (layering, 2016)
Layering , Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2016-11-17 $25.7m $12.9m $38.6m
6 CFTC v. U.K. Resident Navinder Singh Sarao and His Company Nav Sarao Futures Limited PLC (layering, 2015)
Layering , Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2015-04-21 $25.7m $12.9m $38.6m
7 CFTC v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (spoofing, 2017)
Spoofing
CFTC 2017-01-19 $25m — $25m
8 SEC v. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (layering and spoofing, 2020)
Layering , Spoofing
SEC 2020-09-29 $25m $10m $35m
9 CFTC v. Tower Research Capital LLC (spoofing, 2019)
Spoofing
CFTC 2019-11-07 $24.4m $10.5m $34.9m
10 SEC v. Lek Securities Corporation, Samuel Lek, Avalon FA Ltd, Nathan Fayyer and Sergey Pustelnik (layering, 2017 ruling)
Layering
SEC 2017-08-29 $23.9m — $23.9m
11 SEC v. Vali Management Partners (Avalon FA Ltd), Nathan Fayyer and Sergey Pustelnik (layering, 2022)
Layering , Spoofing
SEC 2022-06-17 $22.5m — $22.5m
12 CFTC v. UBS (price manipulation, 2018)
Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2018-01-29 $15m — $15m
13 CFTC v. Merrill Lynch Commodities (price manipulation, 2019)
Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2019-06-25 $11.5m $11.1m $22.6m
14 SEC v. TD Securities (USA) LLC (spoofing, 2024)
Spoofing
SEC 2024-09-30 $6.5m $400k $7m
15 CFTC v. Heet Khara and Nasim Salim (spoofing, 2016)
Spoofing
CFTC 2016-04-05 $2.7m — $2.7m
16 CFTC v. Igor B. Oystacher and 3 Red Trading LLC (spoofing, 2015)
Spoofing
CFTC 2015-10-19 $2.5m — $2.5m
17 CFTC v. Hard Eight Futures, LLC and Igor Chernomzav (spoofing, 2019)
Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2019-09-30 $2.5m — $2.5m
18 CFTC v. Igor B. Oystacher and 3Red Trading LLC (spoofing, 2016)
Spoofing
CFTC 2016-12-20 $2.5m — $2.5m
19 CFTC v. Victory Asset, Inc. and Michael D. Franko (spoofing, 2018)
Spoofing
CFTC 2018-09-19 $2.3m — $2.3m
20 CFTC v. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. (spoofing, 2018)
Spoofing
CFTC 2018-01-29 $1.6m — $1.6m
21 CFTC v. Eric Moncada, BES Capital LLC and Serdika LLC (price manipulation, 2014)
Price Manipulation , Spoofing , Wash Trading
CFTC 2014-10-01 $1.6m — $1.6m
22 CFTC v. Geneva Trading USA (spoofing, 2018)
Spoofing
CFTC 2018-09-20 $1.5m — $1.5m
23 CFTC v. Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. (spoofing, 2019)
Spoofing
CFTC 2019-10-01 $1.5m — $1.5m
24 SEC v. Lek Securities Corporation and Samuel Lek (layering, 2019)
Layering
SEC 2019-10-10 $1.4m $526k $1.9m
25 CFTC v. Panther Energy Trading LLC and Michael J. Coscia (spoofing, 2013)
Spoofing
CFTC 2013-07-22 $1.4m $1.4m $2.8m
26 CFTC v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing
CFTC 2020-06-18 $1.3m — $1.3m
27 CFTC v. Belvedere Trading LLC (spoofing, 2019)
Spoofing
CFTC 2019-10-01 $1.1m — $1.1m
28 CFTC v. John Lawrence and Heraeus Metals New York LLC (spoofing, 2019)
Spoofing
CFTC 2019-09-16 $1m — $1m
29 SEC v. Visionary Trading LLC, Lightspeed Trading LLC and five individuals (layering, 2014)
Layering , Spoofing
SEC 2014-04-04 $1m $1.8m $2.8m
30 FCA v. Michael Coscia (layering, 2013)
Layering , Price Manipulation , Spoofing
FCA 2013-07-03 $903k — $903k
31 CFTC v. The Bank of Nova Scotia (spoofing, 2018)
Spoofing
CFTC 2018-10-01 $800k — $800k
32 CFTC v. Roman Banoczay Jr., Roman Banoczay Sr. and BAZUR Spol. S.R.O. (spoofing, 2021)
Spoofing
CFTC 2021-12-08 $750k — $750k
33 CFTC v. Randy Chen and Tanius Technology, LLC (spoofing, 2022)
Spoofing
CFTC 2022-09-26 $750k — $750k
34 CFTC v. Daniel Shak (spoofing, 2022)
Spoofing
CFTC 2022-08-05 $750k — $750k
35 CFTC v. Daniel Shak (spoofing, 2024)
Spoofing
CFTC 2024-04-11 $750k — $750k
36 CFTC v. Roman Banoczay Jr., Roman Banoczay Sr. and BAZUR Spol. S.R.O. (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing
CFTC 2020-09-29 $750k — $750k
37 CFTC v. Brendan Delovitch, Wesley Johnson, Rajeev Kansal and ARB Trading Group LP (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing
CFTC 2020-09-30 $745k — $745k
38 CFTC v. Mirae Asset Daewoo Co., Ltd. (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing
CFTC 2020-01-13 $700k — $700k
39 CFTC v. Simon Posen (spoofing, 2017)
Spoofing
CFTC 2017-07-26 $635k — $635k
40 CFTC v. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (spoofing, 2017)
Spoofing
CFTC 2017-08-07 $600k — $600k
41 SEC v. Xuepeng Xie (layering, 2021)
Layering , Spoofing
SEC 2021-09-27 $600k $1.9m $2.7m
42 CFTC v. Thomas Donino and FNY Partners Fund LP (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing
CFTC 2020-09-28 $585k — $585k
43 CFTC v. Stephen Gola and Jonathan Brims (spoofing, 2017)
Spoofing
CFTC 2017-03-30 $550k — $550k
44 CFTC v. Walleye Capital LLC (spoofing, 2022)
Spoofing
CFTC 2022-12-12 $550k — $550k
45 CFTC v. Mitsubishi Corporation RtM Japan Ltd. (spoofing, 2019)
Spoofing
CFTC 2019-11-07 $500k — $500k
46 SEC v. Briargate Trading, LLC and Eric Oscher (spoofing, 2015)
Spoofing
SEC 2015-10-08 $500k — $538k
47 CFTC v. Propex Derivatives Pty Ltd (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing
CFTC 2020-01-21 $462k $73.4k $536k
48 CFTC v. Sunoco (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing
CFTC 2020-09-30 $450k — $450k
49 CFTC v. Mitsubishi International Corporation (spoofing, 2019)
Spoofing
CFTC 2019-10-01 $400k — $400k
50 CFTC v. Gregg Smith and Michael Nowak (spoofing, 2026)
Spoofing
CFTC 2026-01-16 $350k — $350k

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