SEC v. Anthony J. Thompson, Jr., et al. (paid stock promotion, 2019)

Settled

Machine-extracted, pending human review. The structured fields on this page were parsed automatically from the regulator's own release, linked below. Read the primary document before relying on any figure here, and tell us if something is wrong.

In 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled an action with Anthony J. Thompson, Jr., et al., alleging conduct this library classifies as paid stock promotion and pump and dump. The release does not state a monetary figure that we were able to extract.

The record

Structured fields for this action, as recorded in our case library.
Agency	SEC
Release number	LR-24389
Date filed	2019-02-01
Date resolved	2019-02-01
Status	settled
Asset class	equities
Criminal parallel	No
Defendants	Anthony J. Thompson, Jr., et al. (individual)
Techniques	Paid stock promotion , Pump and dump

What was ordered

Civil penalty: —
Disgorgement: —
Prejudgment interest: —
Total relief: —
Alleged gain: —

A dash means the release did not state a figure we could extract, not that the figure is zero. Penalty and disgorgement are stored separately so aggregates across the library do not double-count the same dollars.

What is alleged to have happened

the Securities and Exchange Commission announced this matter on February 1, 2019 as release LR-24389. The respondents named are Anthony J. Thompson, Jr., et al. (1 individual, 0 entities).

This library tags the matter as paid stock promotion and pump and dump, based on the conduct the regulator describes. Each tag links to a page explaining how that technique works, what statute it engages, and what penalties comparable actions have attracted. The tagging is ours, not the regulator's: agencies charge statutory provisions, not technique names.

The conduct is recorded against equities.

For the regulator's own account of the facts, read the primary document linked above. This page deliberately summarises the structured record rather than reproducing the release.

What technique is this, and how does it work?

This action is tagged with 2 techniques in our taxonomy. The tagging is ours: regulators charge statutory provisions, not technique names, so the mapping is an editorial judgement described in our editorial policy.

Paid stock promotion — see how it works, what statute it engages, and every other action tagged the same way.
Pump and dump — see how it works, what statute it engages, and every other action tagged the same way.

Timeline

2019-02-01 Litigation release published

Primary documents

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SEC litigation release

The linked release is a work of the United States government and is not subject to copyright. Our summary and narrative above are our own writing.

Same matter

The library links these 2 records because they appear to concern one matter: the same lead defendant, an overlapping technique tag and close filing dates, or a shared court docket or a release that cites the other. Records are listed by date filed.

Date filed	Agency	Record	Status
2019-02-01	SEC	SEC v. Anthony J. Thompson, Jr., et al. (paid stock promotion, 2019)(this record)	Settled
2020-12-30	SEC	SEC v. Anthony Thompson, Jr., et al. (paid stock promotion, 2020)	Judgment entered

This grouping is the library's, made by matching names, techniques, dates and citations when the site is built. It is not the regulator's or a court's determination that the records are one case, and it errs towards missing a link rather than making a false one.

Other actions in the library sharing at least one technique tag with this one.

Action	Agency	Filed	Technique	Penalty	Status
SEC v. Jonathan Farber, Aarif Jamani, Brian Keasberry (paid stock promotion, 2024)	SEC	2024-01-16	Paid Stock Promotion , Pump And Dump	—	filed
SEC v. Global Wholehealth Partners Corp., Charles Strongo, Brian M. Volmer, Joshua Yafa, Jamie M. Yafa, and Empire Associates, Inc. (paid stock promotion, 2022)	SEC	2022-02-17	Paid Stock Promotion , Pump And Dump	—	filed
SEC v. Charlie Abujudeh (paid stock promotion, 2021)	SEC	2021-07-22	Paid Stock Promotion , Pump And Dump	—	unknown
SEC v. Anthony Thompson, Jr., et al. (paid stock promotion, 2020)	SEC	2020-12-30	Paid Stock Promotion , Pump And Dump	—	judgment
OSC v. Dino Paolucci (paid stock promotion, 2020)	OSC	2020-08-05	Paid Stock Promotion , Pump And Dump	—	unknown
SEC v. Brian Robert Sodi, et al. (newsletter scalping, 2019)	SEC	2019-09-19	Newsletter Scalping , Paid Stock Promotion +1	—	settled

Record added September 10, 2026. submit a correction.