SEC v. Brian J. Suthoff (insider trading, 2026)

Settled

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In January 2026 the Securities and Exchange Commission filed settled charges against Brian Suthoff of Massachusetts, who allegedly avoided losses of almost $20,000 by trading Sage Therapeutics securities in June 2023 on information from a Sage insider about the FDA's position on its depression drug, to whom he owed a duty of trust and confidence. He consented, subject to court approval, to an injunction, a five-year officer and director bar, $19,680 in disgorgement, $3,345.67 in interest and a $19,680 penalty.

The record

What was ordered

Civil penalty

$19.7k

Disgorgement

$19.7k

Prejudgment interest

$3.3k

Total relief

$42.7k

Alleged gain

$19.7k

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 January 26, 2026 as release LR-26466, filing in the District of Massachusetts.

The complaint charges Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5. The proposed judgment is not yet approved by the court.

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 one technique 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.

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Timeline

1. 2026-01-26 Litigation release published

Primary documents

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• SEC litigation release

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Record added September 10, 2026. submit a correction.