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SEC v. Daniel T. Fischer (churning, 2018)

Settled

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In 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a judgment against Daniel T. Fischer, alleging conduct this library classifies as churning. 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 34-82603
Date filed 2018-01-30
Date resolved 2018-01-30
Status settled
Asset class bonds, equities
Criminal parallel No
Bars imposed registration bar, penny stock bar
Defendants Daniel T. Fischer (individual)
Cited as charged or alleged Exchange Act s.10(b) and Rule 10b-5 ; Securities Act s.17(a) (statutes and rules cited in the document; not a finding that they were violated)
Techniques Churning

What was ordered

Civil penalty
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Disgorgement
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Prejudgment interest
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Total relief
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Alleged gain
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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 30, 2018 as release 34-82603. The respondents named are Daniel T. Fischer (1 individual, 0 entities).

This library tags the matter as churning, 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 bonds and equities.

Non-monetary relief recorded: registration bar.

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.

Timeline

  1. 2018-01-30 Administrative proceeding instituted (findings)

Primary documents

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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.

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

Action Agency Filed Technique Penalty Status
SEC v. Baris Cabalar (churning, 2024) SEC 2024-10-16 Churning — filed
SEC v. Laidlaw and Company (UK) Ltd. (churning, 2023) SEC 2023-11-20 Churning $223k settled
SEC v. Michael Blumer, John Kuprianchik, David Page, Steven Thompson, Joseph Todaro (churning, 2023) SEC 2023-09-28 Churning — filed
SEC v. Rocco Roveccio (churning, 2019) SEC 2019-05-06 Churning $160k judgment
SEC v. William C. Gennity (churning, 2019) SEC 2019-03-04 Churning $160k judgment
SEC v. Zachary S. Berkey (churning, 2018) SEC 2018-10-19 Churning — settled

Record added September 10, 2026. submit a correction.