SEC v. Leonard R. Barr (insider trading, 2021)

Settled

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In August 2021 the SEC announced settled charges against former Domino's accountant Leonard Barr for trading ahead of two earnings announcements in 2016 and 2020 for $34,180. He agreed to an injunction, a $68,360 penalty and a five-year suspension from practising before the SEC, subject to court approval.

The record

What was ordered

Civil penalty

$68.4k

Disgorgement

—

Prejudgment interest

—

Total relief

$68.4k

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 the settled complaint on August 9, 2021 as litigation release 25159, filed in the Eastern District of Michigan.

The complaint alleges Barr used confidential financial data from his role to trade before the earnings releases. Without admitting or denying it, he consented to the injunction and penalty, and settled a Rule 102(e) proceeding suspending him from appearing as an accountant with the right to reapply after five years.

Court approval was still pending, so the status is settled rather than judgment, and the earlier record omitted the penalty.

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?

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Timeline

1. 2021-08-09 Litigation release published

Primary documents

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• SEC litigation release

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Record added September 10, 2026. submit a correction.