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Engineered short squeeze enforcement actions

This library records 2 enforcement actions tagged engineered short squeeze. An engineered short squeeze is deliberately acquiring the tradable supply of a security and withdrawing it from the lending market, so that short sellers who must cover cannot find stock and are forced to buy at the engineer's price.

Actions are listed newest first. Each row links to a case page carrying the regulator's own release and, where one was published, the complaint. For how this technique works and what statute it engages, read the engineered short squeeze technique page.

Actions
2
Total penalties
$1m
Median penalty
$1m
Largest
$1m
Criminal parallel
0%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEC v. John Brda and Georgios Palikaras (engineered short squeeze, 2024) SEC 2024-06-25 โ€” filed
SEC v. Meta Materials, Inc. ( and others (engineered short squeeze, 2024) SEC 2024-06-25 $1m settled