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Insider trading enforcement actions

This library records 851 enforcement actions tagged insider trading. Insider trading is dealing in securities on material non-public information in breach of a duty of trust or confidence, which exploits a true signal others cannot see rather than injecting a false one into the 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 insider trading technique page.

Actions
100
Total penalties
$25.3m
Median penalty
$114k
Largest
$4.8m
Criminal parallel
39%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEC v. Ieremenko et al.: settlements with Cho, Olefir and Capyield (hack to trade, 2020) SEC 2020-11-05 $425k settled
SEC v. Michael J. Pires (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-11-05 $18.6k settled
Sigma general manager charged with insider trading (ASIC, 2020) ASIC 2020-10-30 — judgment
ASIC v. Don Evans (insider trading, 2020) ASIC 2020-09-28 — judgment
SEC v. Laksha Bohra, Viky Bohra, and Gotham Bohra (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-09-28 $1.1m judgment
SEC v. Christopher D. Bachinski (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-09-25 $23.1k settled
SEC v. Eric M. Hill (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-09-25 — settled
SEC v. Rachelle A. Thatcher (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-09-25 $11.6k settled
SEC v. Edward T. Kelly (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-09-23 $170k settled
SEC v. Robert Hoddes Jacobs (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-09-21 $157k settled
SEC v. Steven J. Sheinfeld (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-09-17 $305k settled
Insider trader sentenced to three years imprisonment for trading in Big Un Ltd shares (ASIC, 2020) ASIC 2020-09-11 — judgment
SEC v. Craig P. Moyes (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-09-10 $116k settled
SEC v. Richard M. Kirsch and Adam Terris (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-09-10 $2.5m settled
SEC v. Yue Li (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-09-03 $43.2k settled
FCA v. Julian Rifat Individual (insider trading, 2020) FCA 2020-09-01 — unknown
SEC v. Sepehr Sarshar (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-08-25 $56.2k settled
SEC v. Sean R. Stewart et al. (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-08-13 — judgment
SEC v. Jack Brewer (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-08-06 — filed
SEC v. Harold L. Altvater (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-07-24 — judgment
SEC v. Edmond Leung (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-07-21 $69.6k settled
SEC v. Joseph Zhang (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-07-21 $66.7k settled
SEC v. Dandan Wu (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-06-29 $41.9k settled
ASIC v. Avrohom Kimelman (insider trading, 2020) ASIC 2020-06-23 — judgment
SEC v. Jana Faith Kiena, CPA (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-06-05 $125k settled
Former CEO and director of Sirtex Medical Limited sentenced for insider trading (ASIC, 2020) ASIC 2020-06-04 — judgment
SEC v. Zhuobin Hong, et al. (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-05-05 $2.3m settled
SEC v. Wei Duan (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-04-30 $60k settled
SEC v. Amir Waldman, et al. (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-04-17 $1.1m judgment
AMF France v. Sébastien Loux (insider trading, 2020) AMF (France) 2020-04-09 — settled
SEC v. Bryan Cohen and George Nikas (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-03-30 — judgment
SEC v. Benjamin Kirkland (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-03-27 $23.1k settled
SEC v. David M. Mahan (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-03-26 $87.3k judgment
SEC v. Mychal Kendricks and Hamed A. Ettu (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-03-23 — judgment
SEC v. Scott O. Hirsch and Kenneth L. Friedman (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-03-19 $597k settled
SEC v. Tomer Feingold and Dov Malnik (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-03-06 $3.8m settled
AMF France v. Forever Winner International Development Ltd, A and B (insider trading, 2020) AMF (France) 2020-02-28 — judgment
SEC v. Bradley Davis (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-02-28 $100k judgment
Former investment analyst pleads guilty to insider trading in securities of Big Un Limited (ASIC, 2020) ASIC 2020-02-25 — judgment
SEC v. Charles F. Kerwin (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-02-24 $47.4k settled
SEC v. Jon L. Aronson and Elliet N. Aronson (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-02-20 $40.6k settled
SEC v. Richard Lee, et al. (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-02-20 — judgment
SEC v. Charlie Jinan Chen and Shui Foon Mok (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-02-05 — judgment
SEC v. Bill Tsai (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-01-31 — judgment
SEC v. Robert O. Carr and Katherine M. Hanratty (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-01-13 $251k judgment
SEC v. James V. Mazzo, et al. (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-01-02 $56k settled
SEC v. Pinto-Thomaz, et al. (insider trading, 2020) SEC 2020-01-02 — judgment
SEC v. Amir Waldman, et al. (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-12-23 — judgment
SEC v. Songjiang Wang (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-12-20 $50k settled
SEC v. Janardhan Nellore et al. (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-12-18 — settled
SEC v. John Special and John Kenneth Davidson (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-12-12 $1.6m settled
SEC v. Christopher Collins, et al. (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-12-10 — settled
SEC v. Richard Lee, et al. (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-11-21 $130k judgment
AMF France v. Patrick du Pré de Saint Maur (insider trading, 2019) AMF (France) 2019-11-13 — settled
SEC v. Sebastian Pinto-Thomaz (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-11-12 — judgment
SEC v. Bovorn Rungruangnavarat (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-10-31 — judgment
SEC v. Benjamin Taylor, Darina Windsor and Joseph Abdul Noor El-Khouri (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-10-22 $4.8m judgment
SEC v. Bryan Cohen and George Nikas (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-10-22 — settled
SEC v. Daniel Rivas, et al. (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-10-10 — judgment
SEC v. Sean Stewart, et al. (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-09-26 — settled
SEC v. James Alex Irvin (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-09-25 $252k settled
SEC v. James Wallace Nall, III, et al. (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-09-24 $437k settled
SEC v. Keith G. Daubenspeck and Geoffrey L. Homer (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-09-05 $111k settled
AMF France v. Benoît Miquel (insider trading, 2019) AMF (France) 2019-09-04 — settled
SEC v. Bill Tsai (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-08-16 — settled
SEC v. Lorenz Erne (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-08-15 $79.6k settled
SEC v. Thomas W. Avent, Jr., et al. (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-08-15 — judgment
SEC v. James W. Holden (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-07-31 $18.5k settled
SEC v. Christopher Plaford (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-07-29 — judgment
SEC v. Balaji Sundarraj and David O'brien (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-07-23 $57.9k settled
SEC v. Jun Ying (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-07-18 — judgment
SEC v. Mark Loman (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-07-18 — unknown
Former CEO and director of Sirtex Medical Limited pleads guilty to insider trading (ASIC, 2019) ASIC 2019-07-03 — judgment
SEC v. Tory J. R. Schalkle (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-07-01 $12.2k settled
SEC v. Rajeshwar R. Gannamaneni, Deepthi Gandra, and Linga R. Gannamaneni (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-06-27 $376k settled
ASIC v. Steven Oakes (insider trading, 2019) ASIC 2019-06-25 — judgment
SEC v. Raymond Starker (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-06-18 $46.3k settled
SEC v. Roland M. Mathys (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-06-13 — unknown
SEC v. Christopher Salis, et al. (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-06-12 — judgment
SEC v. Steven Fishoff, et al. (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-06-11 $750k judgment
SEC v. David A. Altom and Gabriel V. Graven (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-05-29 $221k settled
SEC v. Mark "Christian" Ramsey (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-05-21 — settled
SEC v. Brian Fettner, et al. (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-05-14 $253k settled
SEC v. Robert M. Morano (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-05-13 $75k judgment
SEC v. Lloyd Schuman and Dane Janes (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-05-09 $140k settled
SEC v. One or More Unknown Traders in the Securities of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-04-29 — filed
AMF France v. Iliad, M, X, A, B and C (insider trading, 2019) AMF (France) 2019-04-25 — judgment
SEC v. Yuh-Yue Chen (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-04-18 $740k settled
AMF France v. Montaigne Fashion Group, Jekiti Mar Capital, A, Financière du Phoenix, SCI Plainville and B (insider trading, 2019) AMF (France) 2019-04-17 — judgment
SEC v. Quentin Louis Wilcox (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-04-16 $55.2k settled
SEC v. Paul Bannon Powers (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-04-10 — settled
SEC v. Tai-Cheng Yang (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-04-05 $27.8k settled
SEC v. Evan R. Kita, et al. (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-04-04 — judgment
AMF France v. A and B (insider trading, 2019) AMF (France) 2019-03-13 — judgment
AMF France v. A, B and C (insider trading, 2019) AMF (France) 2019-03-06 — dismissed
SEC v. Rong Chen, et al. (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-03-04 $167k judgment
SEC v. Walter C. Little and Andrew M. Berke (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-02-22 — judgment
SEC v. Joseph Frank Vacante (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-02-21 $70.8k settled
SEC v. Gene Daniel Levoff (insider trading, 2019) SEC 2019-02-13 $1.1m judgment
Former mining executive sentenced to serve 9 months for insider trading (ASIC, 2019) ASIC 2019-02-11 — judgment