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Insider trading enforcement actions

This library records 725 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
$10.5m
Median penalty
$56.6k
Largest
$3.9m
Criminal parallel
34%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEC v. Joel P. Zingerman (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-09-21 $56.6k settled
SEC v. Justin Samuel Cary (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-09-21 — filed
SEC v. Peter C. Chang (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-09-20 — filed
SEC v. Lawrence F. Cluff, Jr., Roger E. Shaoul, and James Shaoul (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-09-13 — judgment
SEC v. Mayank Gupta, et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-09-13 $23.8k settled
SEC v. Brett Kennedy, et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-09-07 — settled
SEC v. Alan M. Stark, Esq. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-09-05 $7.6k settled
SEC v. Evan R. Kita, et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-08-31 — filed
OSC v. Khalid Walid Jawhari (insider trading, 2017) OSC 2017-08-30 — unknown
SEC v. Deerfield Management Company, L.P. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-08-21 $3.9m settled
SEC v. Daniel Rivas, et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-08-16 — unknown
SEC v. Damon Hovannisian, et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-08-11 $156k judgment
SEC v. David Blaszczak, et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-08-08 — settled
SEC v. Steven V. McClatchey and Gary J. Pusey (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-08-08 — judgment
SEC v. Sterling Craig Barton (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-07-31 $100k judgment
SEC v. Harold L. Altvater (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-07-28 — unknown
SEC v. John F. Stimpson (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-07-18 $136k settled
SEC v. Victory Ho (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-07-12 — judgment
SEC v. Sasan Sabrdaran and Farhang Afsarpour (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-06-30 — judgment
SEC v. Harold L. Altvater, Maureen E. Curran, Susan L. Dubuc (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-06-27 — judgment
SEC v. Wm Smith & Co. and William S. Smith (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-06-26 $50k settled
SEC v. Yu-Cheng Lin (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-06-19 — judgment
SEC v. Dan (“Alice”) Zhang, CPA (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-06-07 $7.5k settled
SEC v. Michael Trahan (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-06-07 — judgment
SEC v. Emerald Isle Exploration, Ltd. and Samuell Eads and Lloyd C. Brewer (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-05-12 $10k settled
OSC v. Jorge Neher (insider trading, 2017) OSC 2017-05-12 — unknown
SEC v. Walter C. Little and Andrew M. Berke (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-05-11 — filed
OSC v. Dennis Wing (insider trading, 2017) OSC 2017-05-04 — dismissed
Former Perth managing director sentenced to 18 months' jail for insider trading (ASIC, 2017) ASIC 2017-04-28 — filed
SEC v. Charles L. Hill, Jr. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-04-18 — dismissed
OSC v. Benedict Cheng and others (insider trading, 2017) OSC 2017-04-12 — dismissed
SEC v. Lawrence F. Cluff, Jr. and Roger E. Shaoul (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-04-06 — judgment
ASIC v. Steven Robert Noske (insider trading, 2017) ASIC 2017-04-03 — unknown
SEC v. Vlad B. Spivak, et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-04-03 $334k judgment
SEC v. Ariel Darvasi and Amir Waldman (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-03-24 — judgment
SEC v. Nino Coppero del Valle et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-03-24 — judgment
SEC v. Christopher Ludwig (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-03-23 — judgment
SEC v. Steven A. Hartung (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-03-23 — settled
SEC v. Michael J. Maciocio and David P. Hobson (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-03-20 — judgment
SEC v. Todd David Alpert (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-03-15 — filed
SEC v. Nima Hedayati (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-03-14 — settled
SEC v. Thomas D. Melvin, Jr., et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-03-03 — filed
OSC v. Ayaz Dhanani (Also known as Azim Virani, Michael Lee, Alex Nebris, Paul Dhanani, Samuel Ramos, and Rahim Jiwa) (insider trading, 2017) OSC 2017-03-01 — settled
SEC v. One or More Unknown Traders in the Securities of Fortress Investment Group, LLC (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-02-28 — judgment
SEC v. Sidoti & Company, LLC (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-02-13 $100k settled
SEC v. Yu-Cheng Lin (a.k.a. Believe Lin) (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-02-13 — judgment
SEC v. Alan Barry Staples (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-02-10 $15.2k judgment
SEC v. Shaohua (Michael) Yin, et al. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-02-10 — judgment
SEC v. Donald P. Jones, CPA (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-01-23 $39.1k settled
SEC v. Eytan Bar (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-01-18 $30k settled
SEC v. MDC Partners Inc. (insider trading, 2017) SEC 2017-01-18 $1.5m settled
SEC v. Jo Ann Myers and Hollis W. Pickett, Jr. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-12-16 $40.4k settled
ASIC v. Hochtief AG (insider trading, 2016) ASIC 2016-12-08 $400k unknown
SEC v. Marc Winters (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-12-02 $31.9k settled
SEC v. Sanjay Valvani and Gordon Johnston (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-11-14 — settled
SEC v. Eric McPhail and Douglas Parigian (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-11-09 — judgment
SEC v. Herbert K. Sudfeld (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-11-09 — dismissed
SEC v. Anthony Andrade, et al. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-11-01 $150k judgment
SEC v. Christopher Salis, et al. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-10-21 — filed
SEC v. James C. Cope, Esq. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-10-21 — filed
SEC v. Artis Capital Management, L.P. and Michael W. Harden (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-10-13 $133k dismissed
SEC v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (front running, 2016) SEC 2016-10-12 $100k judgment
SEC v. Vladimir Eydelman and Steven Metro (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-09-30 $1.2m settled
SEC v. Nino Coppero del Valle et al. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-09-29 — filed
SEC v. Robert Gadimian (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-09-29 — filed
SEC v. Frank P. Barucci (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-09-26 $31.3k settled
SEC v. Frank S. Barucci (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-09-26 $56k settled
SEC v. Syed A. Hashim (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-09-26 $35.7k settled
SEC v. Vijay S. Rajan (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-09-26 $27.9k settled
SEC v. Colin Whelehan and Sheren Tsai (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-09-22 — settled
SEC v. Frank Tamayo (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-09-21 — settled
SEC v. Saleem Khan et al. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-09-21 — judgment
Former Sydney investment banker charged with procuring insider trading (ASIC, 2016) ASIC 2016-09-20 — filed
SEC v. Steven Metro (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-09-14 — unknown
SEC v. Dennis W. Hamilton (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-09-07 — filed
SEC v. Dennis Wayne Hamilton (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-08-30 — filed
Former director of joint venture partner charged with insider trading offences (ASIC, 2016) ASIC 2016-08-26 — filed
SEC v. Cedric Cañas Maillard (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-08-24 — judgment
SEC v. J. Patrick O'Neill and Robert H. Bray (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-08-18 — judgment
SEC v. Sean Stewart (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-08-18 — filed
CFTC v. unnamed respondents (insider trading, 2016) CFTC 2016-08-17 — judgment
SEC v. Paul T. Rampoldi , et al. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-08-12 — filed
SEC v. Edward J. Kosinski (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-08-04 — filed
SEC v. Herbert K. Sudfeld, Jr. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-07-26 — unknown
SEC v. Yi Chen, CPA (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-07-26 — settled
SEC v. Thomas D. Melvin, et al. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-07-25 — judgment
FCA v. Gavin Duncan Paul Breeze (insider trading, 2016) FCA 2016-07-15 — settled
SEC v. Thomas W. Avent, Jr., Raymond J. Pirrello, Jr., and Lawrence J. Penna (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-07-08 — filed
SEC v. Luis Martin-Caro Sanchez (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-07-05 — filed
SEC v. Andrew F. Kerr (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-29 — filed
SEC v. James S. Hannon (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-20 — judgment
SEC v. Christopher Salis, Douglas Miller, Edward Miller, and Barrett Biehl (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-16 — filed
SEC v. Guolin Ma (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-09 — settled
SEC v. Michael J. Maciocio and David P. Hobson (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-08 — filed
SEC v. Richard Grossman (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-06 — judgment
Sydney man jailed on insider trading charges (ASIC, 2016) ASIC 2016-06-03 — filed
SEC v. Peter D. Nunan (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-03 $255k settled
OSC v. Andrei Miguel Postrado (insider trading, 2016) OSC 2016-06-03 — unknown
SEC v. Steven V. McClatchey and Gary J. Pusey (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-01 — judgment
SEC v. Federated Global Investment Management Corp. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-05-27 $1.5m settled