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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
$15.7m
Median penalty
$95.8k
Largest
$5m
Criminal parallel
27%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
Former Gunns Ltd chairman ordered to pay $500,000 pecuniary penalty for insider trading (ASIC, 2015) ASIC 2015-12-15 — judgment
SEC v. Jeffrey K. Skilling et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-12-08 — judgment
CFTC v. Arya Motazedi (front running, 2015) CFTC 2015-12-02 $100k judgment
SEC v. Steven C. Watson (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-11-17 — settled
SEC v. Zhichen Zhou and Yannan Liu (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-11-10 $614k settled
Sydney man pleads guilty to insider trading (ASIC, 2015) ASIC 2015-11-09 — judgment
SEC v. Vlad B. Spivak, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-11-02 $334k settled
SEC v. Mary Beth Knight and Rebecca Norton (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-10-28 $25k judgment
SEC v. Vladimir Eydelman (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-10-23 $1.2m judgment
SEC v. Francis J. van Steenberge and Nicolas Zanen (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-10-09 $400k judgment
SEC v. Oscar Wu (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-10-07 — settled
SEC v. Saleem Khan et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-10-01 — judgment
SEC v. Christopher Mire (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-29 $2.1k settled
SEC v. Eddie R. Leblanc (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-29 $15k settled
SEC v. Robert L. Spallina, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-28 $234k settled
SEC v. Morando Berrettini, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-25 — judgment
SEC v. Richard Condon, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-24 $58.3k judgment
SEC v. Eric McPhail, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-21 $148k settled
SEC v. Maher F. Kara, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-10 — judgment
SEC v. John McEnery III et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-09 $95.8k settled
SEC v. Donald E. Robar (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-04 $4.6k settled
SEC v. Robert A. Hanner (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-04 $20.8k settled
Former Hanlong managing director pleads guilty to insider trading (ASIC, 2015) ASIC 2015-09-02 — judgment
SEC v. Ashish Aggarwal, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-08-25 $18k settled
SEC v. Cedric Cañas Maillard (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-08-13 $834k judgment
AMF France v. Faiveley Transport, A, B, C and D (insider trading, 2015) AMF (France) 2015-07-23 — judgment
SEC v. Herbert K. Sudfeld, Jr., et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-16 — settled
SEC v. Timothy J. McGee, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-15 — judgment
SEC v. Frank Tamayo (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-13 — settled
SEC v. Gerard Boudreault (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-10 $18.4k settled
SEC v. Patrick Lehnert (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-09 $15.8k settled
SEC v. Dimitry Braverman and Vitaly Pupynin (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-16 $204k judgment
SEC v. Helmut Anscheringer (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-15 $910k settled
SEC v. Matthew G. Teeple et al. Andrew Miller (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-12 — judgment
SEC v. Charles Raymond Langston III, CRL Management, LLC, and Guarantee Reinsurance, Ltd. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-11 $502k judgment
SEC v. Michael J. Fefferman, Chad E. Wiegand, and Akis C. Eracleous (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-09 — settled
SEC v. Anthony Andrade, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-08 $150k settled
AMF France v. A, X and GEM Investments America LLC (price manipulation and insider trading, 2015) AMF (France) 2015-06-05 — judgment
AMF France v. ISA Finances, NG Investments, Ormylia, Socodol, UBS (France) and others (insider trading, 2015) AMF (France) 2015-06-02 — judgment
SEC v. Brian D. Jorgenson, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-05-14 — judgment
OSC v. Constance Anderson (insider trading, 2015) OSC 2015-05-01 — settled
SEC v. Xiaoyu Xia and Yanting Hu (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-04-29 $750k settled
SEC v. Frank Perkins Hixon, Jr., et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-04-28 $683k judgment
FCA v. Kenneth George Carver (insider trading, 2015) FCA 2015-03-30 — settled
Two men sentenced in Australia’s largest insider trading case (ASIC, 2015) ASIC 2015-03-17 — judgment
OSC v. Anand Hariharan and Satish Talawdekar (insider trading, 2015) OSC 2015-03-11 — settled
SEC v. Bonan Huang and Nan Huang (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-03-10 — judgment
SEC v. Zeringue, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-03-06 $64k settled
SEC v. Gary S. Williky (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-03-02 $1.7m judgment
SEC v. Scott Zeringue and Jesse Roberts, III (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-02-19 $64k settled
AMF France v. IC Telecom and A (insider trading, 2015) AMF (France) 2015-02-11 — judgment
SEC v. Hill and Charles L., Jr. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-02-11 — unknown
SEC v. John Gray et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-02-05 — settled
SEC v. Joel J. Epstein (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-02-03 $237k settled
SEC v. Robert A. Ramsey, CPA (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-01-21 $130k settled
SEC v. Robert A. Hemm (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-12-05 $21.8k settled
SEC v. Michael S. Geist and Brent E. Taylor (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-11-12 $121k settled
SEC v. Steven Durrelle Williams (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-11-04 $75k settled
Former Hanlong managing director extradited, charged with insider trading (ASIC, 2014) ASIC 2014-10-10 — judgment
Former director of Northern Star Resources Limited charged with insider trading (ASIC, 2014) ASIC 2014-10-08 — judgment
SEC v. Filip Szymik (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-09-30 $47.1k settled
SEC v. Jordan Peixoto (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-09-30 — dismissed
SEC v. David A. Roskein (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-09-23 $42.8k settled
SEC v. Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC (insider trading controls, 2014) SEC 2014-09-22 $5m settled
CFTC v. SAC LP (insider trading, 2014) CFTC 2014-09-16 — unknown
AMF France v. Safetic, HSBC France, X, Arkeon Finance, D and E (insider trading and misleading information, 2014) AMF (France) 2014-07-22 — judgment
AMF France v. Loyaltouch, Strategic Corporate Finance, B and A (insider trading and misleading information, 2014) AMF (France) 2014-07-16 — judgment
AMF France v. C and D (insider trading, 2014) AMF (France) 2014-07-09 — judgment
SEC v. S.A.C. Capital Advisors, L.P. and affiliated entities (2014) SEC 2014-06-27 — settled
SEC v. Shawn C. Hegedus (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-05-30 — settled
AMF France v. F, G, H and I (insider dealing, 2014) AMF (France) 2014-05-16 — judgment
SEC v. Christopher D. Wiest (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-05-13 $56.3k settled
AMF France v. Elliott Advisors (UK) Ltd and Elliott Management Corporation (insider dealing, 2014) AMF (France) 2014-04-25 — judgment
SEC v. Aharon R. Yehuda (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-04-25 $20.7k settled
SEC v. Oded Gabay (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-04-25 $22.2k settled
SEC v. Shimul A. Shah (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-04-25 $22.4k settled
SEC v. Suken A. Shah (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-04-25 $65k settled
OSC v. Matthew Schloen (insider trading, 2014) OSC 2014-04-03 — settled
SEC v. Wilfred J. Halpern, CPA (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-03-19 $41k settled
SEC v. John W. Femenia (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-02-26 — settled
SEC v. Marcus S. Spillson (insider trading, 2014) SEC 2014-01-09 $155k settled
FCA v. Rahul Shah Individual (insider trading, 2013) FCA 2013-11-13 — judgment
AMF France v. A and B (insider dealing, 2013) AMF (France) 2013-10-18 — judgment
SEC v. Scott London, CPA (insider trading, 2013) SEC 2013-09-27 — settled
AMF France v. A, B, C, D, Verneuil et Associés, Verneuil Participations, Foch Investissements, FD Conseils et Participations and Duc SA (insider dealing and ownership disclosure failures, 2013) AMF (France) 2013-07-25 — judgment
AMF France v. ADT, Lado, Y, Z, C, D, A and B (insider dealing and disclosure failures, 2013) AMF (France) 2013-06-05 — judgment
AMF France v. A (insider dealing, 2013) AMF (France) 2013-05-17 — judgment
OSC v. Ming Chao Zhao (insider trading, 2013) OSC 2013-05-02 — settled
AMF France v. A (insider dealing (recommending trades), 2013) AMF (France) 2013-04-16 — judgment
SEC v. Scott Reiman (insider trading, 2013) SEC 2013-04-15 $398k settled
AMF France v. A, B and C (insider dealing, 2013) AMF (France) 2013-04-12 — judgment
AMF France v. A (insider dealing, 2013) AMF (France) 2013-02-20 — judgment
AMF France v. B, Saint Olive Gestion, Archos, A and company X (insider dealing, 2013) AMF (France) 2013-02-13 — judgment
SEC v. Kris Chellam (insider trading, 2013) SEC 2013-01-10 — judgment
AMF France v. Orco Property Group, B, A and C (misleading information and insider dealing, 2012) AMF (France) 2012-10-22 — judgment
AMF France v. A, B, C, D, E, F and Intouch Investments (insider dealing, 2012) AMF (France) 2012-09-28 — judgment
AMF France v. D, A, Company Z, B, C and firms X and Y (misleading financial information, 2012) AMF (France) 2012-07-19 — judgment
AMF France v. Exane, Boussard & Gavaudan, A and B (insider dealing and information-handling failures, 2012) AMF (France) 2012-06-14 — judgment
AMF France v. X (insider dealing, charges rejected, 2011) AMF (France) 2011-12-01 — dismissed
AMF France v. Allianz Global Investors France, BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Y and X (insider dealing, 2011) AMF (France) 2011-11-24 — judgment