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Matched orders enforcement actions

This library records 165 enforcement actions tagged matched orders. Matched orders are prearranged trades between parties acting in concert, entered so that they execute against each other at a price agreed away from the market rather than discovered in it.

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 matched orders technique page.

Actions
65
Total penalties
$9.3m
Median penalty
$225k
Largest
$3.3m
Criminal parallel
22%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEBI v. Jyoti Devi and others (synchronised and reversal trades, Swan Energy, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-27 — judgment
SEBI v. Vipul Pannalal Shah and H K Stock Services Private Limited (small orders above last price, Coral Hub, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-27 — judgment
SEBI v. Finquest Securities Pvt. Ltd. and Shailesh Shah Securities Pvt. Ltd. (broker case, Crest Ventures, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-27 — dismissed
SEBI v. DP Mittal and Sons HUF and others (single synchronised trade, Florence Investech, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-08 — dismissed
SEBI v. Shree Gopal Gupta and others (employee trading, Regency Hospital, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-31 — dismissed
SEBI v. Bharat Jayantilal Patel and others (synchronised trades and algorithmic arbitrage, Crest Ventures, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-30 — dismissed
SEBI v. Finquest Securities Pvt Ltd (broker, synchronised trades, Asian Granito India, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-29 — judgment
SEBI v. Keynote Painting Dealers Private Limited and others (price rise, Jaisukh Dealers, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-28 — judgment
SEBI v. Chiranjilal Jayaram Vyas and others (circular trades, Sunteck Realty, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-25 — judgment
SEBI v. Antala Real Broking & Impex Private Ltd. and others (synchronised and reversal trades, Kavveri Telecom, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-23 — judgment
SEBI v. Harishkumar Kantilal Patel and others (synchronised trades, Gala Global Products, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-22 — judgment
SEBI v. Raman Goyal (Octant Interactive Technologies circular trades, penalty on remand, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-10 — judgment
SEBI v. Shushma Kapur and others (matched orders, Coral Hub Limited, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-28 — judgment
SEBI v. Girraj Kishore Agarwal and others (circular and reversal trades, Octant Interactive Technologies, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-28 — judgment
SEBI v. Peeyush Agarwal (alleged synchronized trades, Polar Pharma India, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-24 — dismissed
SEBI v. Dhananjay Kumar (synchronized trades and price rise, Kushal Tradelink, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-22 — judgment
SEBI v. Jinesh Devendra Bhatt (reversal trades, Synergy Bizcon, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-18 — judgment
SEBI v. Sunil Kumar Purohit (synchronized trades, K. Sera Sera Production, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-18 — dismissed
SEBI v. Sterling International Enterprises Ltd (issuer in circular-trading case, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-17 — judgment
SEBI v. Mohammad Rashid and R K Stockholding Pvt. Ltd. (synchronized and reversal trades, Religare Enterprises, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-15 — judgment
SEBI v. V. P. Patel and others (listing-day trading, Bharatiya Global Infomedia IPO, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-14 — dismissed
SEBI v. GPSK Capital Private Limited (reversal trades in illiquid stock options at BSE, settlement, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-09 — settled
SEBI v. Sumeet Industries Limited and others (price and volume manipulation, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-04 — judgment
SEBI v. Nitin Jayantilal Sandesara and others (circular trades, Sterling International Enterprises, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-01-31 — judgment
SEBI v. Agrata Shares Securities Pvt. Ltd. and others (synchronized trades, Era Infra Engineering, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-01-28 — judgment
SEBI v. Finquest Securities Pvt. Ltd. (broker facilitating synchronized trades, Asian Granito India, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-01-18 — judgment
SEBI adjudication orders on illiquid stock options at BSE (2022 batch) SEBI (India) 2022-01-04 — judgment
SEBI v. Sure Portfolio Services Private Limited (Sun and Shine Worldwide price manipulation, struck-off company, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-01-03 — dismissed
SEBI v. Wonder Procon Private Limited (Sun and Shine Worldwide price manipulation, struck-off company, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-01-03 — dismissed
SEC v. Ahmad Haris Tajyar and Eric Leo Marsoubian (marking the close, 2021) SEC 2021-08-13 $220k settled
SEC v. Ron Phillips (matched orders, 2021) SEC 2021-06-30 $30k judgment
SEC v. Joel Stohlman, et al. (matched orders, 2020) SEC 2020-09-30 — filed
CFTC v. Mark Miller and Foremost Trading LLC (matched orders, 2020) CFTC 2020-07-06 $450k judgment
SEC v. Kit Mun Chan, Lau Kean Chong, Chong Poui Fan, Binji Lu, and Youn Chien Wong (matched orders, 2020) SEC 2020-02-21 $775k judgment
SEC v. Richard Eden, Christopher Neumann and Dale Pearlman (matched orders, 2019) SEC 2019-11-04 $225k settled
SEC v. Michael J. Starkweather and Andiamo Corporation, William White (matched orders, 2019) SEC 2019-10-17 $150k settled
SEC v. Chip Hackley (matched orders, 2019) SEC 2019-09-25 — settled
SEC v. George Matin (matched orders, 2019) SEC 2019-09-25 — settled
SEC v. Harold Minsky (matched orders, 2019) SEC 2019-09-25 — settled
SEC v. Beaufort Secs. Ltd. and Kyriacou. (pump and dump, 2019) SEC 2019-07-29 — judgment
SEC v. Kit Mun Chan, Lau Kean Chong, Chong Poui Fan, Binji Lu, and Youn Chien Wong (matched orders, 2019) SEC 2019-06-21 $775k judgment
SEC v. Eric T. Landis et al. (matched orders, 2018) SEC 2018-11-29 — settled
SEC v. Howard M. Appel (matched orders, 2018) SEC 2018-07-30 — settled
SEC v. Gannon Giguiere and others (matched orders, 2018) SEC 2018-07-16 $880k settled
SEC v. Andy Z. Fan (fake press releases, 2018) SEC 2018-04-25 $140k settled
SEC v. Timary Delorme (pump and dump, 2018) SEC 2018-03-27 $50k settled
SEC v. Beaufort Securities Ltd. and others (matched orders, 2018) SEC 2018-03-16 — settled
AAT upholds ASIC bans of client advisers for trading in 'MINI' warrants (ASIC, 2017) ASIC 2017-12-11 — judgment
SEC v. Jeffrey D. Martin, Thomas L. Tedrow and others (Mainstream Entertainment pump and dump, 2017) SEC 2017-08-01 $142k judgment
SEC v. James M. Farinella, et al. (matched orders, 2017) SEC 2017-06-21 — settled
SEC v. Douglas Furth (matched orders, 2017) SEC 2017-01-10 — judgment
CFTC v. Yumin Li and Kering Capital Ltd (matched orders, 2016) CFTC 2016-12-14 $901k judgment
SEC v. Jason W. Galanis, et al. (matched orders, 2016) SEC 2016-09-30 — settled
SEC v. Louis T. Buonocore, Jeremy R. Draper, Frank J. Morelli, III, Berardino "Dino" Paolucci, Jr. and Don L. Rose (matched orders, 2016) SEC 2016-09-30 $3.3m judgment
CFTC v. John D. Briner and MetroWest Law Corporation (matched orders, 2016) CFTC 2016-08-02 $280k judgment
CFTC v. Matthew J. Marcus and Tech Power Inc. (matched orders, 2016) CFTC 2016-07-07 $250k judgment
Court reduces jail time for New South Wales man sentenced for market manipulation (ASIC, 2016) ASIC 2016-02-29 — judgment
SEC v. Michael J. Ling (marking the close, 2015) SEC 2015-12-23 $100k judgment
ASIC bans former financial adviser for market manipulation (2015) ASIC 2015-12-18 — judgment
NSW man jailed for market manipulation (ASIC, 2015) ASIC 2015-09-25 — judgment
SEC v. Jason W. Galanis (matched orders, 2015) SEC 2015-09-24 — settled
New South Wales man pleads guilty to market manipulation (ASIC, 2014) ASIC 2014-10-16 — judgment
CFTC v. Fan Zhang (matched orders, 2014) CFTC 2014-09-29 $250k judgment
CFTC v. Absa Bank, Ltd. (matched orders, 2014) CFTC 2014-09-25 $150k judgment
CFTC v. FirstRand Bank, Ltd. (matched orders, 2014) CFTC 2014-08-27 $150k judgment