Paid stock promotion enforcement actions

This library records 219 enforcement actions tagged paid stock promotion. Paid stock promotion is publicising a security in exchange for compensation, which is lawful only if the fact of payment, the payer and the amount are fully disclosed under Securities Act Section 17(b).

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 paid stock promotion technique page.

Actions

100

Total penalties

$17m

Median penalty

$504k

Largest

$6m

Criminal parallel

23%