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Price manipulation enforcement actions

This library records 311 enforcement actions tagged price manipulation. Price manipulation is trading intended to create an artificial price — one that does not reflect genuine supply and demand — and it is the general charge a regulator brings when the conduct does not fit a more specific named technique.

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 price manipulation technique page.

Actions
100
Total penalties
$5.2bn
Median penalty
$14m
Largest
$1.5bn
Criminal parallel
32%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEC v. Ryan Felton, FLiK, and CoinSpark (price manipulation, 2020) SEC 2020-09-10 — judgment
FCA v. Conor Martin Foley (price manipulation, 2020) FCA 2020-09-07 — judgment
Corporate finance director pleads guilty to conspiring to manipulate market (ASIC, 2020) ASIC 2020-08-28 — judgment
Former CFO charged with market manipulation and fraud offences (ASIC, 2020) ASIC 2020-06-11 — judgment
CFTC v. Christophe Rivoire (price manipulation, 2019) CFTC 2019-12-20 — filed
AMF France v. Morgan Stanley & Co International Plc (price manipulation, 2019) AMF (France) 2019-12-04 — judgment
CFTC v. Hard Eight Futures, LLC and Igor Chernomzav (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-09-30 $2.5m judgment
SEC v. George Matin (matched orders, 2019) SEC 2019-09-25 — settled
SEC v. Harold Minsky (matched orders, 2019) SEC 2019-09-25 — settled
Corporate finance director charged with conspiring to manipulate market (ASIC, 2019) ASIC 2019-09-18 — judgment
CFTC v. Michael Nowak and Gregg Smith (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-09-16 $350k settled
Former director convicted of market manipulation (ASIC, 2019) ASIC 2019-09-09 — judgment
SEC v. Samuel Brown, et al. (price manipulation, 2019) SEC 2019-08-16 — judgment
SEC v. Mark E. Burns (price manipulation, 2019) SEC 2019-08-12 $60k judgment
SEC v. Reginald Middleton and Veritaseum (price manipulation, 2019) SEC 2019-08-12 $1m judgment
CFTC v. Corey D. Flaum (price manipulation, 2019) CFTC 2019-07-25 — settled
CFTC v. Merrill Lynch Commodities (price manipulation, 2019) CFTC 2019-06-25 $11.5m judgment
AMF France v. Sylvain Duport (layering, 2019) AMF (France) 2019-02-11 — settled
SEC v. Lai Guanglin (Alan) (marking the close, 2018) SEC 2018-12-10 $400k settled
Court orders penalties and other relief against Westpac for BBSW conduct (ASIC, 2018) ASIC 2018-11-09 — judgment
AMF France v. Keren Finance, A and B (wash trading, 2018) AMF (France) 2018-11-08 — judgment
CFTC v. Davis Ramsey (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-27 $325k settled
CFTC v. Davis Ramsey (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-27 $325k settled
CFTC v. Adam Flavin (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-26 $125k judgment
CFTC v. Adam Flavin and Peter Grady (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-26 $375k settled
CFTC v. Bank of America (benchmark submission rigging, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-19 $30m judgment
CFTC v. ICAP Capital Markets LLC (benchmark submission rigging, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-18 $50m judgment
CFTC v. BNP Paribas (benchmark submission rigging, 2018) CFTC 2018-08-29 $90m judgment
SEC v. Gary S. Williky (insider trading, price manipulation, 2018) SEC 2018-08-23 $1.7m judgment
SEC v. Mark E. Burns, Robert W. Murray (price manipulation, 2018) SEC 2018-07-17 — settled
CFTC v. Lansing Trade Group, LLC (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-07-12 $3.4m settled
ASIC v. CBA (price manipulation, 2018) ASIC 2018-07-10 — judgment
CFTC v. JPMorgan Chase Bank (benchmark submission rigging, 2018) CFTC 2018-06-18 $65m judgment
CFTC v. Société Générale S.A. (benchmark submission rigging, 2018) CFTC 2018-06-04 $475m judgment
South Australian day trader sentenced for market manipulation (ASIC, 2018) ASIC 2018-04-10 — judgment
SEC v. Sohrab ("Sam") Sharma and Robert Farkas (unregistered distributions, 2018) SEC 2018-04-02 — judgment
CFTC v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (benchmark submission rigging, 2018) CFTC 2018-02-01 $70m judgment
ASIC commences civil penalty proceedings against Commonwealth Bank of Australia for BBSW conduct (2018) ASIC 2018-01-30 — settled
CFTC v. Deutsche Bank (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 $30m judgment
CFTC v. UBS (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 $15m judgment
AMF France v. Syquant Capital (layering, 2017) AMF (France) 2017-12-01 — settled
FCA v. Paul Axel Walter (price manipulation, 2017) FCA 2017-11-22 — settled
CFTC v. Statoil ASA (price manipulation, 2017) CFTC 2017-11-14 $4m settled
Sydney man faces charges for market manipulation (ASIC, 2017) ASIC 2017-09-19 — judgment
Day trader pleads guilty to market manipulation (ASIC, 2017) ASIC 2017-08-28 — judgment
CFTC v. David Liew (price manipulation, 2017) CFTC 2017-06-02 — settled
SEC v. Robert W. Murray (price manipulation, 2017) SEC 2017-05-19 — settled
CFTC v. The Royal Bank of Scotland (benchmark submission rigging, 2017) CFTC 2017-02-03 $85m judgment
SEC v. Cort Poyner et al. (price manipulation, 2017) SEC 2017-01-19 — judgment
CFTC v. Goldman Sachs (benchmark submission rigging, 2016) CFTC 2016-12-21 $120m judgment
CFTC v. Navinder Singh Sarao (layering, 2016) CFTC 2016-11-17 $25.7m judgment
CFTC v. Navinder Singh Sarao (spoofing, 2016) CFTC 2016-11-09 — settled
AMF France v. Getco Europe Ltd (price manipulation, 2016) AMF (France) 2016-07-08 — judgment
AMF France v. A (price manipulation, 2016) AMF (France) 2016-07-05 — judgment
SEC v. Chris Faulkner and others (Breitling Energy, 2016) SEC 2016-06-24 — settled
CFTC v. Citibank (benchmark submission rigging, 2016) CFTC 2016-05-25 $175m judgment
Court reduces jail time for New South Wales man sentenced for market manipulation (ASIC, 2016) ASIC 2016-02-29 — judgment
ASIC bans former financial adviser for market manipulation (2015) ASIC 2015-12-18 — judgment
OSC v. Zhen (Steven) Pang and Oasis World Trading Inc. (price manipulation, 2015) OSC 2015-12-10 — settled
CFTC v. Total Gas & Power North America, Inc. and Therese Tran (price manipulation, 2015) CFTC 2015-12-07 $3.6m settled
SEC v. Joseph Catapano and Michael Piervinanzi (price manipulation, 2015) SEC 2015-10-26 $54.4k judgment
NSW man jailed for market manipulation (ASIC, 2015) ASIC 2015-09-25 — judgment
ASIC v. D J Carmichael Pty Limited (price manipulation, 2015) ASIC 2015-09-23 — settled
FCA v. Lee Bruce Stewart (benchmark submission rigging, 2015) FCA 2015-07-21 — judgment
CFTC v. Joseph F. Welsh III (price manipulation, 2015) CFTC 2015-06-19 $500k judgment
AMF France v. A, X and GEM Investments America LLC (price manipulation and insider trading, 2015) AMF (France) 2015-06-05 — judgment
SEC v. Edmond L. Lonergan and Green Planet Group, Inc. (price manipulation, 2015) SEC 2015-06-02 $25k settled
CFTC v. Barclays (benchmark submission rigging, 2015) CFTC 2015-05-20 $115m judgment
CFTC v. Barclays Bank PLC (FX benchmark manipulation, 2015) CFTC 2015-05-20 $400m settled
CFTC v. Deutsche Bank AG (LIBOR and Euribor manipulation, 2015) CFTC 2015-04-23 $800m settled
FCA v. Deutsche Bank AG (benchmark submission rigging, 2015) FCA 2015-04-23 — settled
CFTC v. U.K. Resident Navinder Singh Sarao and His Company Nav Sarao Futures Limited PLC (layering, 2015) CFTC 2015-04-21 $25.7m settled
CFTC v. Kraft Foods Group, Inc. and Mondelēz Global LLC (price manipulation, 2015) CFTC 2015-04-01 $16m settled
FCA v. David Caplin (benchmark submission rigging, 2015) FCA 2015-01-22 — settled
Former Genetic Technologies CEO jailed for market manipulation (ASIC, 2014) ASIC 2014-11-28 — judgment
CFTC v. Citibank, HSBC, JPMorgan, RBS and UBS (FX benchmark manipulation, 2014) CFTC 2014-11-12 $1.5bn settled
Former Genetic Technologies CEO convicted of market manipulation (ASIC, 2014) ASIC 2014-11-05 — judgment
New South Wales man pleads guilty to market manipulation (ASIC, 2014) ASIC 2014-10-16 — judgment
CFTC v. Eric Moncada, BES Capital LLC and Serdika LLC (price manipulation, 2014) CFTC 2014-10-01 $1.6m judgment
CFTC v. Brian Hunter (price manipulation, 2014) CFTC 2014-09-15 $750k judgment
CFTC v. Parnon Energy Inc., Arcadia Petroleum Ltd., Arcadia Energy (Suisse) SA, James Dyer and Nicholas Wildgoose (price manipulation, 2014) CFTC 2014-08-04 $13m settled
CFTC v. Lloyds Banking Group and Lloyds Bank (benchmark submission rigging, 2014) CFTC 2014-07-28 $105m settled
CFTC v. RP Martin Holdings Limited and Its Subsidiary (benchmark submission rigging, 2014) CFTC 2014-05-15 $1.2m settled
FCA v. Martin Brokers (UK) Ltd (Martins) (benchmark submission rigging, 2014) FCA 2014-05-15 — settled
FCA v. Mark Stevenson (price manipulation, 2014) FCA 2014-03-20 — settled
CFTC v. Daniel Shak and SHK Management LLC (banging the close, 2013) CFTC 2013-11-25 $400k settled
CFTC v. Donald R. Wilson and DRW Investments, LLC (banging the close, 2013) CFTC 2013-11-06 — judgment
SEC v. Charles M. Raspa (price manipulation, 2013) SEC 2013-11-05 — settled
SEC v. Steven Markowitz (price manipulation, 2013) SEC 2013-11-05 — settled
CFTC v. Rabobank (benchmark submission rigging, 2013) CFTC 2013-10-29 $475m settled
FCA v. Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen–Boerenleenbank B.A. (‘Rabobank’) (benchmark submission rigging, 2013) FCA 2013-10-29 — settled
CFTC v. JPMorgan Chase Bank (price manipulation, 2013) CFTC 2013-10-16 $100m judgment
CFTC v. ICAP Europe Limited (benchmark submission rigging, 2013) CFTC 2013-09-25 $65m settled
FCA v. ICAP Europe Ltd (benchmark submission rigging, 2013) FCA 2013-09-25 — settled
FCA v. Michael Coscia (layering, 2013) FCA 2013-07-03 $903k settled
CFTC v. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and RBS Securities Japan Limited (benchmark submission rigging, 2013) CFTC 2013-02-06 $325m settled
FCA v. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (benchmark submission rigging, 2013) FCA 2013-02-06 — settled
AMF France v. Company X and A (price manipulation, 2011) AMF (France) 2011-10-28 — judgment
AMF France v. A, X, Y, Z, W (price manipulation, 2011) AMF (France) 2011-05-26 — judgment
AMF France v. SAFE S.p.a. (penny-stock manipulation, 2009) AMF (France) 2009-04-09 — judgment