Short and distort enforcement actions

This library records 3 enforcement actions tagged short and distort. Short and distort is taking a short position and then publishing false or materially misleading negative claims about the issuer, in order to drive the price down and cover cheaply.

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 short and distort technique page.

Actions

3

Total penalties

$160k

Median penalty

$160k

Largest

$160k

Criminal parallel

0%