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Social media ramps enforcement actions

This library records 10 enforcement actions tagged social media ramps. A social media ramp is a coordinated posting campaign designed to drive attention and buying into a thinly traded security, so that the organisers can sell into the demand their posts created.

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 social media ramps technique page.

Actions
10
Total penalties
$426k
Median penalty
$213k
Largest
$230k
Criminal parallel
40%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEC v. Brett Rosen and others (social media ramps, 2026) SEC 2026-02-04 — filed
SEC v. David Banister, et al. (social media ramps, 2024) SEC 2024-12-10 — filed
SEC v. Michael M. Beck and Helen Robinson (social media ramps, 2024) SEC 2024-05-13 $230k judgment
SEC v. Jeremy Koski (social media ramps, 2023) SEC 2023-09-01 — filed
SEC v. Francis Sabo (social media ramps, 2023) SEC 2023-05-26 — settled
SEC v. Edward Constantin, et al. (social media ramps, 2022) SEC 2022-12-14 — filed
SEC v. Justin Costello and David Ferraro (social media ramps, 2022) SEC 2022-10-06 — filed
SEC v. Michael M. Beck, a/k/a @BigMoneyMike6, and Relief Defendant Helen P. Robinson (newsletter scalping, 2022) SEC 2022-02-07 — filed
SEC v. Steven M. Gallagher, a/k/a "Alexander Delarge" (social media ramps, 2021) SEC 2021-10-26 — filed
SEC v. Andrew L. Fassari (social media ramps, 2021) SEC 2021-08-27 $195k judgment