Home / Cases / Spoofing Spoofing enforcement actions This library records 108 enforcement actions tagged spoofing. Spoofing is placing orders a trader intends to cancel before execution, to create a false impression of supply or demand and move the price toward a smaller genuine order on the other side.
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 spoofing technique page.
Actions 100
Total penalties $813m
Median penalty $600k
Largest $436m
Criminal parallel 19% Action Agency Filed Penalty Status SEC v. Frank M. Cerisano Jr. (spoofing, 2026) SEC 2026-08-10 $335k settled SEC v. Mingran Wang (spoofing, 2026) SEC 2026-06-25 — settled CFTC v. Sidney Lebental (spoofing, 2026) CFTC 2026-05-06 $200k judgment CFTC v. Gregg Smith and Michael Nowak (spoofing, 2026) CFTC 2026-01-16 $350k judgment SEBI v. Manish Mishra and others (YouTube promotion of GG Engineering, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-12-19 — judgment SEC v. Artur Khachatryan (spoofing, 2025) SEC 2025-12-16 $112k settled CFTC v. Brett Falloon and Flatiron Futures Traders LLC (spoofing, 2025) CFTC 2025-09-09 $200k judgment SEC v. Ryan N. Cole (spoofing, 2025) SEC 2025-08-11 $70.4k settled AMF France v. M. Frédéric Marty and others (spoofing, 2025) AMF (France) 2025-02-03 — judgment SEC v. Zachary Stevenson (spoofing, 2024) SEC 2024-12-13 $150k settled SEC v. TD Securities (USA) LLC (spoofing, 2024) SEC 2024-09-30 $6.5m settled SEC v. Joel David Castro Leon and Shmuel A. Sherr (spoofing, 2024) SEC 2024-09-17 $139k settled CFTC v. Daniel Shak (spoofing, 2024) CFTC 2024-04-11 $750k settled SEC v. Jason Nielsen (spoofing, 2024) SEC 2024-04-03 — judgment AMF France v. Jordi Eeman (layering, 2023) AMF (France) 2023-11-16 — settled SEBI v. Jatin Rasiklal Mansata and others (Shri Krishna Prasadam, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-10-30 — judgment CFTC v. Logista Advisors LLC and Andrew Serotta (spoofing, 2023) CFTC 2023-09-07 — filed CFTC v. Adam Cobb-Webb (spoofing, 2023) CFTC 2023-08-01 $150k judgment CFTC v. HSBC Bank USA (spoofing, 2023) CFTC 2023-05-12 $45m judgment SEBI v. Nimi Enterprises and others (order-book spoofing, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-04-28 — judgment CFTC v. Walleye Capital LLC (spoofing, 2022) CFTC 2022-12-12 $550k judgment SEBI v. Urmila Debi (order-book manipulation in Krishana Fabrics, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-12-06 — judgment CFTC v. Randy Chen and Tanius Technology, LLC (spoofing, 2022) CFTC 2022-09-26 $750k judgment SEBI v. Manoj Chhaganalal Rathod HUF (order placement and deletion, Global Infratech and Finance, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-09-26 — judgment SEBI v. Mayur Maheshkumar Panchal and others (order placement and cancellation, Ejecta Marketing, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-09-06 — judgment CFTC v. Eric Schwartz (spoofing, 2022) CFTC 2022-08-24 $100k judgment CFTC v. Daniel Shak (spoofing, 2022) CFTC 2022-08-05 $750k settled SEBI v. Nishil Surendrabhai Marfatia (large sell orders deleted, Veronica Production, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-06-27 — judgment SEC v. Vali Management Partners (Avalon FA Ltd), Nathan Fayyer and Sergey Pustelnik (layering, 2022) SEC 2022-06-17 $22.5m judgment AMF France v. Nyenburgh Holding B.V. and others (spoofing, 2022) AMF (France) 2022-05-06 — judgment CFTC v. David Skudder, Global Ag LLC and Nesvick Trading Group LLC (spoofing, 2022) CFTC 2022-04-14 — filed CFTC v. James Vorley and Cedric Chanu (spoofing, 2022) CFTC 2022-04-07 $300k judgment CFTC v. Roman Banoczay Jr., Roman Banoczay Sr. and BAZUR Spol. S.R.O. (spoofing, 2021) CFTC 2021-12-08 $750k settled SEC v. Xuepeng Xie (layering, 2021) SEC 2021-09-27 $600k settled CFTC v. Zhao (spoofing, 2021) CFTC 2021-06-11 — settled AMF France v. X and A (spoofing, 2021) AMF (France) 2021-05-28 — judgment FCA v. Corrado Abbattista (spoofing, 2020) FCA 2020-12-15 — judgment AMF France v. Jefferies International Ltd (spoofing, 2020) AMF (France) 2020-10-29 — settled CFTC v. Brendan Delovitch, Wesley Johnson, Rajeev Kansal and ARB Trading Group LP (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-09-30 $745k judgment CFTC v. Sunoco (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-09-30 $450k judgment CFTC v. JPMorgan (price manipulation, 2020) CFTC 2020-09-29 $436m settled CFTC v. Roman Banoczay Jr., Roman Banoczay Sr. and BAZUR Spol. S.R.O. (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-09-29 $750k settled SEC v. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (layering and spoofing, 2020) SEC 2020-09-29 $25m settled CFTC v. Thomas Donino and FNY Partners Fund LP (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-09-28 $585k judgment CFTC v. Edge Financial Technologies (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-09-15 $48.4k judgment CFTC v. The Bank of Nova Scotia (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-08-19 — judgment CFTC v. The Bank of Nova Scotia (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-08-19 $109m judgment SEC v. Nicholas Mejia Scrivener (layering, 2020) SEC 2020-08-10 $50k settled CFTC v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-06-18 $1.3m settled SEC v. Jason C. Nielsen (pump and dump, 2020) SEC 2020-06-10 — settled CFTC v. Propex Derivatives Pty Ltd (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-01-21 $462k judgment CFTC v. Mirae Asset Daewoo Co., Ltd. (spoofing, 2020) CFTC 2020-01-13 $700k judgment CFTC v. Mitsubishi Corporation RtM Japan Ltd. (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-11-07 $500k judgment CFTC v. Tower Research Capital LLC (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-11-07 $24.4m judgment CFTC v. Belvedere Trading LLC (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-10-01 $1.1m judgment CFTC v. Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-10-01 $1.5m judgment CFTC v. Mitsubishi International Corporation (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-10-01 $400k judgment CFTC v. Hard Eight Futures, LLC and Igor Chernomzav (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-09-30 $2.5m judgment CFTC v. Christian Trunz (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-09-16 — judgment CFTC v. John Lawrence and Heraeus Metals New York LLC (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-09-16 $1m judgment CFTC v. Michael Nowak and Gregg Smith (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-09-16 $350k settled CFTC v. Benjamin Cox (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-07-31 $150k 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 CFTC v. Krishna Mohan (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-02-25 — settled CFTC v. Andre Flotron (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-02-07 $100k judgment CFTC v. Kevin Crepeau (spoofing, 2019) CFTC 2019-01-31 $120k judgment OSC v. K2 & Associates Investment Management Inc. and others (spoofing, 2018) OSC 2018-10-17 — settled CFTC v. Kamaldeep Gandhi (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-10-12 — judgment CFTC v. The Bank of Nova Scotia (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-10-01 $800k judgment CFTC v. Mizuho Bank (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-21 $250k judgment CFTC v. Geneva Trading USA (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-20 $1.5m judgment CFTC v. Victory Asset, Inc. and Michael D. Franko (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-19 $2.3m judgment OSC v. Harald Seemann, Jens Brandt and Karl Pawlowicz (spoofing, 2018) OSC 2018-05-03 — unknown CFTC v. Anuj C. Singhal (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-04-09 $150k judgment CFTC v. Andre Flotron (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 $100k settled CFTC v. Deutsche Bank (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 $30m judgment CFTC v. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 $1.6m judgment CFTC v. James Vorley and Cedric Chanu (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 $300k settled CFTC v. Jiongsheng Zhao (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 — settled CFTC v. Jitesh Thakkar and Edge Financial Technologies (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 $48.4k settled CFTC v. Krishna Mohan (spoofing, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 — settled CFTC v. UBS (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 $15m judgment FCA v. Paul Axel Walter (price manipulation, 2017) FCA 2017-11-22 — settled CFTC v. Arab Global Commodities DMCC (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-10-10 $300k judgment CFTC v. Logista Advisors LLC (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-09-29 $250k judgment CFTC v. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-08-07 $600k judgment CFTC v. Simon Posen (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-07-26 $635k judgment CFTC non-prosecution agreements with Jeremy Lao, Daniel Liao and Shlomo Salant (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-06-29 — settled CFTC v. David Liew (price manipulation, 2017) CFTC 2017-06-02 — settled AMF France v. Deutsche Bank AG London Branch (layering, 2017) AMF (France) 2017-05-29 — settled CFTC v. Stephen Gola and Jonathan Brims (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-03-30 $550k judgment CFTC v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-01-19 $25m judgment CFTC v. Igor B. Oystacher and 3Red Trading LLC (spoofing, 2016) CFTC 2016-12-20 $2.5m 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 CFTC v. Heet Khara and Nasim Salim (spoofing, 2016) CFTC 2016-04-05 $2.7m judgment OSC v. Zhen (Steven) Pang and Oasis World Trading Inc. (price manipulation, 2015) OSC 2015-12-10 — settled CFTC v. Igor B. Oystacher and 3 Red Trading LLC (spoofing, 2015) CFTC 2015-10-19 $2.5m settled SEC v. Briargate Trading, LLC and Eric Oscher (spoofing, 2015) SEC 2015-10-08 $500k judgment
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