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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