Home / Cases / Unregistered distributions Unregistered distributions enforcement actions This library records 136 enforcement actions tagged unregistered distributions. An unregistered distribution is selling securities to the public without registration or a valid exemption, which Securities Act Section 5 prohibits regardless of whether anyone was deceived or harmed.
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 unregistered distributions technique page.
Actions 100
Total penalties $67.7m
Median penalty $285k
Largest $37.5m
Criminal parallel 10% Action Agency Filed Penalty Status SEC v. Stephen J. Czarnik (paid stock promotion, 2026) SEC 2026-06-29 — judgment SEC v. Zachary Miller (unregistered distributions, 2026) SEC 2026-03-05 — settled SEC v. David Hudzik (unregistered distributions, 2025) SEC 2025-12-23 $70k judgment SEC v. Ongkaruck Sripetch, et al. (pump and dump, 2025) SEC 2025-06-20 — dismissed SEC v. Peter Scalise III and The3rdBevco Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2025) SEC 2025-06-17 $236k judgment SEC v. Investview, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2025) SEC 2025-01-17 — settled SEC v. Tai Mo Shan Limited (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-12-20 — settled SEC v. David C. Underwood (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-12-09 $50k settled SEC v. Marc J. Toomey (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-12-09 $50k settled SEC v. Stephen R. Bishop (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-12-09 — settled SEC v. Epic Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-11-08 — judgment SEC v. Mango Labs, LLC, Mango DAO, and Blockworks Foundation (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-09-27 — settled SEC v. Rari Capital Infrastructure LLC (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-09-18 — settled SEC v. Flyfish Club, LLC (chat group pumps, 2024) SEC 2024-09-16 $750k settled SEC v. Nutra Pharma Corporation, et al. (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-08-30 — judgment SEC v. OTC Link LLC (layering, 2024) SEC 2024-08-12 — settled SEC v. Nutra Pharma Corp. et al (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-05-15 — dismissed SEC v. TradeStation Crypto, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-02-07 — settled SEC v. unnamed respondents (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-11-21 — filed SEC v. William B. McHenry, Jr. and First South Investments, LLC (ponzi schemes, 2023) SEC 2023-09-26 — judgment SEC v. GGToor, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-09-18 — settled SEC v. Stoner Cats 2, LLC (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-09-13 — settled SEC v. Linus Financial, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-09-07 — settled SEC v. Impact Theory, LLC (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-08-28 $500k settled SEC v. Moshe aka "Mark" Feuer, Scott A. Taylor (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-07-31 — settled SEC v. Murray A. Huberfeld (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-07-31 — settled SEC v. Quantstamp, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-07-21 $1m settled SEC v. Green Stream Holdings, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-05-16 — settled SEC v. LiveWire Ergogenics, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-05-16 — settled SEC v. Principal Solar, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-05-16 — settled SEC v. SFLMaven Corp. (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-05-16 — settled SEC v. Verde Bio Holdings, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-05-16 — settled SEC v. Joshua Sason, et al. (Corrected) (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-05-12 — dismissed SEC v. Neil Bergquist; Up and Global SEZC; Coinme, Inc. (paid stock promotion, 2023) SEC 2023-04-28 $150k settled SEC v. Darren L. Ofsink (reverse merger schemes, 2023) SEC 2023-04-04 — judgment SEC v. William Andrew Stack, Esq. (undisclosed control blocks, 2023) SEC 2023-03-31 $333k judgment SEC v. Justin Sun et al. (paid stock promotion, 2023) SEC 2023-03-24 — settled SEC v. Cambria Capital, LLC (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-03-02 $100k settled SEC v. David S.Y. Chang (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-01-23 — settled SEC v. Nexo Capital Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2023) SEC 2023-01-19 — settled SEC v. PFP Entrust Corp. (unregistered distributions, 2022) SEC 2022-12-05 — settled SEC v. PIC Renegade Properties, LLC (unregistered distributions, 2022) SEC 2022-11-09 — settled SEC v. Sparkster, Ltd. and Sajjad Daya (unregistered distributions, 2022) SEC 2022-09-19 $500k settled SEC v. Nutra Pharma Corp. et al (unregistered distributions, 2022) SEC 2022-09-16 — unknown SEC v. Heckele and Mark W., Esq. (unregistered distributions, 2022) SEC 2022-08-29 — judgment SEC v. Nicolas Arkells (unregistered distributions, 2022) SEC 2022-08-24 — filed SEC v. Wealth Plus, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2022) SEC 2022-04-27 — settled SEC v. The Legal Funding Group of Georgia, LLC and Benjamin S. Eichholz (unregistered distributions, 2022) SEC 2022-04-19 — settled SEC v. Wedbush Securities Inc. (undisclosed control blocks, 2021) SEC 2021-12-15 $1m settled SEC v. Auzins (unregistered distributions, 2021) SEC 2021-12-03 — filed SEC v. Charles Parkinson Lloyd (reverse merger schemes, 2021) SEC 2021-09-15 — settled SEC v. Roger E. Dobrovodsky (unregistered distributions, 2021) SEC 2021-08-30 $50k settled SEC v. William Andrew Stack, Esq. (undisclosed control blocks, 2021) SEC 2021-01-21 — filed SEC v. Covalent Collective, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2020) SEC 2020-09-03 — settled SEC v. Abetterfinancialplan.Com, LLC (unregistered distributions, 2020) SEC 2020-07-14 — settled SEC v. Gomes et al. (unregistered distributions, 2020) SEC 2020-06-18 — filed SEC v. BitClave PTE Ltd. (unregistered distributions, 2020) SEC 2020-05-28 $400k settled SEC v. American Bondholders Foundation, LLC and Jonna Bianco (unregistered distributions, 2020) SEC 2020-04-30 $65k settled SEC v. Biltmore International Corporation (naked short selling debate, 2020) SEC 2020-04-24 — settled SEC v. Brian Robert Sodi, CPA (newsletter scalping, 2020) SEC 2020-04-17 — judgment SEC v. Bajic et al., Ciapala et al. (unregistered distributions, 2020) SEC 2020-01-10 — filed SEC v. John James Sheehan, Jr. (unregistered distributions, 2020) SEC 2020-01-10 — settled SEC v. S. Paul Kelley, et al. (reverse merger schemes, 2019) SEC 2019-12-20 — unknown SEC v. Bandimere and others (ponzi schemes, 2019) SEC 2019-11-22 $130k settled SEC v. Block.One (unregistered distributions, 2019) SEC 2019-09-30 — settled SEC v. iQuantifi, Inc. and Thomas F. White (unregistered distributions, 2019) SEC 2019-09-27 $25k settled SEC v. William M. Apostelos, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2019) SEC 2019-09-25 — judgment SEC v. Bio Defense Corporation, et al. (boiler rooms, 2019) SEC 2019-09-13 $37.5m judgment SEC v. Executive Financial Services, Inc. (ponzi schemes, 2019) SEC 2019-09-04 — unknown SEC v. Carol J. Wayland, et al. (boiler rooms, 2019) SEC 2019-07-19 — judgment SEC v. Zev Saltsman, et al. (unregistered distributions, 2019) SEC 2019-07-17 — judgment SEC v. GT Media, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2019) SEC 2019-07-01 — settled SEC v. Longfin Corp. and Venkata S. Meenavalli, Longfin et. al (unregistered distributions, 2019) SEC 2019-06-05 $2.9m settled SEC v. Jonathan H. Seigel, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2019) SEC 2019-05-21 — filed SEC v. Wilson-Davis & Co., Inc. (paid stock promotion, 2019) SEC 2019-05-15 — settled SEC v. BioElectronics Corp. IBEX, LLC St. John's, LLC Whelan and others (unregistered distributions, 2018) SEC 2018-12-21 $650k judgment SEC v. Tod A. Ditommaso, Esq. (unregistered distributions, 2018) SEC 2018-12-21 — settled SEC v. CoinAlpha Advisors LLC (unregistered distributions, 2018) SEC 2018-12-07 — settled SEC v. Richard J. Greenlaw et al. (unregistered distributions, 2018) SEC 2018-10-18 — judgment SEC v. COR Clearing, LLC (unregistered distributions, 2018) SEC 2018-09-28 $800k settled SEC v. Nutra Pharma Corp. et al (unregistered distributions, 2018) SEC 2018-09-28 — filed SEC v. Lubin and David (unregistered distributions, 2018) SEC 2018-08-21 — judgment SEC v. Alexander Charles White and Paul Douglas Vandivier (unregistered distributions, 2018) SEC 2018-08-13 — unknown SEC v. Chad Anthony Lewis (unregistered distributions, 2018) SEC 2018-08-13 — settled SEC v. Matthew C. Woodard (undisclosed control blocks, 2018) SEC 2018-07-10 — judgment SEC v. Chardan Capital Markets, LLC (undisclosed control blocks, 2018) SEC 2018-05-16 $1m settled SEC v. Jerard Basmagy (undisclosed control blocks, 2018) SEC 2018-05-16 $15k settled SEC v. Sohrab ("Sam") Sharma and Robert Farkas (unregistered distributions, 2018) SEC 2018-04-02 — filed SEC v. Jon E. Montroll and Bitfunder (unregistered distributions, 2018) SEC 2018-03-23 — filed SEC v. Merrill Lynch and Pierce and Fenner & Smith Incorporated (unregistered distributions, 2018) SEC 2018-03-08 — settled SEC v. AmeraTex Energy, Inc., et al (unregistered distributions, 2018) SEC 2018-02-28 — filed SEC v. Andrew H. Wilson, Esq. (undisclosed control blocks, 2018) SEC 2018-02-05 — judgment SEC v. Ronald A. Fossum, Jr. and Alonzo R. Cahoon (unregistered distributions, 2017) SEC 2017-12-20 — filed SEC v. Micheal A. Skerry (newsletter scalping, 2017) SEC 2017-09-29 $100k judgment SEC v. Success Holding Group International, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2017) SEC 2017-09-28 $100k settled SEC v. Caledonian Bank Ltd., et al. (unregistered distributions, 2017) SEC 2017-08-25 $19.2m judgment SEC v. Windsor Street Capital, L.P. ( and others (unregistered distributions, 2017) SEC 2017-07-28 — settled SEC v. Lubin and David (unregistered distributions, 2017) SEC 2017-07-19 — judgment SEC v. Steve G. Blasko (boiler rooms, 2017) SEC 2017-07-07 — filed SEC v. Andrew T.E. Coldicutt, et al. (unregistered distributions, 2017) SEC 2017-05-05 — unknown
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