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Wash trading enforcement actions

This library records 106 enforcement actions tagged wash trading. Wash trading is buying and selling the same asset with no change in beneficial ownership and no market risk, so that a trade prints publicly and creates a false impression of activity or price.

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 wash trading technique page.

Actions
100
Total penalties
$93.7m
Median penalty
$735k
Largest
$35m
Criminal parallel
9%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEC v. Gotbit Consulting LLC a/k/a Gotbit Hedge Fund and Fedor Kedrov (paid crypto market making, 2026) SEC 2026-08-03 — settled
SEC v. Justin Sun, Tron Foundation Limited, BitTorrent Foundation Ltd., Rainberry, Inc., and DeAndre Cortez Way (wash trading, 2026) SEC 2026-03-05 $10m settled
SEBI v. Usha Devi and others (price and volume manipulation of DU Digital Technologies, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-12-31 — judgment
Victorian man sentenced in market manipulation case (ASIC, 2025) ASIC 2025-12-12 — judgment
SEBI v. Indra Pratap Gajraj Singh (Octant Interactive Technologies circular trading, remand dismissal, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-11-27 — dismissed
SEBI v. Chandrima Mercantiles Limited and others (price and volume manipulation of Quasar India, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-10-31 — judgment
CFTC v. Shinhan Securities Co. Ltd. (wash trading, 2025) CFTC 2025-09-17 $213k judgment
SEBI v. Panchal Shanti Lal (alleged reversal and synchronized trades, Swan Energy, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-09-17 — dismissed
SEC v. Suyun Gu, et al. (wash trading, 2025) SEC 2025-07-21 $622k judgment
Victorian man charged over alleged market manipulation (ASIC, 2025) ASIC 2025-03-14 — judgment
SEBI v. Vijay Pujara and others (synchronized and circular trades, Kavit Industries, 2025) SEBI (India) 2025-02-28 — judgment
SEC v. Gotbit Consulting LLC a/k/a Gotbit Hedge Fund and Fedor Kedrov (paid crypto market making, 2024) SEC 2024-10-09 — unknown
SEC v. ZM Quant Investment Ltd., Baijun Ou a/k/a Eric Ou, and Ruiqi Lau a/k/a Ricky Liu (paid crypto market making, 2024) SEC 2024-10-09 — unknown
CFTC v. Taishin Securities Co., Ltd. (wash trading, 2024) CFTC 2024-10-01 $200k judgment
SEBI v. Sureshkumar Parmar and others (Premier Synthetics Limited circular trades, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-09-30 — judgment
SEBI v. Rajendra D. Shah and 35 others (NIFTY index options trades, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-08-30 — judgment
CFTC v. Raizen Energia SA and Raizen Trading SA (wash trading, 2024) CFTC 2024-08-19 $750k judgment
SEBI v. 768 applicants (ISO Settlement Scheme 2024, reversal trades in BSE stock options) SEBI (India) 2024-08-19 — settled
SEBI v. Bharat Bhushan and others (Best Agrolife Ltd, 2024) SEBI (India) 2024-04-03 — judgment
SEC v. SafeMoon LLC, SafeMoon US LLC, Kyle Nagy, Braden John Karony, Thomas Glenn Smith (wash trading, 2023) SEC 2023-11-01 — filed
SEBI v. Chiranjilal Jayaram Vyas and others (Sunteck Realty, remand penalty, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-09-14 — judgment
SEBI v. Jayesh Rawal and others (Generic Engineering Construction and Projects, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-08-10 — judgment
SEC v. Justin Sun, Tron Foundation Limited, BitTorrent Foundation Ltd., Rainberry, Inc., Austin Mahone, and Deandre Cortez Way (paid stock promotion, 2023) SEC 2023-08-07 $37.5k judgment
SEBI v. Crosseas Capital Services Ltd (Wockhardt self-trades, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-07-31 — dismissed
SEBI v. Crosseas Capital Services Pvt. Ltd. (self-trades in Wockhardt Ltd, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-06-19 — dismissed
SEBI v. Divyaben Hiteshbhai Gangani and others (Kapil Raj Finance Ltd, circular trades, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-06-16 — judgment
SEBI v. Kajalben Kiranbhai Trivedi and others (Cosyn, Tera Software, Flex Foods and Jubilant Industries, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-05-31 — judgment
ASIC v. Gabriel Govinda (price manipulation, 2023) ASIC 2023-05-03 — judgment
SEC v. Carlos Eduardo Reyes Alvarez (wash trading, 2023) SEC 2023-05-01 $160k judgment
SEBI v. Om Hari Mahabir Halan HUF and others (Shree Global Tradefin, synchronised trades, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-04-28 — judgment
SEBI v. Vinodkumar Hirabhai Parmar and others (India Infraspace Ltd, 69 noticees, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-03-31 — judgment
SEC v. Justin Sun et al. (paid stock promotion, 2023) SEC 2023-03-24 $10m settled
SEBI v. 10,980 settling entities (reversal trades in illiquid BSE stock options, settlement scheme, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-03-08 — settled
SEBI v. Utkarsh Jain and others (artificial volume and circular trades, North Eastern Carrying Corporation, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-02-21 — judgment
SEBI v. Chirag Parmar (circular trades allegation, A.F. Enterprises, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-02-20 — dismissed
SEBI v. Nishant Jain and others (synchronised and circular trades, BFL Asset Finvest, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-01-31 — judgment
SEBI v. Asthvinayak Trexim Pvt. Ltd and others (circular trades and bulk-SMS promotion, V B Industries, 2023) SEBI (India) 2023-01-31 — judgment
SEBI v. Santosh Maruti Patil (Spectacle Industries, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-12-16 — judgment
SEBI v. Austral Coke and Projects Ltd and others (IPO proceeds, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-12-05 — judgment
SEBI v. Krupa Sanjay Soni and others (Parichay Investments, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-11-30 — judgment
SEBI v. Shanta Rathi and Biradar Khande Rao (Sawaca Business Machines, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-11-29 — judgment
SEBI v. Finquest Securities Pvt Ltd (broker and circular trades in Seshasayee Paper, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-10-25 — dismissed
CFTC v. COFCO Corp. and Chinatex Corp., Ltd. (wash trading, 2022) CFTC 2022-09-23 $720k judgment
ASIC v. Gabriel Govinda (price manipulation, 2022) ASIC 2022-06-07 — judgment
SEBI v. Bharat Jayantilal Patel and others (synchronised trades, Super Sales India, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-29 — judgment
SEBI v. Amitkumar Rameshchandra Rana (Shree Global Tradefin self-trades, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-29 — dismissed
SEBI v. K Venkatraman (reversal trades, Coromandel Fertilizers, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-28 — dismissed
SEBI v. Jyoti Devi and others (synchronised and reversal trades, Swan Energy, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-27 — judgment
SEBI v. Finquest Securities Pvt. Ltd. and Shailesh Shah Securities Pvt. Ltd. (broker case, Crest Ventures, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-27 — dismissed
SEBI v. SIC Stock and Services Pvt Ltd (broker, self-trades, Mefcom Agro Industries, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-04-26 — dismissed
SEBI v. Sunil Kumar Purohit (circular trades, Gravity India, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-31 — dismissed
SEBI v. Shree Gopal Gupta and others (employee trading, Regency Hospital, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-31 — dismissed
SEBI v. Sunil Purohit (circular trades, Rajesh Exports, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-30 — dismissed
SEBI v. Bharat Jayantilal Patel and others (synchronised trades and algorithmic arbitrage, Crest Ventures, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-30 — dismissed
SEBI v. Shilpi Krishnakumar Modi (self-trades, Mefcom Agro Industries, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-30 — dismissed
SEBI v. Finquest Securities Pvt Ltd (broker, synchronised trades, Asian Granito India, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-29 — judgment
SEBI v. Chiranjilal Jayaram Vyas and others (circular trades, Sunteck Realty, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-25 — judgment
SEBI v. Sunil Purohit (circular trades, TASC Pharmaceuticals, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-23 — dismissed
SEBI v. Nouveau Shares and Securities Limited (broker enquiry, Peacock Industries, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-23 — dismissed
SEBI v. Antala Real Broking & Impex Private Ltd. and others (synchronised and reversal trades, Kavveri Telecom, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-23 — judgment
SEBI v. Rajendrakumar Chhotamalji Mehta (self-trades, Pine Animation, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-14 — judgment
SEBI v. Gajanan Enterprises and B. P. Equities Private Limited (self-trades, Ess Dee Aluminium, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-03-11 — dismissed
SEBI v. Purshottam Khandelwal (alleged self-trades and price lifting, Mefcom Agro Industries, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-28 — dismissed
SEBI v. Crosseas Capital Services Pvt. Ltd. (alleged self-trades, Ess Dee Aluminium, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-28 — dismissed
SEBI v. Girraj Kishore Agarwal and others (circular and reversal trades, Octant Interactive Technologies, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-28 — judgment
SEBI v. Sunil Kumar Purohit (synchronized trades, K. Sera Sera Production, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-18 — dismissed
SEBI v. Sterling International Enterprises Ltd (issuer in circular-trading case, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-17 — judgment
SEBI v. Mohammad Rashid and R K Stockholding Pvt. Ltd. (synchronized and reversal trades, Religare Enterprises, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-15 — judgment
SEBI v. V. P. Patel and others (listing-day trading, Bharatiya Global Infomedia IPO, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-02-14 — dismissed
SEBI v. Nitin Jayantilal Sandesara and others (circular trades, Sterling International Enterprises, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-01-31 — judgment
SEBI v. Agrata Shares Securities Pvt. Ltd. and others (synchronized trades, Era Infra Engineering, 2022) SEBI (India) 2022-01-28 — judgment
CFTC v. Kunal Bansal, Vinit Agarwal, Aralia Securities, Ltd. and Vintage Bullion DMCC (wash trading, 2021) CFTC 2021-12-27 $100k judgment
SEC v. Suyun Gu, et al. (wash trading, 2021) SEC 2021-09-27 $25k settled
SEC v. Ahmad Haris Tajyar and Eric Leo Marsoubian (marking the close, 2021) SEC 2021-08-13 $220k settled
AMF France v. X, Y, Z and others (wash trading, 2021) AMF (France) 2021-08-04 — judgment
CFTC v. SummerHaven Investment Management LLC (wash trading, 2021) CFTC 2021-05-18 $500k judgment
CFTC v. Coinbase Inc. (exchange wash trading, 2021) CFTC 2021-03-19 $6.5m judgment
FCA v. Adrian Geoffrey Horn (wash trading, 2021) FCA 2021-03-03 — unknown
OSC v. Coinsquare Ltd. and others (exchange wash trading, 2020) OSC 2020-07-17 — settled
CFTC v. Mehran Khorrami and Cayley Investment Management, LLC (wash trading, 2020) CFTC 2020-05-07 $150k judgment
CFTC v. RBC Capital Markets (wash trading, 2019) CFTC 2019-10-01 $5m judgment
CFTC v. Eagle Market Makers, Inc. (wash trading, 2019) CFTC 2019-06-28 $350k judgment
FCA v. Terry John Farr (benchmark submission rigging, 2019) FCA 2019-05-29 — judgment
AMF France v. Keren Finance, A and B (wash trading, 2018) AMF (France) 2018-11-08 — judgment
CFTC v. Glencore Agriculture B.V. and Glencore Ltd. (wash trading, 2018) CFTC 2018-04-30 $2m judgment
FCA v. Neil Danziger (benchmark submission rigging, 2018) FCA 2018-01-08 — judgment
CFTC v. Aruba-based Copersucar Trading A.V.V. (wash trading, 2017) CFTC 2017-08-15 $300k judgment
CFTC v. Rosenthal Collins Capital Markets LLC (wash trading, 2017) CFTC 2017-06-29 $5.2m judgment
CFTC v. SG Americas Securities (wash trading, 2016) CFTC 2016-09-28 $750k judgment
CFTC v. JSC VTB Bank and VTB Capital PLC Jointly (wash trading, 2016) CFTC 2016-09-19 $5m judgment
CFTC v. Cargill de México SA De CV (wash trading, 2015) CFTC 2015-09-24 $500k judgment
CFTC v. TeraExchange LLC (wash trading, 2015) CFTC 2015-09-24 — judgment
SEC v. David Craven and Alexander J. Craven (pump and dump, 2015) SEC 2015-04-01 $4.9m judgment
SEC v. David Craven and Alexander J. Craven (pump and dump, 2015) SEC 2015-03-12 — unknown
SEC v. Gary S. Williky (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-03-02 $1.7m judgment
CFTC v. Royal Bank of Canada (wash trading, 2014) CFTC 2014-12-18 $35m judgment
CFTC v. Eric Moncada, BES Capital LLC and Serdika LLC (price manipulation, 2014) CFTC 2014-10-01 $1.6m judgment
CFTC v. RP Martin Holdings Limited and Its Subsidiary (benchmark submission rigging, 2014) CFTC 2014-05-15 $1.2m settled
FCA v. Martin Brokers (UK) Ltd (Martins) (benchmark submission rigging, 2014) FCA 2014-05-15 — settled
OSC v. David De Gouveia (wash trading, 2014) OSC 2014-02-18 — unknown