Enforcement week to 2026-09-04: 5 actions
5 market manipulation enforcement actions were recorded in the week to 2026-09-04.
5 market manipulation enforcement actions were recorded across 5 trading days in the week to 2026-09-04, brought by SEC. No civil penalty figures were disclosed.
Related but distinct
4 actions. SEC v. David T. Gilchrist, Christopher Aaron Novinger, Rebecca Novinger (ponzi schemes, 2026) · SEC v. Mark D. Hanf and Hoai-Nam Chu Phan a/k/a Nam Phan (ponzi schemes, 2026) · SEC v. Mordechai Haim Ferder and others (ponzi schemes, 2026) · SEC v. Trijya Vakil and Neeraj Visen (insider trading, 2026)
Issuer and structural schemes
1 action. SEC v. Corey Ortiz (free riding and parking, 2026)
What was absent
Nothing was recorded this week under order-book manipulation, corners and squeezes, information-based schemes, benchmark and cross-market, crypto-native. An absence is worth noticing over months, not over a single week — most of these categories produce a handful of actions a year, so a quiet week in any of them is the normal state rather than a signal.
The charts are where a real trend would show up. A week is noise.
The actions in full
| Action | Agency | Filed | Technique | Penalty | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC v. Corey Ortiz (free riding and parking, 2026) | SEC | 2026-09-03 | Free Riding And Parking | — | judgment |
| SEC v. David T. Gilchrist, Christopher Aaron Novinger, Rebecca Novinger (ponzi schemes, 2026) | SEC | 2026-09-01 | Ponzi Schemes | — | unknown |
| SEC v. Mark D. Hanf and Hoai-Nam Chu Phan a/k/a Nam Phan (ponzi schemes, 2026) | SEC | 2026-09-04 | Ponzi Schemes | — | settled |
| SEC v. Mordechai Haim Ferder and others (ponzi schemes, 2026) | SEC | 2026-09-01 | Ponzi Schemes | — | unknown |
| SEC v. Trijya Vakil and Neeraj Visen (insider trading, 2026) | SEC | 2026-09-04 | Insider Trading | — | judgment |
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