Exchange Act s.9(a)(1)
Bars wash sales and matched orders that give a false picture of trading activity in a listed security. 33 records cite it, filed 2015 to 2025.
Official text: 15 U.S.C. 78i (LII)
Counts
By year filed
- 2015: 6
- 2016: 1
- 2017: 4
- 2018: 4
- 2019: 7
- 2020: 4
- 2021: 2
- 2022: 1
- 2023: 2
- 2025: 2
By agency
- SEC: 33
By status
- Judgment entered: 17
- Settled: 12
- Alleged, pending: 3
- Status unknown: 1
Technique mix
Most recent matched records
- SEC v. Suyun Gu, et al. (wash trading, 2025)
- SEC v. Ongkaruck Sripetch and others (pump and dump, 2025)
- SEC v. Carlos Eduardo Reyes Alvarez (wash trading, 2023)
- SEC v. Justin Sun et al. (paid stock promotion, 2023)
- SEC v. James T. Patten, Peter L. Coker Sr. and Peter L. Coker Jr. (reverse merger schemes, 2022)
- SEC v. Ahmad Haris Tajyar and Eric Leo Marsoubian (marking the close, 2021)
- SEC v. Ron Phillips (matched orders, 2021)
- SEC v. Joel Stohlman, et al. (matched orders, 2020)
- SEC v. Ryan Felton, FLiK, and CoinSpark (price manipulation, 2020)
- SEC v. Barry Honig, et al. (pump and dump, 2020)
- SEC v. Kit Mun Chan, Lau Kean Chong, Chong Poui Fan, Binji Lu, and Youn Chien Wong (matched orders, 2020)
- SEC v. Michael J. Starkweather and Andiamo Corporation, William White (matched orders, 2019)
- SEC v. Chip Hackley (matched orders, 2019)
- SEC v. George Matin (matched orders, 2019)
- SEC v. Harold Minsky (matched orders, 2019)
All 33 matched records
- SEC v. Suyun Gu, et al. (wash trading, 2025)
- SEC v. Ongkaruck Sripetch and others (pump and dump, 2025)
- SEC v. Carlos Eduardo Reyes Alvarez (wash trading, 2023)
- SEC v. Justin Sun et al. (paid stock promotion, 2023)
- SEC v. James T. Patten, Peter L. Coker Sr. and Peter L. Coker Jr. (reverse merger schemes, 2022)
- SEC v. Ahmad Haris Tajyar and Eric Leo Marsoubian (marking the close, 2021)
- SEC v. Ron Phillips (matched orders, 2021)
- SEC v. Joel Stohlman, et al. (matched orders, 2020)
- SEC v. Ryan Felton, FLiK, and CoinSpark (price manipulation, 2020)
- SEC v. Barry Honig, et al. (pump and dump, 2020)
- SEC v. Kit Mun Chan, Lau Kean Chong, Chong Poui Fan, Binji Lu, and Youn Chien Wong (matched orders, 2020)
- SEC v. Michael J. Starkweather and Andiamo Corporation, William White (matched orders, 2019)
- SEC v. Chip Hackley (matched orders, 2019)
- SEC v. George Matin (matched orders, 2019)
- SEC v. Harold Minsky (matched orders, 2019)
- SEC v. Benjamin Conde, with Essex Global Investment Corp. and Facultas Capital Management, Inc. as relief defendants (boiler rooms, 2019)
- SEC v. Kit Mun Chan, Lau Kean Chong, Chong Poui Fan, Binji Lu, and Youn Chien Wong (matched orders, 2019)
- SEC v. Howard M. Appel (float locking, 2019)
- SEC v. Barry C. Honig, et al. (pump and dump, 2018)
- SEC v. Gary S. Williky (insider trading, price manipulation, 2018)
- SEC v. Howard M. Appel (matched orders, 2018)
- SEC v. Andy Z. Fan (fake press releases, 2018)
- SEC v. Jeffrey D. Martin, Thomas L. Tedrow and others (Mainstream Entertainment pump and dump, 2017)
- SEC v. Troy Joseph Flowers, Sean Nevett and Fruition Inc. (undisclosed control blocks, 2017)
- SEC v. James M. Farinella, et al. (matched orders, 2017)
- SEC v. Douglas Furth (matched orders, 2017)
- SEC v. Jason W. Galanis, et al. (matched orders, 2016)
- SEC v. Abraxas J. Discala, Marc E. Wexler, Matthew A. Bell, Craig L. Josephberg, and Ira Shapiro (reverse merger schemes, 2015)
- SEC v. Joseph Catapano and Michael Piervinanzi (price manipulation, 2015)
- SEC v. Jason W. Galanis (matched orders, 2015)
- SEC v. David Craven and Alexander J. Craven (pump and dump, 2015)
- SEC v. David Craven and Alexander J. Craven (pump and dump, 2015)
- SEC v. Gary S. Williky (insider trading, 2015)
What this does not show
These are statutes cited in the record's document where it charges, finds or alleges a violation, not necessarily proven ones. Dismissed and pending matters count as alleged. A release that names no section is not matched, so counts understate use of this provision. The plain-language meaning is a summary, not legal advice.