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This action was dismissed. The allegations described below were not established. This page is kept online so that the outcome is visible alongside the original filing.

OSC v. Paul Christopher Darrigo (churning, 2016)

Dismissed

Machine-extracted, pending human review. The structured fields on this page were parsed automatically from the regulator's own release, linked below. Read the primary document before relying on any figure here, and tell us if something is wrong.

In 2016, the regulator brought an action, since dismissed, against Paul Christopher Darrigo, alleging conduct this library classifies as churning. The release does not state a monetary figure that we were able to extract.

The record

Structured fields for this action, as recorded in our case library.
Agency OSC
Date filed 2016-01-08
Date resolved 2016-06-09
Court Capital Markets Tribunal (Ontario)
Status dismissed
Criminal parallel No
Defendants Paul Christopher Darrigo (individual)
Techniques Churning

What was ordered

Civil penalty
Disgorgement
Prejudgment interest
Total relief
Alleged gain

A dash means the release did not state a figure we could extract, not that the figure is zero. Penalty and disgorgement are stored separately so aggregates across the library do not double-count the same dollars.

What is alleged to have happened

the regulator announced this matter on January 8, 2016. The respondents named are Paul Christopher Darrigo (1 individual, 0 entities). The action was brought in the Capital Markets Tribunal (Ontario).

This library tags the matter as churning, based on the conduct the regulator describes. Each tag links to a page explaining how that technique works, what statute it engages, and what penalties comparable actions have attracted. The tagging is ours, not the regulator's: agencies charge statutory provisions, not technique names.

The action was dismissed. We keep dismissed matters in the library precisely so that the outcome is visible alongside the original allegation.

What technique is this, and how does it work?

This action is tagged with one technique in our taxonomy. The tagging is ours: regulators charge statutory provisions, not technique names, so the mapping is an editorial judgement described in our editorial policy.

Timeline

  1. 2016-01-08 Notice of Hearing
  2. 2016-06-09 Reasons and Decision

Primary documents

Everything on this page derives from the documents below. Where our summary and the primary document disagree, the primary document is right.

The linked release is published by the issuing regulator under its own terms. Our summary and narrative above are our own writing.

Other actions in the library sharing at least one technique tag with this one.

Action Agency Filed Technique Penalty Status
SEC v. Baris Cabalar (churning, 2024) SEC 2024-10-16 Churning unknown
SEC v. Laidlaw and Company (UK) Ltd. (churning, 2023) SEC 2023-11-20 Churning $223k settled
SEC v. Michael Blumer, John Kuprianchik, David Page, Steven Thompson, Joseph Todaro (churning, 2023) SEC 2023-09-28 Churning unknown
SEC v. Carla Lea Chastain (churning, 2023) SEC 2023-08-18 Churning settled
SEC v. Waddell & Reed, LLC (churning, 2022) SEC 2022-09-19 Churning settled
SEC v. NPA Asset Management, LLC (churning, 2022) SEC 2022-09-08 Churning settled

Record added September 9, 2026. submit a correction.