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Hijacked-account ramping enforcement actions

This library records 4 enforcement actions tagged hijacked-account ramping. Hijacked-account ramping is using other people's brokerage accounts, accessed without their consent, to place buy orders that raise the price of a stock the perpetrator already holds, then selling into that 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 hijacked-account ramping technique page.

Actions
4
Total penalties
$0
Median penalty
Largest
Criminal parallel
25%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEC v. Dmitrii Yevgenyevich Kushnarev (hijacked account ramping, 2025) SEC 2025-09-24 filed
SEC v. Rahim Mohamed, Davies ("Dave") Wong, et al. (hijacked account ramping, 2022) SEC 2022-08-15 filed
SEC v. Joseph P. Willner (hijacked account ramping, 2017) SEC 2017-10-30 judgment
SEC v. Idris D. Mustapha (hijacked account ramping, 2016) SEC 2016-06-22 filed