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Insider trading enforcement actions

This library records 709 enforcement actions tagged insider trading. Insider trading is dealing in securities on material non-public information in breach of a duty of trust or confidence, which exploits a true signal others cannot see rather than injecting a false one into the 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 insider trading technique page.

Actions
100
Total penalties
$2.5m
Median penalty
$82.1k
Largest
$1.2m
Criminal parallel
31%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEC v. Yi Chen, CPA (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-07-26 settled
SEC v. Thomas D. Melvin, et al. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-07-25 judgment
FCA v. Gavin Duncan Paul Breeze (insider trading, 2016) FCA 2016-07-15 settled
SEC v. Thomas W. Avent, Jr., Raymond J. Pirrello, Jr., and Lawrence J. Penna (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-07-08 filed
SEC v. Luis Martin-Caro Sanchez (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-07-05 filed
SEC v. Andrew F. Kerr (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-29 filed
SEC v. James S. Hannon (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-20 judgment
SEC v. Christopher Salis, Douglas Miller, Edward Miller, and Barrett Biehl (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-16 filed
SEC v. Guolin Ma (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-09 settled
SEC v. Michael J. Maciocio and David P. Hobson (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-08 filed
SEC v. Richard Grossman (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-06 judgment
Sydney man jailed on insider trading charges (ASIC, 2016) ASIC 2016-06-03 filed
SEC v. Peter D. Nunan (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-03 $255k settled
OSC v. Andrei Miguel Postrado (insider trading, 2016) OSC 2016-06-03 unknown
SEC v. Steven V. McClatchey and Gary J. Pusey (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-06-01 judgment
SEC v. Federated Global Investment Management Corp. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-05-27 settled
OSC v. Fernando Postrado (insider trading, 2016) OSC 2016-05-17 unknown
SEC v. John Patrick O'Neill (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-05-13 unknown
FCA v. Mark Samuel Taylor (insider trading, 2016) FCA 2016-05-05 settled
SEC v. Ener1, Inc. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-04-19 settled
SEC v. John Afriyie (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-04-14 unknown
SEC v. John E. Hardy III (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-03-18 $184k settled
SEC v. Eric J. Wolff (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-03-16 settled
SEC v. Yue Han, et al. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-03-16 judgment
Former Hanlong managing director sentenced to more than 8 years jail for insider trading (ASIC, 2016) ASIC 2016-03-11 judgment
SEC v. Daryl M. Payton, et al. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-03-02 filed
SEC v. Craig N. Salamone (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-03-01 settled
SEC v. Zachary Zwerko and David L. Post (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-03-01 judgment
SEC v. Bonan Huang, et al. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-02-26 judgment
SEC v. Steven Fishoff, et al. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-02-24 judgment
SEC v. Nicholas A. Prezioso (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-02-19 $131k settled
SEC v. Abdallah Fadel (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-02-10 $36k settled
SEC v. Jarrod L. Spector (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-02-09 settled
SEC v. Robert M. Munakash, Carlos A. Rodriguez, and Marc Winters (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-02-08 filed
Perth man charged with insider trading appears in court (ASIC, 2016) ASIC 2016-02-04 filed
SEC v. Vlad B. Spivak, et al. (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-01-27 judgment
SEC v. Reid A. Hackney, CPA (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-01-12 $48.1k settled
SEC v. Vivian S. Shields (insider trading, 2016) SEC 2016-01-04 settled
SEC v. Bonan Huang, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-12-23 judgment
SEC v. Danny E. Carpenter (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-12-22 settled
SEC v. Eric E. Shear (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-12-18 settled
Former Gunns Ltd chairman ordered to pay $500,000 pecuniary penalty for insider trading (ASIC, 2015) ASIC 2015-12-15 unknown
SEC v. Jeffrey K. Skilling et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-12-08 judgment
CFTC v. Arya Motazedi (front running, 2015) CFTC 2015-12-03 $100k judgment
SEC v. Marwood Group Research, LLC (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-11-24 unknown
SEC v. Steven C. Watson (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-11-17 settled
SEC v. Zhichen Zhou and Yannan Liu (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-11-10 judgment
Sydney man pleads guilty to insider trading (ASIC, 2015) ASIC 2015-11-09 unknown
SEC v. Vlad B. Spivak, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-11-02 settled
SEC v. Mary Beth Knight and Rebecca Norton (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-10-28 judgment
SEC v. Vladimir Eydelman (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-10-23 $1.2m judgment
SEC v. Francis J. van Steenberge and Nicolas Zanen (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-10-09 judgment
SEC v. Wolverine Trading, LLC and and Wolverine Asset Management, LLC (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-10-08 settled
SEC v. Oscar Wu (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-10-07 settled
SEC v. Saleem Khan et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-10-01 judgment
SEC v. Christopher Mire (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-29 settled
SEC v. Eddie R. Leblanc (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-29 settled
SEC v. Robert L. Spallina, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-28 $32.9k settled
SEC v. Morando Berrettini, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-25 unknown
SEC v. Richard Condon, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-24 filed
SEC v. Eric McPhail, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-21 settled
SEC v. Steven M. Dombrowski, CPA (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-11 unknown
SEC v. Maher F. Kara, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-10 judgment
SEC v. John McEnery III et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-09 $64.2k settled
SEC v. Donald E. Robar (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-04 settled
SEC v. Robert A. Hanner (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-09-04 settled
Former Hanlong managing director pleads guilty to insider trading (ASIC, 2015) ASIC 2015-09-02 filed
SEC v. Ashish Aggarwal, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-08-25 judgment
SEC v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-08-19 settled
SEC v. Cedric Cañas Maillard (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-08-13 settled
SEC v. Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-08-10 judgment
SEC v. Herbert K. Sudfeld, Jr., et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-16 filed
SEC v. Timothy J. McGee, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-15 appealed
SEC v. Oz Management, LP (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-14 unknown
SEC v. Frank Tamayo (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-13 judgment
SEC v. Gerard Boudreault (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-10 settled
SEC v. Patrick Lehnert (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-07-09 $15.8k settled
SEC v. Dimitry Braverman and Vitaly Pupynin (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-16 judgment
SEC v. Helmut Anscheringer (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-15 settled
SEC v. Matthew G. Teeple et al. Andrew Miller (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-12 $133k judgment
SEC v. Charles Raymond Langston III, CRL Management, LLC, and Guarantee Reinsurance, Ltd. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-11 $193k judgment
SEC v. Michael J. Fefferman, Chad E. Wiegand, and Akis C. Eracleous (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-09 settled
SEC v. Anthony Andrade, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-06-08 $39.6k settled
SEC v. Brian D. Jorgenson, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-05-14 judgment
OSC v. Constance Anderson (insider trading, 2015) OSC 2015-05-01 unknown
SEC v. Xiaoyu Xia and Yanting Hu (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-04-29 judgment
SEC v. Frank Perkins Hixon, Jr., et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-04-28 judgment
FCA v. Kenneth George Carver (insider trading, 2015) FCA 2015-03-30 settled
Two men sentenced in Australia’s largest insider trading case (ASIC, 2015) ASIC 2015-03-17 dismissed
OSC v. Anand Hariharan and Satish Talawdekar (insider trading, 2015) OSC 2015-03-11 unknown
SEC v. Bonan Huang and Nan Huang (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-03-10 judgment
SEC v. Zeringue, et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-03-06 settled
SEC v. Gary S. Williky (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-03-02 settled
SEC v. Scott Zeringue and Jesse Roberts, III (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-02-19 $64k judgment
SEC v. Steven B. Hart (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-02-18 settled
SEC v. Hill and Charles L., Jr. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-02-11 unknown
SEC v. John Gray et al. (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-02-05 settled
SEC v. Joel J. Epstein (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-02-03 judgment
SEC v. Robert A. Ramsey, CPA (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-01-21 settled
Former Hanlong managing director extradited, charged with insider trading (ASIC, 2014) ASIC 2014-10-10 judgment