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Matched orders enforcement actions

This library records 38 enforcement actions tagged matched orders. Matched orders are prearranged trades between parties acting in concert, entered so that they execute against each other at a price agreed away from the market rather than discovered in it.

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 matched orders technique page.

Actions
38
Total penalties
$9.4m
Median penalty
$150k
Largest
$6.5m
Criminal parallel
32%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEC v. RSE Markets, Inc. (matched orders, 2023) SEC 2023-07-12 settled
SEC v. Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (matched orders, 2022) SEC 2022-11-21 settled
SEC v. William Scott Lawler, Esq. (matched orders, 2021) SEC 2021-08-18 judgment
SEC v. Ahmad Haris Tajyar and Eric Leo Marsoubian (marking the close, 2021) SEC 2021-08-13 $220k settled
SEC v. Ron Phillips (matched orders, 2021) SEC 2021-06-30 $30k judgment
CFTC v. Connecticut Firm (matched orders, 2021) CFTC 2021-05-18 $500k judgment
CFTC v. Coinbase Inc. (exchange wash trading, 2021) CFTC 2021-03-19 $6.5m judgment
SEC v. Ronald Phillips, Esq. (matched orders, 2020) SEC 2020-12-17 judgment
SEC v. Joel Stohlman, et al. (matched orders, 2020) SEC 2020-09-30 filed
SEC v. Palmer Square Capital Management LLC (matched orders, 2020) SEC 2020-09-21 settled
CFTC v. Trader and His Firm (matched orders, 2020) CFTC 2020-05-07 $150k judgment
SEC v. Kit Mun Chan, Lau Kean Chong, Chong Poui Fan, Binji Lu, and Youn Chien Wong (matched orders, 2020) SEC 2020-02-21 judgment
SEC v. Michael J. Starkweather and Andiamo Corporation, William White (matched orders, 2019) SEC 2019-10-17 filed
SEC v. Chip Hackley (matched orders, 2019) SEC 2019-09-25 unknown
SEC v. George Matin (matched orders, 2019) SEC 2019-09-25 settled
SEC v. Harold Minsky (matched orders, 2019) SEC 2019-09-25 settled
SEC v. Kit Mun Chan, Lau Kean Chong, Chong Poui Fan, Binji Lu, and Youn Chien Wong (matched orders, 2019) SEC 2019-06-21 filed
SEC v. Eric T. Landis et al. (matched orders, 2018) SEC 2018-11-29 filed
SEC v. Howard M. Appel (matched orders, 2018) SEC 2018-07-30 settled
SEC v. Andy Z. Fan (fake press releases, 2018) SEC 2018-04-25 settled
SEC v. Beaufort Securities Ltd. and others (matched orders, 2018) SEC 2018-03-16 filed
AAT upholds ASIC bans of client advisers for trading in 'MINI' warrants (ASIC, 2017) ASIC 2017-12-11 appealed
SEC v. Douglas Furth (matched orders, 2017) SEC 2017-01-10 judgment
CFTC v. unnamed respondents (matched orders, 2016) CFTC 2016-12-15 $1.2m filed
SEC v. Jason W. Galanis, et al. (matched orders, 2016) SEC 2016-09-30 judgment
SEC v. Louis T. Buonocore, Jeremy R. Draper, Frank J. Morelli, III, Berardino "Dino" Paolucci, Jr. and Don L. Rose (matched orders, 2016) SEC 2016-09-30 settled
Court reduces jail time for New South Wales man sentenced for market manipulation (ASIC, 2016) ASIC 2016-02-29 unknown
SEC v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (matched orders, 2016) SEC 2016-01-31 judgment
SEC v. Michael J. Ling (marking the close, 2015) SEC 2015-12-23 $100k judgment
SEC v. Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and Sheila Huang (matched orders, 2015) SEC 2015-12-22 $125k settled
NSW man jailed for market manipulation (ASIC, 2015) ASIC 2015-09-25 unknown
SEC v. Jason W. Galanis (matched orders, 2015) SEC 2015-09-24 judgment
CFTC v. MF Global Inc. (boiler rooms, 2014) CFTC 2014-11-07 settled
New South Wales man pleads guilty to market manipulation (ASIC, 2014) ASIC 2014-10-16 unknown
CFTC v. Fan Zhang (matched orders, 2014) CFTC 2014-09-30 $250k judgment
CFTC v. Absa Bank (matched orders, 2014) CFTC 2014-09-26 $150k judgment
CFTC v. FirstRand Bank (matched orders, 2014) CFTC 2014-08-28 $150k judgment
CFTC v. Registered COMEX Floor Broker Dominick Anthony Cognata (matched orders, 2013) CFTC 2013-10-01 filed