Home / Cases / Price manipulation Price manipulation enforcement actions This library records 124 enforcement actions tagged price manipulation. Price manipulation is trading intended to create an artificial price — one that does not reflect genuine supply and demand — and it is the general charge a regulator brings when the conduct does not fit a more specific named technique.
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 price manipulation technique page.
Actions 100
Total penalties $5.8bn
Median penalty $30m
Largest $1.7bn
Criminal parallel 49% Action Agency Filed Penalty Status CFTC v. George Santos (price manipulation, 2026) CFTC 2026-07-31 $35k judgment Victorian man sentenced in market manipulation case (ASIC, 2025) ASIC 2025-12-12 — judgment ASIC v. Delta Power (price manipulation, 2025) ASIC 2025-06-30 — unknown Victorian man charged over alleged market manipulation (ASIC, 2025) ASIC 2025-03-14 — filed CFTC v. Swiss Energy Trader (price manipulation, 2024) CFTC 2024-08-27 $48m judgment ASIC v. COFCO International Australia Pty Ltd (marking the close, 2024) ASIC 2024-07-24 — unknown CFTC v. Trafigura (insider trading, 2024) CFTC 2024-06-17 $55m judgment SEC v. Ronald Heineman (price manipulation, 2024) SEC 2024-04-03 — judgment SEC v. Marc E. Wexler (price manipulation, 2023) SEC 2023-12-05 — judgment ASIC v. Henry Eng Chye Heng (price manipulation, 2023) ASIC 2023-12-04 — filed CFTC v. HSBC Bank USA (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2023) CFTC 2023-11-07 $1.7bn filed CFTC v. Minnesota Grain Merchandiser (price manipulation, 2023) CFTC 2023-10-23 $3m judgment FCA v. NMC Health Plc (in Administration) (price manipulation, 2023) FCA 2023-08-30 — unknown CFTC v. Florida (price manipulation, 2023) CFTC 2023-07-12 $11.7m judgment SEC v. Discala et al. (price manipulation, 2023) SEC 2023-05-12 — judgment ASIC v. Gabriel Govinda (price manipulation, 2023) ASIC 2023-05-03 — unknown SEC v. Michael T. Morris (price manipulation, 2023) SEC 2023-04-04 — judgment ASIC v. Don George Evans (price manipulation, 2023) ASIC 2023-02-07 — filed CFTC v. Commodity Pool Operators and Their Co-Chief Investment Officer (price manipulation, 2022) CFTC 2022-12-15 — filed CFTC v. unnamed respondents (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2022) CFTC 2022-10-20 $41m judgment CFTC v. Digital Asset Derivatives Platform and Miami Resident (price manipulation, 2022) CFTC 2022-10-03 — filed SEC v. Lee Simmons (price manipulation, 2022) SEC 2022-08-19 — filed ASIC v. Don Evans (price manipulation, 2022) ASIC 2022-08-05 — unknown ASIC v. Benjamin Heath Cooper (price manipulation, 2022) ASIC 2022-06-10 — unknown ASIC v. Gabriel Govinda (price manipulation, 2022) ASIC 2022-06-07 — unknown CFTC v. Glencore (price manipulation, 2022) CFTC 2022-05-24 $1.2bn judgment Former Quantum Resources director convicted of insider trading and market manipulation offences (ASIC, 2021) ASIC 2021-11-09 — filed ASIC v. Dylan Rands (price manipulation, 2021) ASIC 2021-09-22 — unknown Melbourne man charged with multiple counts of market manipulation (ASIC, 2021) ASIC 2021-07-02 — filed ASIC v. Avrohom Kimelman (insider trading, 2021) ASIC 2021-07-01 — unknown Former CFO sentenced for market manipulation and fraud offences (ASIC, 2021) ASIC 2021-05-18 — filed CFTC v. Former Fuel Oil Trader (price manipulation, 2021) CFTC 2021-03-25 $100k judgment ASIC v. Benjamin Heath Cooper (price manipulation, 2021) ASIC 2021-03-17 — filed Corporate finance director sentenced for conspiring to manipulate market (ASIC, 2021) ASIC 2021-02-10 — unknown FCA v. Corrado Abbattista (layering, 2020) FCA 2020-12-15 — unknown CFTC v. Vitol Inc. (price manipulation, 2020) CFTC 2020-12-03 $95.7m judgment CFTC v. JPMorgan (price manipulation, 2020) CFTC 2020-09-29 — judgment ASIC v. Don Evans (insider trading, 2020) ASIC 2020-09-28 — filed FCA v. Conor Martin Foley (price manipulation, 2020) FCA 2020-09-07 — filed Corporate finance director pleads guilty to conspiring to manipulate market (ASIC, 2020) ASIC 2020-08-28 — unknown FCA v. Redcentric PLC (price manipulation, 2020) FCA 2020-06-26 — unknown Former CFO charged with market manipulation and fraud offences (ASIC, 2020) ASIC 2020-06-11 — filed CFTC v. Executive at Global Investment Bank (price manipulation, 2019) CFTC 2019-12-20 — filed CFTC v. Chicago Trading Firm and Its Co-Founder (price manipulation, 2019) CFTC 2019-09-30 $1.8m judgment SEC v. George Matin (matched orders, 2019) SEC 2019-09-25 — settled SEC v. Harold Minsky (matched orders, 2019) SEC 2019-09-25 — settled Corporate finance director charged with conspiring to manipulate market (ASIC, 2019) ASIC 2019-09-18 — filed CFTC v. Traders at Major U.S. Bank (price manipulation, 2019) CFTC 2019-09-16 — filed Former director convicted of market manipulation (ASIC, 2019) ASIC 2019-09-09 — unknown SEC v. Mark E. Burns (price manipulation, 2019) SEC 2019-08-12 — judgment CFTC v. Corey D. Flaum (price manipulation, 2019) CFTC 2019-07-25 — unknown CFTC v. Merrill Lynch Commodities (price manipulation, 2019) CFTC 2019-06-25 $11.5m judgment SEC v. Lai Guanglin (Alan) (marking the close, 2018) SEC 2018-12-10 — settled Court orders penalties and other relief against Westpac for BBSW conduct (ASIC, 2018) ASIC 2018-11-09 — unknown CFTC v. Davis Ramsey (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-27 $325k judgment CFTC v. Futures Trader (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-27 $325k judgment CFTC v. Adam Flavin (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-26 $1.3m judgment CFTC v. Two Commodity Traders (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-26 $125k judgment CFTC v. Bank of America (benchmark submission rigging, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-19 $30m judgment CFTC v. ICAP Capital Markets LLC (benchmark submission rigging, 2018) CFTC 2018-09-18 $50m judgment CFTC v. BNP Paribas (benchmark submission rigging, 2018) CFTC 2018-08-29 $90m judgment SEC v. Mark E. Burns, Robert W. Murray (price manipulation, 2018) SEC 2018-07-17 — settled CFTC v. Commodity Trading Firm (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-07-12 $3.4m judgment ASIC v. CBA (price manipulation, 2018) ASIC 2018-07-10 — unknown CFTC v. JPMorgan Chase Bank (benchmark submission rigging, 2018) CFTC 2018-06-18 $65m judgment CFTC v. Société Générale S.A. (benchmark submission rigging, 2018) CFTC 2018-06-04 $475m judgment South Australian day trader sentenced for market manipulation (ASIC, 2018) ASIC 2018-04-10 — unknown OSC v. David Tuan Seng Lim and Michael Mugford (price manipulation, 2018) OSC 2018-03-28 — unknown CFTC v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (benchmark submission rigging, 2018) CFTC 2018-02-01 $70m judgment ASIC commences civil penalty proceedings against Commonwealth Bank of Australia for BBSW conduct (2018) ASIC 2018-01-30 — judgment CFTC v. Deutsche Bank (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 $30m judgment CFTC v. Three Banks (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 $1.6m judgment CFTC v. UBS (price manipulation, 2018) CFTC 2018-01-29 $15m judgment FCA v. Paul Axel Walter Individual (price manipulation, 2017) FCA 2017-11-22 — judgment CFTC v. Statoil ASA (price manipulation, 2017) CFTC 2017-11-14 $4m judgment Sydney man faces charges for market manipulation (ASIC, 2017) ASIC 2017-09-19 — unknown Day trader pleads guilty to market manipulation (ASIC, 2017) ASIC 2017-08-28 — unknown CFTC v. David Liew (price manipulation, 2017) CFTC 2017-06-03 — judgment SEC v. Robert W. Murray (price manipulation, 2017) SEC 2017-05-19 — unknown CFTC v. The Royal Bank of Scotland (benchmark submission rigging, 2017) CFTC 2017-02-04 $85m judgment CFTC v. Goldman Sachs (benchmark submission rigging, 2016) CFTC 2016-12-22 $120m judgment CFTC v. Navinder Singh Sarao (layering, 2016) CFTC 2016-11-18 $38m judgment CFTC v. U.K. Resident Navinder Singh (price manipulation, 2016) CFTC 2016-11-10 — settled SEC v. Chris Faulkner, et. al (price manipulation, 2016) SEC 2016-06-24 — filed CFTC v. Citibank (benchmark submission rigging, 2016) CFTC 2016-05-26 $175m judgment Court reduces jail time for New South Wales man sentenced for market manipulation (ASIC, 2016) ASIC 2016-02-29 — unknown ASIC bans former financial adviser for market manipulation (2015) ASIC 2015-12-18 — appealed OSC v. Zhen (Steven) Pang and Oasis World Trading Inc. (price manipulation, 2015) OSC 2015-12-10 — settled CFTC v. Total Gas (price manipulation, 2015) CFTC 2015-12-08 $3.6m judgment CFTC v. Navinder Sarao (benchmark submission rigging, 2015) CFTC 2015-11-07 $1.6m judgment NSW man jailed for market manipulation (ASIC, 2015) ASIC 2015-09-25 — unknown ASIC v. D J Carmichael Pty Limited (price manipulation, 2015) ASIC 2015-09-23 — unknown FCA v. Lee Bruce Stewart (benchmark submission rigging, 2015) FCA 2015-07-21 — unknown CFTC v. Joseph F. Welsh III (price manipulation, 2015) CFTC 2015-06-20 $500k judgment CFTC v. Barclays (benchmark submission rigging, 2015) CFTC 2015-05-21 $115m judgment CFTC v. of Attempted Manipulation and False Reporting of Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates (benchmark submission rigging, 2015) CFTC 2015-05-21 $400m judgment CFTC v. of Manipulation (benchmark submission rigging, 2015) CFTC 2015-04-24 $800m judgment FCA v. Deutsche Bank AG (benchmark submission rigging, 2015) FCA 2015-04-23 — dismissed CFTC v. U.K. Resident Navinder Singh Sarao and His Company Nav Sarao Futures Limited PLC (layering, 2015) CFTC 2015-04-22 — judgment CFTC v. Kraft Foods Group (price manipulation, 2015) CFTC 2015-04-02 — unknown
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