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Spoofing enforcement actions

This library records 120 enforcement actions tagged spoofing. Spoofing is placing orders a trader intends to cancel before execution, to create a false impression of supply or demand and move the price toward a smaller genuine order on the other side.

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 spoofing technique page.

Actions
20
Total penalties
$73.4m
Median penalty
$1.6m
Largest
$38m
Criminal parallel
35%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
CFTC v. unnamed respondents (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-06-30 $350k judgment
CFTC v. David Liew (price manipulation, 2017) CFTC 2017-06-03 judgment
CFTC v. Former Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Traders Stephen Gola and Jonathan Brims (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2017) CFTC 2017-03-31 $350k judgment
CFTC v. unnamed respondents (spoofing, 2017) CFTC 2017-01-19 unknown
CFTC v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2017) CFTC 2017-01-19 $25m judgment
CFTC v. Defendants Igor B. Oystacher (spoofing, 2016) CFTC 2016-12-21 $2.5m judgment
CFTC v. unnamed respondents (spoofing, 2016) CFTC 2016-11-22 unknown
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
CFTC v. CFTC Defendants Heet Khara (spoofing, 2016) CFTC 2016-04-06 $2.7m judgment
OSC v. Zhen (Steven) Pang and Oasis World Trading Inc. (price manipulation, 2015) OSC 2015-12-10 settled
CFTC v. Navinder Sarao (benchmark submission rigging, 2015) CFTC 2015-11-07 $1.6m judgment
CFTC v. Chicago Trader Igor B. Oystacher & His Proprietary Trading Company (spoofing, 2015) CFTC 2015-10-20 unknown
SEC v. Briargate Trading, LLC and and Eric Oscher (spoofing, 2015) SEC 2015-10-08 judgment
CFTC v. United Arab Emirates Residents Heet Khara and Nasim Salim (spoofing, 2015) CFTC 2015-05-06 judgment
CFTC v. U.K. Resident Navinder Singh Sarao and His Company Nav Sarao Futures Limited PLC (layering, 2015) CFTC 2015-04-22 judgment
FCA v. Martin Brokers (UK) Ltd (Martins) (benchmark submission rigging, 2014) FCA 2014-05-15 settled
CFTC v. UBS (benchmark submission rigging, 2013) CFTC 2013-10-25 $1.5m settled
CFTC v. Panther Energy Trading LLC and its Principal Michael J. Coscia (spoofing, 2013) CFTC 2013-07-23 $1.4m judgment
FCA v. Michael Coscia (layering, 2013) FCA 2013-07-03 settled