Home / Cases / 2024 / Page 2 Market manipulation enforcement actions filed in 2024 This library records 193 market manipulation enforcement actions filed in 2024, brought by ASIC, CFTC, SEC.
Counts by year reflect when an action was filed or announced, not when the underlying conduct occurred — those are often years apart. Compare across years with care: a single multi-defendant sweep can dominate a year's count.
Actions 93
Total penalties $96m
Median penalty $716k
Largest $55m
Criminal parallel 26% Action Agency Filed Technique Penalty Status SEC v. Stephen Durland (pump and dump, 2024) SEC 2024-08-13 Pump And Dump — judgment SEC v. OTC Link LLC (layering, 2024) SEC 2024-08-12 Layering , Spoofing +2 — settled SEC v. Kevan Casey et al. (pump and dump, 2024) SEC 2024-08-09 Pump And Dump — filed SEC v. Steven D. Targum et al. (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-08-08 Insider Trading $86.8k settled SEC v. South Bay Acquisitions, LLC, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-07-31 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Charles Baugh (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-07-30 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Sivannarayana Barama (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-07-29 Insider Trading — judgment CFTC v. Abner Alejandro Tinoco (ponzi schemes, 2024) CFTC 2024-07-26 Ponzi Schemes $18.8m judgment ASIC v. COFCO International Australia Pty Ltd (marking the close, 2024) ASIC 2024-07-24 Marking The Close , Price Manipulation — unknown Charges laid in alleged Telegram ‘pump and dump’ conspiracy following ASIC investigation (ASIC, 2024) ASIC 2024-07-23 Chat Group Pumps , Pump And Dump — filed SEC v. Robert Newell and Black Hawk Funding, Inc. (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-07-23 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Ricardi Celicourt and Brisly Guillaume (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-07-19 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Yossi Engel (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-07-19 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Eliyahu Weinstein, Aryeh L. Bromberg, Joel L. Wittels, Richard M. Curry, Christopher J. Anderson, Alaa Mohamed Hattab, and Shlomo Erez (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-07-15 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. Gene Daniel Levoff (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-07-08 Insider Trading $1.1m unknown CFTC v. Sam Ikkurty (ponzi schemes, 2024) CFTC 2024-07-03 Ponzi Schemes — judgment CFTC v. Dwight A. Foster (ponzi schemes, 2024) CFTC 2024-07-02 Ponzi Schemes $6m judgment SEC v. John J. Kralik V, JKV Capital, LLC, and JKV LLC (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-07-02 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Adrian J. Kawuba (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-07-01 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. John Brda and Georgios Palikaras (engineered short squeeze, 2024) SEC 2024-06-25 Engineered Short Squeeze — filed SEC v. Meta Materials, Inc. ( and others (engineered short squeeze, 2024) SEC 2024-06-25 Engineered Short Squeeze , Paid Stock Promotion +1 $1m settled SEC v. Robert J. Schettino (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-06-25 Insider Trading — settled CFTC v. Trafigura (insider trading, 2024) CFTC 2024-06-17 Insider Trading , Price Manipulation $55m judgment SEC v. Giguiere et al. (paid stock promotion, 2024) SEC 2024-06-13 Paid Stock Promotion $875k judgment SEC v. Janusz (John) Zukowski and Jerry Samaras (reverse merger schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-06-13 Reverse Merger Schemes — settled SEC v. Kerry Lee Broderick (free riding and parking, 2024) SEC 2024-06-12 Free Riding And Parking — settled SEC v. Mario Gogliormella, Steven Lacaj, and Karim Ibrahim a/k/a/ Chris Hayes (boiler rooms, 2024) SEC 2024-06-12 Boiler Rooms — filed SEC v. Marc Henry Menard and Laesha Jean-Louis (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-06-11 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. Daniel Urness (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-06-10 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Anders J. Lindgren (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-06-06 Insider Trading $682k settled SEC v. HF Foods Group Inc. (reverse merger schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-06-06 Reverse Merger Schemes — settled SEC v. Andre Wong (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-06-04 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Andreas Bechtolsheim (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-06-03 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Gregory P. Manning (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-06-03 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Tyler Loudon (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-05-31 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Frank Lynold Mercado and Tiger Wolf Capital, LLC (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-05-30 Ponzi Schemes — settled SEC v. Ian Balina (paid stock promotion, 2024) SEC 2024-05-23 Paid Stock Promotion — filed SEC v. Teresa Perez De Madrid (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-05-21 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Pedram Abraham Mehrian, Strategic Legacy Investment Group, Inc., and SLIG High-Interest Liquid Savings Company (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-05-20 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Nutra Pharma Corp. et al (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-05-15 Unregistered Distributions — dismissed CFTC v. Agridime and Its Co-Founders (ponzi schemes, 2024) CFTC 2024-05-14 Ponzi Schemes — unknown SEC v. Tyrone Johnny Lacy, Jr. (free riding and parking, 2024) SEC 2024-05-13 Free Riding And Parking — filed SEC v. Frank T. Poerio, Jr. (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-05-10 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. C-Bond Systems, Inc. and Scott Silverman (reverse merger schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-05-09 Reverse Merger Schemes $175k settled SEC v. Gene Daniel Levoff, Esq. (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-05-08 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Steven Masterson (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-05-06 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Ahmed Alomari and MCM Consulting (paid stock promotion, 2024) SEC 2024-05-03 Paid Stock Promotion — filed SEC v. John M. Moretz (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-05-03 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Sanjay Bhandari, Vinod Singhi, Rakesh Jain (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-04-30 Insider Trading $73.5k settled CFTC v. Darren Robinson (ponzi schemes, 2024) CFTC 2024-04-26 Ponzi Schemes $5.9m judgment SEC v. Kevin Crotty (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-04-26 Insider Trading — judgment ASIC v. Henry Eng Chye Heng (insider trading, 2024) ASIC 2024-04-22 Insider Trading — unknown CFTC v. Eshaq M. Nawabi (ponzi schemes, 2024) CFTC 2024-04-15 Ponzi Schemes $4.5m judgment SEC v. George Stubos, et al. (paid stock promotion, 2024) SEC 2024-04-15 Paid Stock Promotion — judgment SEC v. Gil Friedman (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-04-15 Insider Trading — judgment CFTC v. Shak (banging the close, 2024) CFTC 2024-04-11 Banging The Close , Spoofing $750k settled SEC v. Zachary J. Horwitz (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-04-11 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Anthony Manna (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-04-09 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Joseph Young (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-04-09 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Michael Sapraicone (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-04-09 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Matthew Panuwat (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-04-08 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Eduardo Hernandez et al. (free riding and parking, 2024) SEC 2024-04-04 Free Riding And Parking — filed SEC v. ClearPath Wealth Management, LLC and Patrick Churchville (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-04-03 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Jason Nielsen (spoofing, 2024) SEC 2024-04-03 Spoofing — judgment SEC v. Ronald Heineman (price manipulation, 2024) SEC 2024-04-03 Price Manipulation — judgment SEC v. Senvest Management, LLC (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-04-03 Insider Trading — filed CFTC v. Australian Swap Dealer (spoofing, 2024) CFTC 2024-04-02 Spoofing $500k judgment SEC v. Travis Treusch (free riding and parking, 2024) SEC 2024-04-02 Free Riding And Parking — settled SEC v. Matthew Nicosia, William Reininger, Fabrizio Di Carlo, and Ronald Touchard (paid stock promotion, 2024) SEC 2024-03-28 Paid Stock Promotion $100k judgment Third person pleads guilty in relation to Courtenay House Ponzi scheme (ASIC, 2024) ASIC 2024-03-19 Ponzi Schemes — filed SEC v. Ismael Zarco Sanchez, et al. (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-03-14 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. Roy M. Cook and others (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-03-12 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Ishan Wahi et al. (insider listing trading, 2024) SEC 2024-03-11 Insider Listing Trading , Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Hemant Agrawal (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-03-04 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. Lordstown Motors Corp. (paid stock promotion, 2024) SEC 2024-02-29 Paid Stock Promotion — settled SEC v. Harmel S. Rayat, RenovaCare, Inc., Jatinder Bhogal (pump and dump, 2024) SEC 2024-02-27 Pump And Dump — judgment SEC v. Andrew M. Komarow (free riding and parking, 2024) SEC 2024-02-20 Free Riding And Parking — settled SEC v. Christian Fernandez (paid stock promotion, 2024) SEC 2024-02-20 Paid Stock Promotion — settled SEC v. Rafael Vargas (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-02-15 Ponzi Schemes — judgment SEC v. John Feloni et al. (ponzi schemes, 2024) SEC 2024-02-12 Ponzi Schemes $223k judgment SEC v. TradeStation Crypto, Inc. (unregistered distributions, 2024) SEC 2024-02-07 Unregistered Distributions — settled Court declares Westpac engaged in unconscionable conduct for interest rate swap, maximum penalty applied (ASIC, 2024) ASIC 2024-01-31 Insider Trading — judgment ASIC v. Cameron Waugh (insider trading, 2024) ASIC 2024-01-24 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Tian "Tony" Tian (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-01-22 Insider Trading $72.1k settled SEC v. J. Jeremy Barbera, et. al. (paid stock promotion, 2024) SEC 2024-01-18 Paid Stock Promotion $100k judgment SEC v. Prosperity, Investments & Lending, LLC (paid stock promotion, 2024) SEC 2024-01-18 Paid Stock Promotion , Ponzi Schemes — settled CFTC v. a Trader (wash trading, 2024) CFTC 2024-01-16 Wash Trading — filed SEC v. Jonathan Farber, Aarif Jamani, Brian Keasberry (paid stock promotion, 2024) SEC 2024-01-16 Paid Stock Promotion , Pump And Dump — filed SEC v. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-01-12 Insider Trading — unknown SEC v. Pawan Kumar Passi (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-01-12 Insider Trading — settled SEC v. David Schottenstein, Kris Bortnovsky, Ryan Shapiro, Sakal Capital Management, LLC, and Sakal U.S. Fund, LLC (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-01-11 Insider Trading — judgment SEC v. Carnovale, et al. (paid stock promotion, 2024) SEC 2024-01-03 Paid Stock Promotion — judgment SEC v. Gannon Giguiere (insider trading, 2024) SEC 2024-01-03 Insider Trading — judgment
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