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  "title": "Market Manipulation: Analyst manipulation enforcement actions",
  "home_page_url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/technique/analyst-manipulation/",
  "feed_url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/feeds/technique/analyst-manipulation.json",
  "description": "The 3 most recent enforcement records tagged analyst manipulation in the Market Manipulation library, each linked to its primary source. Tags are our classification, not the charges.",
  "language": "en-US",
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-seethruequity-llc-ajay-tandon-analyst-manipulation-2022/",
      "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-seethruequity-llc-ajay-tandon-analyst-manipulation-2022/",
      "external_url": "https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-25321",
      "title": "SEC v. SeeThruEquity, LLC, Ajay Tandon, and Amit Tandon (newsletter scalping, 2022)",
      "summary": "In 2022, the SEC announced a final judgment in the Southern District of New York against Ajay and Amit Tandon, founders of research firm SeeThruEquity, over \"unbiased\" research reports that were allegedly paid for through camouflaged conference fees with manipulated price targets, and scalping by Ajay Tandon. Civil penalties of $270,000 (Ajay) and $250,000 (Amit) and five-year bars were ordered.",
      "date_published": "2022-01-28T00:00:00.000Z",
      "tags": [
        "SEC",
        "analyst-manipulation",
        "newsletter-scalping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-seethruequity-llc-et-al-analyst-manipulation-2018/",
      "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-seethruequity-llc-et-al-analyst-manipulation-2018/",
      "external_url": "https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-24341",
      "title": "SEC v. SeeThruEquity, LLC et al. (newsletter scalping, 2018)",
      "summary": "In November 2018 the SEC sued SeeThruEquity and brothers Ajay and Amit Tandon over allegedly paid-for research reports presented as unbiased and scalping. After consent injunctions, the Southern District of New York entered a final judgment on 21 January 2022 imposing civil penalties of $270,000 and $250,000 and five-year penny stock and officer-and-director bars.",
      "date_published": "2018-11-08T00:00:00.000Z",
      "tags": [
        "SEC",
        "analyst-manipulation",
        "newsletter-scalping",
        "paid-stock-promotion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-deutsche-bank-securities-inc-analyst-manipulation-2016/",
      "url": "https://marketmanipulation.org/cases/sec-deutsche-bank-securities-inc-analyst-manipulation-2016/",
      "external_url": "https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/admin/2016/34-79083.pdf",
      "title": "SEC v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (analyst manipulation, 2016)",
      "summary": "In 2016, the SEC settled an administrative proceeding with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. over three violations: failing to maintain policies to stop research analysts misusing non-public information, publishing a BUY research report certified as the analyst's view when he held a downgrade view, and failing to preserve electronic communications. The firm paid a $9.5 million civil penalty.",
      "date_published": "2016-10-12T00:00:00.000Z",
      "tags": [
        "SEC",
        "analyst-manipulation"
      ]
    }
  ]
}