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Largest spoofing penalties

The largest civil penalties in enforcement actions this library tags as spoofing or layering. Spoofing penalties cluster higher than most order-book techniques because the conduct is typically sustained over years and involves institutional defendants.

Includes actions tagged spoofing or layering, the two closely related order-book techniques that regulators frequently charge together. Ranked by civil penalty.

Amounts are as stated in the regulator's release, in nominal US dollars, and are not adjusted for inflation. Amounts ordered are not amounts collected. Actions denominated in other currencies are excluded rather than converted.

Largest spoofing penalties — top 50
#ActionAgencyFiledPenaltyDisgorgementTotal relief
1 CFTC v. HSBC Bank USA (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2023)
Cash Vs Derivatives Schemes , Insider Trading , Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2023-11-07 $1.7bn $1.7bn
2 CFTC v. The Bank of Nova Scotia (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing
CFTC 2020-08-19 $50m $11.8m $61.8m
3 CFTC v. HSBC Bank USA (spoofing, 2023)
Spoofing
CFTC 2023-05-12 $45m $45m
4 CFTC v. unnamed respondents (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2022)
Cash Vs Derivatives Schemes , Exchange Wash Trading , Insider Trading , Price Manipulation , Spoofing , Wash Trading
CFTC 2022-10-20 $41m $41m
5 CFTC v. Navinder Singh Sarao (layering, 2016)
Layering , Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2016-11-18 $38m $12.9m $50.9m
6 CFTC v. Deutsche Bank (price manipulation, 2018)
Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2018-01-29 $30m $30m
7 CFTC v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2017)
Cash Vs Derivatives Schemes , Spoofing
CFTC 2017-01-19 $25m $25m
8 CFTC v. Proprietary Trading Firm (spoofing, 2019)
Spoofing
CFTC 2019-11-07 $24.4m $10.5m $34.9m
9 CFTC v. The Bank of Nova Scotia (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing
CFTC 2020-08-19 $17m $11.8m $28.8m
10 CFTC v. UBS (price manipulation, 2018)
Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2018-01-29 $15m $15m
11 CFTC v. Merrill Lynch Commodities (price manipulation, 2019)
Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2019-06-25 $11.5m $11.1m $22.6m
12 CFTC v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing
CFTC 2020-06-18 $9m $9m
13 CFTC v. CFTC Defendants Heet Khara (spoofing, 2016)
Spoofing
CFTC 2016-04-06 $2.7m $2.7m
14 SEC v. Denis Georgiyevich Sotnikov, et al. (spoofing, 2021)
Spoofing
SEC 2021-10-26 $2.5m $2.6m $5.2m
15 CFTC v. Defendants Igor B. Oystacher (spoofing, 2016)
Spoofing
CFTC 2016-12-21 $2.5m $2.5m
16 CFTC v. Futures Trader and Trading Firm (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2018)
Cash Vs Derivatives Schemes , Spoofing
CFTC 2018-09-19 $1.8m $1.8m
17 CFTC v. Chicago Trading Firm and Its Co-Founder (price manipulation, 2019)
Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2019-09-30 $1.8m $1.8m
18 CFTC v. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Pay $1.6 Million Penalty (spoofing, 2018)
Spoofing
CFTC 2018-01-29 $1.6m $1.6m
19 CFTC v. Three Banks (price manipulation, 2018)
Price Manipulation , Spoofing
CFTC 2018-01-29 $1.6m $1.6m
20 CFTC v. Navinder Sarao (benchmark submission rigging, 2015)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Ponzi Schemes , Price Manipulation , Spoofing , Wash Trading
CFTC 2015-11-07 $1.6m $551k $2.1m
21 CFTC v. Geneva Trading USA (spoofing, 2018)
Spoofing
CFTC 2018-09-20 $1.5m $1.5m
22 CFTC v. Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. (spoofing, 2019)
Spoofing
CFTC 2019-10-01 $1.5m $1.5m
23 CFTC v. Two Trading Firms (spoofing, 2019)
Spoofing
CFTC 2019-10-01 $1.5m $1.5m
24 CFTC v. UBS (benchmark submission rigging, 2013)
Benchmark Submission Rigging , Ponzi Schemes , Spoofing , Wash Trading
CFTC 2013-10-25 $1.5m $1.4m $2.9m
25 CFTC v. Panther Energy Trading LLC and its Principal Michael J. Coscia (spoofing, 2013)
Spoofing
CFTC 2013-07-23 $1.4m $1.4m $2.8m
26 CFTC v. Chicago Trading Firm Belvedere Trading LLC (spoofing, 2019)
Spoofing
CFTC 2019-10-01 $1.1m $1.1m
27 SEC v. Lek Securities Corp., et al. (layering, 2019)
Layering
SEC 2019-10-10 $1m $526k $1.5m
28 CFTC v. the Bank of Nova Scotia (spoofing, 2018)
Spoofing
CFTC 2018-10-01 $800k $800k
29 CFTC v. Banoczay Jr. (spoofing, 2021)
Spoofing
CFTC 2021-12-08 $750k $750k
30 CFTC v. Shak (banging the close, 2024)
Banging The Close , Spoofing
CFTC 2024-04-11 $750k $750k
31 CFTC v. South Korean Company (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing
CFTC 2020-01-13 $700k $700k
32 CFTC v. New York Trader Simon Posen (spoofing, 2017)
Spoofing
CFTC 2017-07-27 $635k $635k
33 CFTC v. The Bank (spoofing, 2017)
Spoofing
CFTC 2017-08-08 $600k $600k
34 SEC v. Xuepeng Xie (layering, 2021)
Layering , Spoofing
SEC 2021-09-27 $600k $1.9m $2.7m
35 CFTC v. Minnesota Registrant (spoofing, 2022)
Spoofing
CFTC 2022-12-12 $550k $550k
36 CFTC v. Australian Swap Dealer (spoofing, 2024)
Spoofing
CFTC 2024-04-02 $500k $500k
37 CFTC v. Mitsubishi Corporation RtM Japan Ltd. (spoofing, 2019)
Spoofing
CFTC 2019-11-07 $500k $500k
38 CFTC v. Australian Company (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing
CFTC 2020-01-21 $462k $73.4k $536k
39 CFTC v. Sunoco (spoofing, 2020)
Spoofing
CFTC 2020-09-30 $450k $450k
40 CFTC v. Trading Firm Mitsubishi International Corporation (spoofing, 2019)
Spoofing
CFTC 2019-10-01 $400k $400k
41 CFTC v. unnamed respondents (spoofing, 2017)
Spoofing
CFTC 2017-06-30 $350k $350k
42 CFTC v. Former Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Traders Stephen Gola and Jonathan Brims (cash vs derivatives schemes, 2017)
Cash Vs Derivatives Schemes , Spoofing
CFTC 2017-03-31 $350k $350k
43 CFTC v. Arab Global Commodities DMCC (spoofing, 2017)
Spoofing
CFTC 2017-10-10 $300k $300k
44 CFTC v. Logista Advisors LLC (spoofing, 2017)
Spoofing
CFTC 2017-09-30 $250k $250k
45 CFTC v. Mizuho Bank (spoofing, 2018)
Spoofing
CFTC 2018-09-21 $250k $250k
46 CFTC v. Brett Falloon (spoofing, 2025)
Spoofing
CFTC 2025-09-09 $200k $200k
47 CFTC v. Gregg Smith (spoofing, 2026)
Spoofing , Wash Trading
CFTC 2026-01-16 $200k $136k $336k
48 CFTC v. New York Trader (spoofing, 2026)
Spoofing
CFTC 2026-05-06 $200k $200k
49 CFTC v. California Trader and Prop Firm (spoofing, 2022)
Spoofing
CFTC 2022-09-26 $150k $150k
50 CFTC v. Connecticut-Based Tillage Commodities (spoofing, 2017)
Spoofing
CFTC 2017-09-29 $150k $150k

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