SEC v. George Matin (matched orders, 2019)
Settled
Machine-extracted, pending human review. The structured fields on this page were parsed automatically from the regulator's own release, linked below. Read the primary document before relying on any figure here, and tell us if something is wrong.
In 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled an action with George Matin, alleging conduct this library classifies as matched orders, paid stock promotion, price manipulation and undisclosed control blocks. The release does not state a monetary figure that we were able to extract.
The record
| Agency | SEC |
|---|---|
| Release number | 3-19521 |
| Date filed | 2019-09-25 |
| Date resolved | 2019-09-25 |
| Status | settled |
| Asset class | equities |
| Venue | OTC |
| Criminal parallel | No |
| Defendants | George Matin |
| Techniques | Matched orders , Paid stock promotion , Price manipulation , Undisclosed control blocks |
What was ordered
- Civil penalty
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- Disgorgement
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- Prejudgment interest
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- Total relief
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- Alleged gain
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What is alleged to have happened
the Securities and Exchange Commission announced this matter on September 25, 2019 as release 3-19521. The respondents named are George Matin (1 individual, 0 entities).
This library tags the matter as matched orders, paid stock promotion, price manipulation and undisclosed control blocks, based on the conduct the regulator describes. Each tag links to a page explaining how that technique works, what statute it engages, and what penalties comparable actions have attracted. The tagging is ours, not the regulator's: agencies charge statutory provisions, not technique names.
The conduct is recorded against equities, with OTC identified in the release.
For the regulator's own account of the facts, read the primary document linked above. This page deliberately summarises the structured record rather than reproducing the release.
What technique is this, and how does it work?
This action is tagged with 4 techniques in our taxonomy. The tagging is ours: regulators charge statutory provisions, not technique names, so the mapping is an editorial judgement described in our editorial policy.
- Matched orders — see how it works, what statute it engages, and every other action tagged the same way.
- Paid stock promotion — see how it works, what statute it engages, and every other action tagged the same way.
- Price manipulation — see how it works, what statute it engages, and every other action tagged the same way.
- Undisclosed control blocks — see how it works, what statute it engages, and every other action tagged the same way.
Timeline
Primary documents
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Related actions
Other actions in the library sharing at least one technique tag with this one.
| Action | Agency | Filed | Technique | Penalty | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC v. Harold Minsky (matched orders, 2019) | SEC | 2019-09-25 | Matched Orders , Paid Stock Promotion +2 | — | settled |
| SEC v. Dean Shah et al. (paid stock promotion, 2022) | SEC | 2022-04-15 | Paid Stock Promotion , Undisclosed Control Blocks | — | filed |
| SEC v. Joel Stohlman, et al. (matched orders, 2020) | SEC | 2020-09-30 | Matched Orders , Paid Stock Promotion | — | filed |
| SEC v. Michael J. Starkweather and Andiamo Corporation, William White (matched orders, 2019) | SEC | 2019-10-17 | Matched Orders , Paid Stock Promotion | — | filed |
| SEC v. Chip Hackley (matched orders, 2019) | SEC | 2019-09-25 | Matched Orders , Undisclosed Control Blocks | — | unknown |
| SEC v. Eric T. Landis et al. (matched orders, 2018) | SEC | 2018-11-29 | Matched Orders , Paid Stock Promotion | — | filed |