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SEC v. Jason A. Wallace (boiler rooms, 2017)

Judgment entered

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 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a judgment against Jason A. Wallace, alleging conduct this library classifies as boiler rooms. The release records disgorgement of $512,049.

The record

Structured fields for this action, as recorded in our case library.
Agency SEC
Release number LR-24016
Date filed 2017-12-18
Date resolved 2017-12-18
Court U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Status judgment
Asset class equities
Criminal parallel No
Defendants Jason A. Wallace (individual)
Techniques Boiler rooms

What was ordered

Civil penalty
Disgorgement
$512k
Prejudgment interest
Total relief
$512k
Alleged gain

A dash means the release did not state a figure we could extract, not that the figure is zero. Penalty and disgorgement are stored separately so aggregates across the library do not double-count the same dollars.

What is alleged to have happened

the Securities and Exchange Commission announced this matter on December 18, 2017 as release LR-24016. The respondents named are Jason A. Wallace (1 individual, 0 entities). The action was brought in the U.S. District Court, Central District of California.

This library tags the matter as boiler rooms, 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.

The relief recorded in our data is disgorgement of $512,049. Penalty and disgorgement are distinct: disgorgement returns the gain, while the penalty is punitive. We store them separately so that aggregate figures across the library are not double-counted.

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 one technique 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.

Timeline

  1. 2017-12-18 Litigation release published

Primary documents

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The linked release is a work of the United States government and is not subject to copyright. Our summary and narrative above are our own writing.

Other actions in the library sharing at least one technique tag with this one.

Action Agency Filed Technique Penalty Status
SEC v. Andrew Spaventa and others (boiler rooms, 2026) SEC 2026-08-17 Boiler Rooms filed
SEC v. unnamed respondents (boiler rooms, 2024) SEC 2024-11-20 Boiler Rooms dismissed
SEC v. Anthony Guarino (boiler rooms, 2024) SEC 2024-09-12 Boiler Rooms 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. James P. Anglim (boiler rooms, 2023) SEC 2023-07-17 Boiler Rooms judgment
SEC v. Legend Venture Partners LLC (boiler rooms, 2023) SEC 2023-07-11 Boiler Rooms filed

Record added September 8, 2026. submit a correction.