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SEC v. NanoBit Limited, Radiant Horizons Limited, Sweet Karma Fashion Inc., Zhao Tropical Deli Inc., Jiajie Liu, Fei Liao, and Hua Zhao (chat group pumps, 2024)

Alleged — pending

These are allegations. SEC has filed an action; nothing in it has been proven, and the respondents have not been found liable. Everything described on this page is what the regulator alleges, not what a court has found. See our editorial policy.

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In 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission brought an action against NanoBit Limited, Radiant Horizons Limited, Sweet Karma Fashion Inc., Zhao Tropical Deli Inc., Jiajie Liu, Fei Liao, and Hua Zhao, alleging conduct this library classifies as chat group pumps. No monetary relief has been recorded at this stage; the matter is an allegation and remains unproven.

The record

Structured fields for this action, as recorded in our case library.
Agency SEC
Release number LR-26110
Date filed 2024-09-17
Court U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
Status filed
Criminal parallel No
Defendants NanoBit Limited, Radiant Horizons Limited, Sweet Karma Fashion Inc., Zhao Tropical Deli Inc., Jiajie Liu, Fei Liao, (entity) ; Hua Zhao (individual)
Techniques Chat group pumps

What was ordered

Civil penalty
Disgorgement
Prejudgment interest
Total relief
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 September 17, 2024 as release LR-26110. The respondents named are NanoBit Limited, Radiant Horizons Limited, Sweet Karma Fashion Inc., Zhao Tropical Deli Inc., Jiajie Liu, Fei Liao, and Hua Zhao (1 individual, 1 entity). The action was brought in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York.

This library tags the matter as chat group pumps, 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.

This matter is at the allegation stage. Nothing in the regulator's filing has been proven, and the respondents are entitled to the presumption that it has not been. This page will be updated if the matter is resolved, dismissed or withdrawn.

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. 2024-09-17 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. NanoBit Limited, et al. (chat group pumps, 2026) SEC 2026-06-29 Chat Group Pumps $1.2m judgment
SEC v. Flyfish Club, LLC (chat group pumps, 2024) SEC 2024-09-16 Chat Group Pumps , Unregistered Distributions $750k settled
SEC v. BarnBridge DAO (chat group pumps, 2023) SEC 2023-12-22 Chat Group Pumps settled
SEC v. Tyler Ward and Troy Murray (chat group pumps, 2023) SEC 2023-12-22 Chat Group Pumps settled
SEC v. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (chat group pumps, 2021) SEC 2021-12-17 Chat Group Pumps filed

Record added September 8, 2026. If this matter has since resolved, been withdrawn or been dismissed, we want to know: submit a correction.