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Chat group pumps enforcement actions

This library records 6 enforcement actions tagged chat group pumps. A chat group pump is a coordinated buying campaign organised inside a messaging group, where organisers accumulate before announcing a target and sell into the buying their announcement produces.

Actions are listed newest first. Each row links to a case page carrying the regulator's own release and, where one was published, the complaint. For how this technique works and what statute it engages, read the chat group pumps technique page.

Actions
6
Total penalties
$1.9m
Median penalty
$966k
Largest
$1.2m
Criminal parallel
0%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
SEC v. NanoBit Limited, et al. (chat group pumps, 2026) SEC 2026-06-29 $1.2m judgment
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) SEC 2024-09-17 filed
SEC v. Flyfish Club, LLC (chat group pumps, 2024) SEC 2024-09-16 $750k settled
SEC v. BarnBridge DAO (chat group pumps, 2023) SEC 2023-12-22 settled
SEC v. Tyler Ward and Troy Murray (chat group pumps, 2023) SEC 2023-12-22 settled
SEC v. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (chat group pumps, 2021) SEC 2021-12-17 filed