Float locking enforcement actions
This library records 1 enforcement action tagged float locking. Float locking is removing shares from the freely tradable supply — through lock-ups, nominee holdings, or coordinated refusal to sell or lend — so that ordinary buying moves the price far more than the company's size would suggest.
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 float locking technique page.
- Actions
- 1
- Total penalties
- $0
- Median penalty
- —
- Largest
- —
- Criminal parallel
- 100%
| Action | Agency | Filed | Penalty | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC v. Howard M. Appel (float locking, 2019) | SEC | 2019-05-22 | — | judgment |