Home / Cases / Newsletter scalping Newsletter scalping enforcement actions This library records 15 enforcement actions tagged newsletter scalping. Newsletter scalping is recommending a security publicly while secretly selling it into the demand the recommendation creates, so that subscribers acting on the advice become the publisher's exit.
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 newsletter scalping technique page.
Actions 15
Total penalties $920k
Median penalty $175k
Largest $470k
Criminal parallel 13% Action Agency Filed Penalty Status SEC v. Brian Robert Sodi, et al. (newsletter scalping, 2023) SEC 2023-03-14 — judgment SEC v. Harmel S. Rayat, RenovaCare, Inc., Jatinder Bhogal, Jeetenderjit Singh Sidhu, and Sharon Fleming (newsletter scalping, 2022) SEC 2022-08-29 — unknown SEC v. John David McAfee and Jimmy Gale Watson, Jr. (newsletter scalping, 2022) SEC 2022-07-15 — judgment SEC v. Michael M. Beck, a/k/a @BigMoneyMike6, and Relief Defendant Helen P. Robinson (newsletter scalping, 2022) SEC 2022-02-07 — filed SEC v. SeeThruEquity, LLC, Ajay Tandon, and Amit Tandon (newsletter scalping, 2022) SEC 2022-01-28 $250k judgment SEC v. Brian Robert Sodi, CPA (newsletter scalping, 2020) SEC 2020-04-17 — judgment SEC v. Brian Robert Sodi, et al. (newsletter scalping, 2019) SEC 2019-09-19 — settled SEC v. SeeThruEquity, LLC et al. (newsletter scalping, 2018) SEC 2018-11-08 — filed SEC v. Mizuho Securities USA LLC (front running, 2018) SEC 2018-07-23 — settled SEC v. Joseph A. Fiore, Berkshire Capital Management Company, Inc., and Eat at Joe's, Ltd. (n/k/a SPYR, Inc.) (newsletter scalping, 2018) SEC 2018-06-20 — filed SEC v. Micheal A. Skerry (newsletter scalping, 2017) SEC 2017-09-29 $100k judgment SEC v. Joey Giamichael and Umbrella Research, LLC (newsletter scalping, 2017) SEC 2017-07-25 — settled SEC v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (front running, 2016) SEC 2016-10-12 $100k judgment CFTC v. Advanced Trading Workshop (newsletter scalping, 2016) CFTC 2016-09-28 $470k judgment SEC v. Gary S. Williky (insider trading, 2015) SEC 2015-03-02 — settled